Making its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, Skateboarding is an essential part of street culture. Athletes will demonstrate their skills in a celebratory, festival-like atmosphere. They are free to ...

Skateboarding was added to the Tokyo Games lineup as part of a wider initiative to grow the Olympics' appeal with younger audiences, by way of sports that are particularly popular in the host nation.

Skateboarding originally spread as part ... “I feel this weighs more than the gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics.” ...

Filipina Olympian skateboarder Margielyn Didal is spreading her good vibes from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to Tony Hawk's newest game. The 25-year-old Cebuana is part of the roster of pro skaters ...

A young Coco Yoshizawa casually watched the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 on TV until she came across the new street skateboarding competition. “I didn’t even know it was an Olympic sport until ...

7/24 Men's Street: Qualification (7:30 p.m. ET) NBCOlympics.com Men's Street: Final (11:25 p.m. ET) NBCOlympics.com 7/25 Women's Street: Qualification (7:30 p.m. ET ...

The Olympics are getting really down with the kids with this one. Skateboarding is rolling into Tokyo 2020 with two events, Park and Street. Image caption, The Street Skateboarding event is held ...

After seeing 13-year-old Rayssa Leal from Brazil win silver in the first-ever street skateboarding competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Giovanna Alves Farias only had one wish: to start ...

But for her, skateboarding is not just about winning Olympic medals – it also seems to be an avenue for her ambition. “I’m going to try my best to get [a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics ...

Skateboarding joins BMX freestyle in making ... when she became the first transgender athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The New Zealander is a weightlifter who will represent her home ...