by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Competitions, Industry, Surf
Bettylou Sakura Johnson definitely has all the tools to compete at the highest level. Photo: Tony Heff//WSL Bettylou Sakura Johnson’s huge win at the Haleiwa Challenger before the New Year may seem like it came out of left field, but in a lot of ways, it was...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Competitions, Industry, News, Olympics, Snowboard, Women's Market
Chloe Kim’s score from her first halfpipe run delivered her second consecutive gold medal in the event.Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times Kim was awarded with an untouchable score of 94. Queralt Castellet, of Spain, earned the silver medal, and Sena Tomita, of Japan,...
by admin | Feb 5, 2022 | Competitions, News, Olympics, Skateboard, Surf
An LA 2028 sign is seen in front of the Olympic cauldron at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.(Richard Vogel / Associated Press) BEIJING — The International Olympic Committee has approved a proposal to include surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing among...
by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Competitions, Industry, News, Surf
If it ain’t broke. Photos: WSL Well, it went so swimmingly, why not do it again? Following a World Surf League finals event in September that saw a fantastic mix of swell and conditions, the League announced today that its championship tournament...
by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Community, Competitions, Industry, News, Skateboard
photo: gordon eckler Skateboarders’ brains contain tons of factoids that matter very little in the “real world,” like who the first person to skate up a handrail was, or who invented the salad grind. We love to tease each other about who knows more about short-lived...
by admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Competitions, Industry, Olympics, Retail History, Snowboard
Snowboarder Shannon Dunn competes for Team USA in the 1998 Winter Olympics, where she won the bronze medal in half-pipe. Alexander Hassenstein / Bongarts via Getty Images Long before the term “snowboarding” existed—and at least 80 years before it was an Olympic...