Olympics Jan 5, 2021
Extreme sports gain legitimacy through Olympic inclusion
by Jason Coskrey
The Tokyo Games will feature skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing in an effort to bring more young fans into the Olympic community.
More Sports Jun 2, 2020
Eleven-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown, who is hoping to become Britain's youngest Olympian next year, fractured her skull and broke bones in her left hand after falling from a ramp during a training session in California. Brown posted a video of the accident on Instagram and ...
More Sports Feb 21, 2020
Having won four qualifying tournaments to date, including the world championships in September, the maiden Olympic gold medal in women's park looks well within the grasp of 13-year-old skateboarder Misugu Okamoto. Likely to be Japan's youngest athlete at the Tokyo Games at age 14, Okamoto ...
More Sports Sep 8, 2019
Skateboarder Yuto Horigome wins second straight Olympic qualifier
Yuto Horigome won a second straight 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifying event when he claimed the men's street title at the International Skateboarding Open on Saturday. In the eight-man final, the 20-year-old earned the day's best score of 9.06 in his fourth of five best-trick attempts ...
More Sports Aug 14, 2019
Yuto Horigome looking to secure Tokyo Olympic berth at worlds
Japanese skateboarder Yuto Horigome said Wednesday he is aiming to secure a 2020 Tokyo Olympics berth by finishing on the podium at the park world championships in Brazil next month. "With less than a year to go, the Olympics are coming up fast," the U.S.-based ...
More Sports Jul 29, 2019
Yuto Horigome triumphs on LA stop of Street League Skateboarding World Tour
Japanese skater Yuto Horigome won the men's title at the second stop of the Street League Skateboarding World Tour, held in Los Angeles on Sunday. Horigome, winner of the first three stops of 2018, accumulated 35.7 points from his top-four scores in the event, which ...
More Sports Jun 17, 2019
12-year-old Misugu Okamoto lays down dominant performance to win Olympic skateboarding qualifier
Less than a week before her thirteenth birthday, skateboarder Misugu Okamoto shocked the crowd with a dominant performance in the women’s park final on Sunday at the Dew Tour, a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Okamoto emerged as a major Olympic contender with a ...
Olympics Jun 13, 2019
As Tokyo prepares to host the inaugural Olympic 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX and skateboarding events, youth-focused "street sports" are breaking new ground in Japan, providing unexpected benefits and opportunities in some unlikely places. While the X Games and the French Festival International des Sports Extremes ...
More Sports May 13, 2019
Olympic snowboard medalist Ayamu Hirano wins national skateboarding title
Two-time Olympic snowboard silver medalist Ayumu Hirano strengthened his bid to represent Japan in skateboarding at the 2020 Tokyo Games by winning the men's park event at the national championships on Sunday. The 20-year-old overcame a strong field including defending champion Kensuke Sasaoka to claim ...
National | Regional voices: Chubu Feb 12, 2019
Nagoya firm Jtekt develops gnarly skateboard bearings ahead of sport's Tokyo Olympic debut
Jtekt Corp., a Nagoya-based parts manufacturer affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp., has developed an upgraded version of Ninja, the brand name for its bearings used for skateboards, ahead of skateboarding making its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games. By making use of its technological ...
More Sports Jan 15, 2019
Teen skateboarder Aori Nishimura nabs women's title at world tour final stage
Teenager Aori Nishimura won the women's title Sunday in the final stage of the 2018 World Skate Street League Skateboarding Tour that featured a new world championship format. The 17-year-old Nishimura, the youngest competitor in the women's Super Crown, scored 32.6 points in the eight-women ...
Olympics / Winter Olympics / Snowboarding Feb 15, 2018
A day after claiming his second straight Winter Olympic halfpipe silver medal, teenage snowboarder Ayumu Hirano said Thursday he is considering a bid to compete in skateboarding at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Speaking at a news conference at the Japanese team base in South Korea, ...