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“Kelly Slater Could Technically Still Qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics” by Dashel Pierson via Surfer Mag

by admin | Aug 19, 2023 | Competitions, Industry, Legends, News, Olympics, Surf

11x World Champ may not have qualified via the CT; but there’s another way. So, you’re saying there’s a chance… After finishing the 2023 Championship Tour season with a dismal 23rd place, Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer to ever live, was not...

“NBDs rebroadcast on ABC?” by Cole Nowicki via Simple Magic

by admin | Jul 21, 2023 | Community, Competitions, Industry, News, Skateboard

Push play to view entire competition During last weekend’s X Games “Real Street Best Trick” event at Rincon Middle School in Escondido, CA, commentator Brandon Graham said that the production team at the long-running action sports competition had been trying for three...

“The Athletes Who Can’t Afford Their Near-Death Experiences” by Adam Elder via The Intelligencer

by admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Competitions, Industry, Insurance, News, Olympics, Skateboard, Snowboard, Surf

Tom Lowe surfing in the 2018 Jaws Challenge in Hawaii. Photo: Richard Hallman/World Surf League via Getty Images In late April, British big-wave surfer Tom Lowe paddled for a famous slab wave off the coast of Tahiti called Teahupo’o as its 25-foot wall...

“World Surf League Responds to Judging Controversy, Death Threats” by Dashel Pierson via Surfer Magazine

by admin | May 31, 2023 | Competitions, Debate, News, Surf

An open letter penned by the WSL’s CEO, Erik Logan, addresses claims of unfair judging and threats of violence after the controversial 2023 Surf Ranch Pro. Following the World Surf League’s sixth stop on the 2023 Championship Tour, the Surf Ranch Pro, there has been...

“Street League Skateboarding airs to the right” by Cole Nowicki via Simple Magic

by admin | May 10, 2023 | Community, Competitions, Industry, Opinion, Skateboard, Social Media

What does the right-wing online video platform Rumble want from its partnership with skateboarding’s premier contest? Street League Skateboarding (SLS) kicked off its 2023 season at Chicago’s Wintrust Arena on April 29. From a competitive perspective, it was...

“Alexis Sablone Is Not Your Average Skateboarding Architect” by Bindu Bansinath via The Cut

by admin | Apr 6, 2023 | BRA Community Partners, Community, Competitions, News, Olympics, Skateboard

For Alexis Sablone, skateboarding was never supposed to be the thing, which is not something you expect to say of a person who does their thing at the Olympic level. But Sablone is a multi-hyphenate who walks the walk, an artist and designer and architect with...