It wasn’t too long ago when skateboarding wasn’t very popular; it all started in the late 1940s when the skateboard starting popping up. Surfers made it gain a lot of popularity when they discovered the sport in the 1960s as a way to pass the time when the waves were flat. Fast foreword to today; and there are roughly 90 million skateboarders globally enjoying the sport; and the Olympic debut of skateboarding is set to take place Sun, Jul 25, 2021 – Thu, Aug 5, 2021 in Tokyo for the 2021 Summer Olympics.
USA Skateboarding Team:
Men’s Street: Chris Joslin, Louie Lopez, Nyjah Huston & Jagger Eaton
Men’s Park: Zion Wright, Alex Sorgente, Tom Schaar & Tristan Rennie
Women’s Street: Lacey Baker, Alexis Sablone, Jenn Soto & Mariah Duran
Women’s Park: Jordyn Barratt, Nicole Hause, Bryce Wettstein & Brighton Zeuner
This is a big deal for the entire skateboarding industry; people who may not have respected skateboarding before may finally be turning a corner. Parents who once discouraged their kids from pursuing the sport will now feel silly. Skateboarding has a very bright future; and the world will soon see how much the sport has evolved since the late 1940s.
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