It has been lower than a couple of brief years since skateboarding’s presence within the Olympics was introduced. To many, it was sudden; some even shunned its existence as actuality. However nonetheless, it is actuality, and skate boarders of the very best expertise in two major classes have a shot at competing in stated Olympic Video games. Within the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games, there shall be “Park” and “Road” competitions, divisions of each for every gender, offering area for twelve Skateboarding Olympic medal winners in whole.
Whereas some perceive the method of qualifying for these Olympic video games as a skateboarder, many others, skate boarders and non-skaters alike, have been interested in that path. Dew Tour Lengthy Seashore 2019, which occurred this previous weekend, is the primary official Olympic Qualifier for the game of Skateboarding, which no matter opinion is an influential second within the historical past of aggressive skateboarding.
Hosted fairly close to the birthplace of contemporary skateboarding, the occasion was held in fantastically sunny Lengthy Seashore, California. Paradoxically, there was just one American (doubtlessly representing in Tokyo subsequent yr) to make the rostrum in any of the 4 Last competitions. Though Lizzie Armanto ranked 2nd in Ladies’s Park, she shall be representing her father’s birthplace of Finland.
The occasion, by itself benefit consisted of a really lengthy weekend {of professional} and newbie skating on Park and Road programs. It even included a Skateshop Group Problem portion of the competition and a shock efficiency by Lengthy Seashore legend Warren G amongst different performing artists all through the weekend.
The weekend of enjoyable was designed for simply that: enjoyable. Nonetheless, it was an Olympic Qualifying occasion and had that additionally in entrance of thoughts. The start of that worldwide qualifying course of began out with the performances of these skate boarders current in Lengthy Seashore on the weekend of Dew Tour. The significance of this is dependent upon how necessary the Olympics are to any particular person skateboarder, however the information are within the remaining Dew Tour standings:
Males’s Park
- Pedro Barros – BRA
- Cory Juneau – USA
- Keegan Palmer – AUS
Males’s Road
- Aurelien Giraud – FRA
- Sora Shirai – JPN
- Felipe Gustavo – BRA
Ladies’s Park
- Misugu Okamoto – JPN
- Lizzie Armanto – FIN
- Kokona Hiraki – JPN
Ladies’s Road
- Pamela Rosa – BRA
- Leticia Bufoni – BRA
- Sweet Jacobs – NED
Keep Tuned with Dew Tour for more information and movies from the large weekend!
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