What do Young Skateboarders Think of Skateboarding in the Olympics?

Skateboarding, surfing, rock climbing, baseball and karate have been voted into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but the idea of skateboarding into the Olympics has stirred up a lot of discussion.

Many people do not define skateboarding as a sport, especially the young people it is more like a way of showing off their lifestyle.

Skateboarding is often associated with youth, rebellion and irresponsibility, but skateboarders do not seem to care much about such comments.

Liam Okey, 20-years-old, who has been skateboarding since he was 15, and he said:

“My parents were not very supportive when I first started skateboarding, and most of my classmates chose to play football instead of skateboarding. Even so, I didn’t give up.”

“When I started skateboarding, I never thought skateboarding would make it to the Olympics. Later, with the development of individual skills, people would joke about what would happen if skateboarding entered the Olympic Games one day. Of course, I didn’t expect this day to come.”

About skateboarding joining the Olympic Games, he said,

“first of all, I will be very happy to the skateboard join the Olympic Games, it is a good thing that this sport can be recognized and accepted by more people, skateboarding has always been a hobby of mine.”

“I will be very concerned and look forward to watching the Olympic skateboarding games in due course, and I will continue to go skateboarding in the future. I hope that skateboarding can enter a new era through the Olympic Games, skateboarders can also do better.”

Tom Henning, a 19-year-old law student from Newcastle University, when he first started skateboarding, he thought it was an extreme sport, and he wanted to challenge the extreme movements one by one, so he fell in love with skateboarding. He said:

“Now skateboarding into the Olympic Games, I think it is a leap. There will be more programs to support or train or even compete, and there will be more opportunities for young people like me.

Secondly, I think that the introduction of Skateboarding, a more enjoyable sport, will attract more young fans to pay attention to the Olympic Games.”

Skateboarding still has its own characteristics, regardless of whether to join the Olympic Games, it is a very cool sport.

He said: “now the Olympic skateboarding competition, I hope it can develop as well as basketball, but also keep its cool, street side.”

When we talk about whether skateboarding is a good thing or a bad thing to get into the Olympics, we tend to think of skateboarding as a small, street-only sport.

Predictably, more debate will continue when skateboarding officially makes its debut at the Tokyo Olympics.

And to be sure, no one can stop the masses from pursuing cooler things.