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Demand For Mountain Bikes, Skateboards Ramps Up After a year of quarantines and social distancing, many are looking for some fresh air and new excitement. That’s led to a nationwide mountain bike shortage, which is having an impact on Lake Tahoe-area bike shops. Shop owners say they’re still waiting on bikes they ordered in early 2020. Until they get more in stock, they are relying on rentals to get them through. While bikes may be hard to come by, skateboards haven’t been. Reno and Carso...

Shayn Almeida My orange skateboard was plastered in peeling stickers and a dark layer of dust when I found it in my childhood bedroom last May. I hadnt touched it in seven years, but it called to me at that moment. I needed to get out of the house, have fun, even feel the thrill of a different kind of danger — one that had nothing to do with a virus. My 25-year-old sister, Frances, needed it, too. We stepped on our boards, pushed off, and in the air between the rushing pavement below us a...

Shayn Almeida toggle caption Shayn Almeida Ruby Medina is part of a community of skateboarders on TikTok, and at her local skate park in Venice, Calif. Social media is driving a huge demand for boards at her familys skate shops. Shayn Almeida My orange skateboard was plastered in peeling stickers and a dark layer of dust when I found it in my childhood bedroom last May. I hadnt touched it in seven years, but it called to me at that moment. I needed to get...