Skateboarding at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[pdr4332 218]

For me it was a huge surprise that the Eurosport had a  skateboarder as a guest commentator. He and his wife apparently do it at a competitive level (it is safe to assume they are not part of the world elite...)

Among others it turned out from the broadcast that his wife is big friends with the Austrian competitor in the women's, hahaha.

 

[Nickyc707 382]

  On 7/26/2021 at 7:46 PM, vinipereira said:

They couldn't bother hiring someone from the skateboard world? Here there was like 3 former skateboarders commenting

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They seem to be using three people. Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood who normally commentate on freestyle skiing and snowboard. In addition they have Mark Churchill who I think is their skateboard expert.

[Monzanator 4,611]

  On 7/26/2021 at 6:45 PM, Nickyc707 said:

The BBC uses the same commentator for both sports which seems to support your argument.

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  On 7/26/2021 at 7:46 PM, vinipereira said:

They couldn't bother hiring someone from the skateboard world? Here there was like 3 former skateboarders commenting

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Polish Eurosport uses the same commentator for skateboarding which has worked on freestyle skiing (slopestyle, half-pipe & big air) in the last decade. He's actually a former snowboarder and probably will also comment BMX racing at the Games. But he can say all those "backside cork switch grab" words fluently and it's clear he knows exactly what he's talking about

[tirtha22 234]

13 years old Brazilian silver medalist Rayssa Leal arrived home to find a lawyer she didn't know had trademarked her nickname 'Little Fairy' to prevent unscrupulous business people from taking advantage of the skateboarder.

 

 

[vinipereira 3,421]

Now the start of the event in which can get 1-2, and maybe with some luck 1-2-3. Sky Brown should prevent this, though.

[vinipereira 3,421]

qualified to final.

 

The medals should go to the first 3 but Sky Brown will definitely challenge for gold.

[rybak 3,239]

It was nice to see Brodka here, but too bad that she couldnt finish any of three runs by falls...

[NearPup 3,210]

  On 8/4/2021 at 3:04 AM, rybak said:

It was nice to see Brodka here, but too bad that she couldnt finish any of three runs by falls...

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Poland may have won the contest for best wordplay (POL/SKA) on a skateboarding uniform, tho.

[hckošice 15,109]

lol

 

 

[rajiv 31]

I'd be interested to know how much of her short life  the GB skateboarder Sky Brown has spent in the UK  ( maybe there was a trip to see Grandma ? )

 

Not that I doubt her credentials -she has a British father which is rather better than those GB female sprint hurdles  sisters who apparently have GB passports because their grandmother once changed planes at Heathrow