Portland is home to one of the most iconic DIY skateparks in existence. Nestled underneath the heavily trafficked Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon sits the Burnside skatepark. It took serious grit, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s the most famous skateboard park in the world, and it sparked a wave of do-it-yourself venues for skateboarders around the globe. This year marks the 30th anniversary of ...

Twenty-five years ago a group of bored skateboarders took a bag of stolen concrete underneath the Burnside Bridge and built a small bank up against its back wall. Without knowing it, they would change ...

FROM THE BURNSIDE SKATEPARK, the Yard tower is hard to miss. The "Death Star," as Burnside's regulars call the 21-story apartment building, is conspicuous even at a distance—being one of the only high ...

The Burnside Skatepark is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, according to a Sept. 9 presentation by Multnomah County. That could offer it an escape hatch from demolition when ...

Multnomah County leaders in the 1920s believed the Burnside Bridge could be more than a span across the river. They hired an architect -- an unusual move then -- to create a handsome bridge as part of ...

Home to the nationally-acclaimed Burnside Skatepark and pandemic-success Secret Roller Disco, Portland’s skateboarding and roller skating scene is vibrant and burgeoning—and local skaters have a plan ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Rain is in the forecast for downtown Portland this week — but so, too, is a little limelight. A flyer posted in downtown Portland about filming taking place on a new Netflix ...

PORTLAND Officers arrested a suspect after a man was stabbed at the Burnside Skatepark late Friday evening, police said. Just before 10:30 p.m., a man was stabbed in the leg after getting in a verbal ...

Underneath Portland, Oregon's Burnside Bridge is one of the nation's meccas for skateboarding. What started 26 years ago, this "do it yourself" concrete skatepark has become part of the Portland lore.

Switching Scenes is brought to you by Boost, a brand that knows the best experiences come when you change things up. There’s a camaraderie amongst skaters — usually a motley crew of young people who ...