Skateboarding In Olympics 2016

In late 2016 skateboarding was added a permanent fixture to the summer olympic games.

Skateboarding in olympics 2016. The street skateboarding competitions will be held on 26 and 27 july 2020 and the park skateboarding competitions will be held on 5 and 6 august 2020. And in june 2016 the executive board of the international olympic committee ioc announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 games. Skateboarding is in the 2016 olympics ioc partners with the boardr. One small push for the boardr skateboarding company one giant ollie for skateboarding kind.

Published on dec 5 2016 skateboarding will be an official sport in the next olympic games. Parth upadhyaya caught up with some skaters in the triangle area and says there are mixed reactions. Check this press release out. In september 2015 skateboarding was included in a shortlist along with baseball softball karate surfing and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 summer olympics.

Skateboarding will make its olympic debut in tokyo 2020. Today is another mindblowing milestone for not just the boardr but for skateboarding itself.