Skateboarding at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Josh 10,537]

6 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Just catching up now, but wow, park is so much more fun to watch 

 

To the skateboarding noob, like me, it feels like this is the Olympic 100m final and street is more like the 5000m race walk at the junior European championships  

Agree to disagree. I like street much more than park 

[heywoodu 15,168]

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

Agree to disagree. I like street much more than park 

But there is so little speed and movement there (and all the time getting off their board to step and make some speed again), the only thing that's really moving a lot is the board under their feet, whereas in park they're going fast and jumping high and flipping and everything  

 

But yeah, of course everyone has their preferences  

Edited August 7 by heywoodu

[Topicmaster1010 4,182]

Back to back Olympic golds for  Keegan Palmer

[Josh 10,537]

29 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

But there is so little speed and movement there (and all the time getting off their board to step and make some speed again), the only thing that's really moving a lot is the board under their feet, whereas in park they're going fast and jumping high and flipping and everything  

 

But yeah, of course everyone has their preferences  

I like the variety in the course, compared park, where there’s only bowls. There’s handrails, benches, walls, stairs etc.

[Josh 10,537]

Just now, Topicmaster1010 said:

Back to back Olympic golds for  Keegan Palmer

FUCK, I missed the entire final? Well that was quick 

[Topicmaster1010 4,182]

7 minutes ago, Josh said:

FUCK, I missed the entire final? Well that was quick 

Yes, 24 45-second runs can go by pretty quickly 

Edited August 7 by Topicmaster1010

[Josh 10,537]

1 minute ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Yes, 24 45-second runs can by go pretty quickly 

I could’ve swore it was an hour in Tokyo, compared to 45 minutes here, but I guess not

[hoversaBR 441]

Akio  

[hckošice 14,843]

Men's Park
Final Results

 

Keegan PALMER
93.18

 

Tom SCHAAR
92.23

 

Augusto AKIO
91.85

 

Full Final Results HERE

[hoversaBR 441]

And four years later and the same 5 countries win medals in skateboarding. 

 

Good overall performance for Brazil in the Park. In the Street, however, with the exception of Leal and Hoefler, a shameful level. Probably not a good sign for Los Angeles.