The Current Standings For the United States Olympic Teams
Who’s In the Lead to Go to The Olypmics? As you may have seen on our YouTube channel and on the Braille blog, the Olympics are coming up fast. So, we should probably figure out the Olympic Teams. Well, we are right in the middle of the Olympics qualifying season. This qualifying season goes from […]
OI STU Open Highlights – Women’s Street & Park – Olympic Qualifying Events
The OI STU Open is the largest skateboarding and urban culture event in Latin America. It was held at Praça Duó in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As it was the last Olympic Qualifying Event of 2019, skaters from all over the world came together to compete. The event took place from November 11th – 17th, […]
OI STU Open Highlights – Men’s Street & Park Olympic Qualifying Event
November has been an incredible month for skateboarding. Why? Because it’s Olympic Qualifying Season. Some of the world’s best skateboarders competed against one another in Brazil, at the annual Oi STU Open. Today, we’ll be highlighting both the Street and Park side for the Men’s Competition. The Oi STU Open is the largest skateboarding and […]
Why is Vert Skating Not In the Olympics?
With the contests announced for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics there is some thing that you might have noticed. The contests are only park and street. Vert Skating, one of the earliest formats for skateboarding contests is not present. For starters, let’s take a look at the definition and history of vert skating. Definition of Vert […]
Skateboard Olympics vs. The X Games
With all this talk about The Olympics and these qualifying events, you’ve also probably heard a lot about the X Games. As the X Games have been a major event for skateboarding and other action sports, how does it compare to the Olympics? Are they different? The truth is, they’re very different. We’re going to […]