The volcanic island paradise of Tahiti has a small but dedicated skate scene, due in no small part to the much larger and more famous surf scene centred around the legendary wave break of Teahupo’o nearby.
Although the island’s volcanic ground makes for bountiful nature, it is also very porous, which means it, and any surface made from it, will eat you alive when you slam. Ryan Spencer, Jordan Taylor, Adrien Coillard, Jarne Verbruggen, and Philipp Schuster rolled the dice to see what they could come back with on the shred front, while trying not to shred themselves.
On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee voted to officially add surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The vote occurred during the 129th session of the International Olympic Committee Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro and was broadcast via a live webcast on the International Olympic Committee’s website.
With organizers for Tokyo 2020 making constant references to having the 2020 games be the “most innovative games in history” and to bringing in a younger audience, IOC officials voted unanimously to … More