Skateboarding Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[heywoodu 15,141]

On 27/09/2019 at 22:28, Laraja said:

After the end of the World Championship SLS São Paulo 2019, we have the last update in the first season of qualification.

 

As expected, only  and  are qualifying twelve skaters to the Olympic Games, so far. The other countries with representants are:

 

 x10

 x7

 x3

 x3

 x3

 x2

 x2

 x2

 x1

 x1

 x1

 x1

 x1

 x1

 x1

 x1

 x1

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One nation can qualify 12 (!) skateboarders for the Olympics?  I thought there were only going to be one men's event and one women's event..

[Dragon 1,844]

21 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

One nation can qualify 12 (!) skateboarders for the Olympics?  I thought there were only going to be one men's event and one women's event..

2 events for both sexes. Maximum of three from each nation in each event.

2 x 3 x 2 = 12

[heywoodu 15,141]

Just now, Dragon said:

2 events for both sexes. Maximum of three from each nation in each event.

2 x 3 x 2 = 12

Yeah, I saw it's both park and street. Somehow I'm used to thinking it's kinda the same thing  

[Dragon 1,844]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Yeah, I saw it's both park and street. Somehow I'm used to thinking it's kinda the same thing  

One event is dominated by the 15 year olds, the other by the 12 year olds...

[LuizGuilherme 267]

wich kind of clothes they gonna use to compete at the Olympics? I hope that they still use their normal and cool skate clothes and not a national uniform

[heywoodu 15,141]

10 minutes ago, LuizGuilherme said:

wich kind of clothes they gonna use to compete at the Olympics? I hope that they still use their normal and cool skate clothes and not a national uniform

I'm at least hoping for a combination of both, and not some sort of regular 'cool' t-shirt with jeans down to their knees. At least try to make it look a little bit Olympic..

[Dunadan 1,103]

I think there was a kid who preferred to be disqualified from the World Championships final last year rather than wearing a not cool helmet...if they try to introduce a standard uniform be ready for the #FreedomForSkaters movement.

[heywoodu 15,141]

15 minutes ago, Dunadan said:

I think there was a kid who preferred to be disqualified from the World Championships final last year rather than wearing a not cool helmet...if they try to introduce a standard uniform be ready for the #FreedomForSkaters movement.

 

And then a boycot, followed by skateboarding being removed already. Done.

[Olympian1010 7,976]

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I'm at least hoping for a combination of both, and not some sort of regular 'cool' t-shirt with jeans down to their knees. At least try to make it look a little bit Olympic..

Supposedly the ISSF are helping the WRS develop a new handbook showing how not to dress

[Laraja 1,494]

4 horas atrás, LuizGuilherme disse:

wich kind of clothes they gonna use to compete at the Olympics? I hope that they still use their normal and cool skate clothes and not a national uniform

 

So, I've heard a podcast with the technical director of the Brazilian street skateboard. He talked a little about that. He said that the sponsor sport brands of each skateboard federation are in contact with the athletes to provide them skate clothes. Then, they won't need to wear a uniform only with the country colors.

 

Also, there is a regulation for pictures in the skate, of course, without sponsors and any kind of offensive images.

 

As for the helmet, I don't know. The Brazilian Championship of Skate park there's a rule where under-18 skateboarders must to wear it to compite.