Age Limit for Skateboarding starting 2025!(?)

[Pasolini 266]

It has been circulating in Brazilian press a new regulation from World Skate that would limit the age of athletes starting LA28.

 

 

 

Basically only athletes that were born after January 1st, 2014, will be able to compete in this Olympic cycle.

 

On 2029 onwards only athletes with 14 yo (born on Jan 1 onwards on that year) will be able to compete on World Skate events. Apparently the document would be released on April 9, but has been leaked (I have not seen the document). Some parts were published on Demetrio Vecchioli's blog, he's a journalist that has been for years and years advocating this minimum age for skateboarding, as you find in gymnastics, etc. 

[NearPup 3,255]

Good change. Should probably be even higher (15 or 16) tbh.

[vovanA 198]

I'm also not a fan of child skaters, but the age limit should be lifted more smoothly, not a year by year. This scheme makes 10-year old skaters wait five years to take part in the events, while 11-year olds will already be in

[heywoodu 15,357]

Excellent, although 14 is still incredibly young.