Skateboarding

2/27/2024 |  Skateboarders ready to feel the Paris 2024 love (Reuters Sports)

2/22/2024 |  Brazilian Skateboarding Phenom Rayssa Leal Is Getting Her Own Nike SB Dunk Low Sneaker (Footwear News) Brazilian skateboarding phenom Rayssa Leal is getting her first Nike SB Dunk Low collaboration.
Leal, who just turned 16 in January, won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for the first time the sport was a part of the games. At 13 years old, she was the youngest Brazilian to ever compete at the Olympics and the youngest Olympic medalist in 85 years.

2/22/2024 |  EXEC: Globe Int’l Swings to H1 Profit on Margin Gains, Cost Cuts (SGB UPDATE) Globe International Limited, the Australian company that is home to the Globe, Salty Crew, FXD, and Impala Skate brands, among others in the board sports, street fashion, outdoor, and work-wear markets, reported continued struggles with top-line growth in its fiscal first half ended December 31; however, it reported it was successful in building gross margins that led to an improved bottom-line. 

10/25/2023 |  Scoop: Lauridsen Skatepark gains certification (AXIOS Sports) Lauridsen Skatepark is being certified with USA Skateboarding during a public event Sunday, Polk County and Catch Des Moines officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: The designation means the facility will be a regional skateboarding hub and likely attract more Olympic-qualifying events, Laura Jass, director of sports for tourism advocacy group Catch Des Moines, tells Axios.

10/18/2023 |  Breaking, sports climbing and skateboarding set for debut at Pan American Games (Associated Press (AP)) SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Pan American Games in Santiago will try to reach new audiences and seduce a younger crowd by bringing breaking, sports climbing and skateboarding into the program. The two latter were hits at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, while the dance sport will have its debut in Paris next year.