Skateboarding was added to the Tokyo Games lineup as part of a wider initiative to grow the Olympics' appeal with younger audiences, by way of sports that are particularly popular in the host nation.

The sport will be making its debut in Tokyo. Skateboarding has always been as much about culture as competition. But now, that culture will have to make room for the biggest competition in the world: ...

On the Olympic podium, three teenage girls — 13, 13 and 16 — with weighty gold, silver and bronze medals around their young necks, rewards for having landed tricks on their skateboards that most kids ...

After years of being dismissed as just a hobby for “rebels,” skateboarding made its Olympic debut this year in Tokyo -- and the cherished Southern California pastime is quickly turning into a popular ...

Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa won a gold medal in women’s street skateboarding on Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 14-year-old skater is the second youngest gold medal winner Olympic gold medalist for ...