SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A skatepark in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park has been renamed Zion Skate Plaza in honor of late skateboarder and community advocate Zion Williams-Gaines. The 20-year-old ...

He was an unforgettable figure on the streets of San Francisco - an icon of the city's skateboarding community. (SOUNDBITE OF SKATEBOARD LANDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Oh. RASCOE: Zion Williams-Gaines ...

Two people have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a 19-year-old at the Akron Skate Park in Ellet last month, according to Akron police. Zion Neal, 19, of Akron, was shot at the Akron ...

Almost 15 years after San Francisco skaters first gathered marble ledges from Market Street to incorporate into a new skate spot on the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park, the landmark destination ...

A couple months before the Tokyo Olympics, Zion Wright was a long shot to make the U.S. skateboarding team. Knee surgery had slowed him down, buried him at 114th in the world rankings, and he needed ...

RASCOE: Zion Williams-Gaines was a teenager when he was shot in the face, blinding him in both eyes, but it didn't stop him from doing the sport he loved - riding his board with a white stick by his ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Andrew "Ando" Caulfield about the death of his friend Zion Williams – a blind skateboarder from San Francisco. Remembering Zion Williams, the skateboarder who lost his ...