Skateboarder Kokona Hiraki to become Japan's youngest Olympian
Twelve-year-old Kokona Hiraki is set to become the youngest Japanese summer Olympian on record after finishing fifth at a Dew Tour event, the final Tokyo Olympics qualifier for women's park skateboarding. The Hokkaido native's latest performance lifted her to third among Japanese skateboarders in the ...
Ahead of skateboarding’s Olympic debut, cities grapple with defining safe spaces for pedestrians and skaters.
British skateboard prodigy Sky Brown back from accident with renewed vigor
Twelve-year-old skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown said she has fully recovered from her life-threatening fall last May and plans to broaden her horizons by adding surfing to her Olympic schedule. Brown, who will be the only female member of Team GB when skateboarding makes its highly ...
Extreme sports gain legitimacy through Olympic inclusion
The Tokyo Games will feature skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing in an effort to bring more young fans into the Olympic community.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
