Skateboarding is an Olympic Sport

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today voted unanimously to include skateboarding in the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.

mind blown

https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020

While not one of the IOC's 90 members voted against introducing the five new summer games sports, some ardent squash advocates including Dick Pound made it known from the meeting floor that the small racket sport, in their view, is being neglected.

" "Cool" is frequently used when praising skaters. Cool skaters who perform difficult tricks while staying calm can be potential winners."
wow theyre really reaching out to the young people with their hip new lingo
https://tokyo2020.jp/en/games/sport/olympic/skateboarding/

Caccas for gold!

highest ollie comp? long jumping gaps? or more a street league clone type of thing? this is wild/ unexpected. im an athlete suddenly