The 2021 Tokyo Summer Games marks the first for skateboarding to make its appearance on the Olympic level. It is a long-await and well-deserved debut to the skateboard community that reaches all corners of the World with great diversity in its talented athlete pool. The skatepark scheduled for Tokyo will be located in Ariake Urban Sports Park, a waterfront near the Olympic village. None other than California Skateparks, the same builders that helped construct the Lauridsen Skatepark where the 2021 Dew Tour Des Moines was held, take on the massive feat of designing and building the park and street course.
“The design for the Skateboarding Street and Park Courses is intended to far exceed anything that has ever been built for professional skateboarding competition,” says Joe Ciaglia, CEO California Skateparks. “Each of the custom concrete courses was meticulously designed to give skateboard athletes the ability to maximize their own creativity, flow, speed, amplitude, technicality, and variety.”
With a collective mission from the IOC, the Tokyo Organizing Committee, World Skate, and California Skateparks are excited to leave behind both parks for locals to enjoy after The Games have concluded.
Skateboarders will have the chance to showcase to the whole globe their personal best and what skateboarding is all about on July 25-26 for street and August 4-5 for park competitions.
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