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Ribeiro and Leal take to Lake Havasu to defend leads in Street League Skateboarding Championships Tour

  • Skateboarding

Gustavo Ribeiro and Rayssa Leal are seeking to extend their leads in the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Championships Tour on its second stop at Arizona's Lake Havasu in the United States from October 29 to 30.

stop in Salt Lake City in the United States.Portuguese 20-year-old Ribeiro outclassed American pair Nyjah

Huston and Alex Midler in August to win the season opener with a score of 27.6 to 27.2 and 25.4, respectively.Huston


Leal and Ribeiro win season-opening SLS Championship Tour contest in Salt Lake City

  • Skateboarding

Olympic silver medallist Rayssa Leal and Gustavo Ribeiro were the victors at the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Championship Tour's first event of he season in Salt Lake City.

the men's final, giving him enough points to relegate 2019 SLS champion and four-time world champion Nyjah

Huston to second place.American Huston scored 27.2 points, whereas Ribeiro - a bronze medallist at the


Olympic champion Nishiya among stars at SLS leg in Salt Lake City

  • Skateboarding

Olympic champion Momiji Nishiya and silver medallists Rayssa Leal and Kelvin Hoefler are all due to compete at the first leg of the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Championship Tour in Salt Lake City.

E6FjEDbQ6X— STREET LEAGUE (@StreetLeague) August 24, 2021In the men’s competition, four-time world champion Nyjah

Huston is the clear home headliner.The world champion in 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2014 - but a runner-up


Mike Rowbottom: Stoked is the word as the arts of skateboarding and amateur boxing cohabit at the Olympics

  • Inside the Blogs

Stoked. I've missed the word at the Summer Olympics. Heard it many a time at the Winter Games, of course, when that cradle of sports began to take in babes-in-arms, starting with snowboarding last time an Olympic carnival played out in this country, at Nagano 1998.

snowboarding aboard.But the odd vibe I got yesterday as Eaton, and earlier the sport’s iconic poster boy Nyjah

Huston, who has been winning world and X Games titles for fun, really for fun, since he was about two-feet

were about their new Olympic challenge.Speaking before the final where he finished a rueful seventh, Huston

but there's Street League, X Games, but if you compare that to the Olympics there's no comparison," Huston


SLS Championship Tour legs announced as circuit returns from COVID-19 break

  • Skateboarding

Street League Skateboarding (SLS) has announced a three-leg 2021 Championship Tour in the United States, which will shortly follow the sport's Olympic debut and aims to harness increased interest in skateboarding.

Super Crown World Championship, which will crown new men's and women's champions.Six-time SLS champion Nyjah

Huston will look to put his disappointing campaign at the Olympics behind him to continue his fantastic


Horigome wins Japan's third gold as he becomes first Olympic skateboard champion

  • Skateboarding

Local hero Yuto Horigome earned Japan’s third Olympic gold medal of Tokyo 2020 as he became the first Olympic skateboarding champion.

on 36.15 points, with bronze going to Jagger Eaton of the United States on 35.35.Eaton’s team-mate Nyjah

Huston, the sport’s iconic figure, finished seventh in the eight-man final on 26.10, failing to record

a score for his final four tricks after making a strong start.After Huston, who has fistfuls of world

 Today, the big Olympic day, was not to be his.Multiple world and X Games champion Nyjah Huston

claimed the silver medal having led early in the competition ©Getty ImagesSpeaking before the final, Huston



Bolt and Osaka on board as IOC marks Olympic Day with new campaign and mass events

  • Olympics

Usain Bolt, Naomi Osaka and Nyjah Huston are among those who feature in the International Olympic Committee

multiple world and Olympic sprint champion Bolt, Japan’s four-times Grand Slam tennis winner Osaka and Huston

and features athletes & Olympians, including @usainbolt, @naomiosaka, @De6rasse, @YusraMardini, @nyjah


World Skate confirm 80 athletes qualified for skateboarding Olympic debut

  • Skateboarding

World Skate has announced the 80 skateboarders that have qualified for the rearranged Olympics n Tokyo, when the sport will make debut in the Games, following the final qualifying events. 

women's athletes qualify for the Games.These were Japan's Yuto Horigome and Shora Shirai and American Nyjah

Huston in the men's competition; and Japan's Aori Nishimura and Momiji Nishiya and Brazil's Rayssa Leal

another spot going to the host nation.Brazil's Pamela Rosa is the top ranked women in street, while Huston


Japanese pair take gold at Street Skateboarding World Championships

  • Skateboarding

Japan’s Yuto Horigome and Aori Nishimura qualified for the re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo next month in style by winning the respective men's and women's titles at the Street Skateboarding World Championships in Rome.

gold medal with a score of 36.75, a point clear of four-time world champion and pre-event favourite Nyjah

Huston of the United States.Huston, billed as the highest paid skateboarder in the world, and Sora Shirai

the women's event, Nishimura topped the podium ahead of compatriot Momiji Nishiya.Congratulations to @nyjah



Skateboarding star Huston charged over throwing party during COVID-19 pandemic

  • Skateboarding

Four-time skateboarding world champion Nyjah Huston has been charged by prosecutors in Los Angeles after

According to the Los Angeles Times, Huston - who is top of the Olympic men's street rankings ahead of

separating parties, including a New Year’s Eve event for about 150 guests.American skateboarding star Nyjah

Huston is among the favourites to win gold when the sport makes its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic

It is not the first time Huston has been in trouble with the police over house parties.The 26-year-old

people at his home in Orange County.Skateboarding is set to make its Olympic debut this year, with Huston


Horigome hoping for big crowds when skateboarding makes Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020

  • Skateboarding

Japanese skateboarder Yuto Horigome believes a home crowd will enhance his performance at Tokyo 2020, where the sport is set to make its Olympic debut.

the street silver medal at the World Championships in São Paulo, behind three-time defending champion Nyjah

Huston.Second in the Olympic street rankings behind American Huston, Horigome is poised qualify for


Japan, Brazil and the US top updated Olympic World Skateboarding rankings

  • Tokyo 2020

The Olympic World Skateboarding rankings have had a further change to allow more regional competitions to count in the wake of international competition being limited.

third, with a third Brazilian, Leticia Bufoni, in fourth.The United States top both men's rankings with Nyjah

Huston holding a narrow lead in the men's street rankings, with Japan's Yuto Horigome reeling him in


Tokyo 2020 qualification points up for grabs as World Skate and Street League Skateboarding unveil Tour

  • Skateboarding

World Skate and Street League Skateboarding have announced the dates and locations for the 2020 World Pro Tour, a three-stop series allowing the sport's biggest stars to showcase skills on three different continents.

but before the one in Beijing, giving skateboarding something of an Asian swing.The United States' Nyjah

Huston is the reigning men's world champion, while Brazilians Pamela Rosa and Rayssa Leal were first