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Postcard from Arisa Trew at Belco Bowl Jam 2024
Belco Bowl Jam went down this weekend in Canberra and we hit up Australian Pro skater Arisa Trew to hear what she’s been up to, besides not-so-casually Over-Under 540 with Taj Wolfenden… and also taking out the Womens win.
Postcard from Tokyo: Taj Branch at the World Championships
The Street World Championships 2023 Tour is happening as we speak. It’s in Toyko, Japan 10-17 December! Among the 11 Australian competitors are Taj Branch, one of Australia’s up-and-coming skaters who secured his spot through one of Skate Australia’s Performance Pathways Initiatives. We hit up the Sunshine Coast skater to find out how it actually feels like to skate at an international comp for the very first time.
QAS Youfor2032 Camp: Beep test in baggy pants
Earlier this year Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) and Skate Australia launched the Daredevil program - a talent identification initiative aimed at action sport including street and park skateboarding. As part of a 6 months development program the selected skate prodigies participated in a two-day development camp at Queensland Academy of Sports, joined by athletes from various disciplines.
Road to Paris: 15 Australians competing in Olympic Qualifier in Argentina
Road to Paris ‘24: 15 Australian Park skaters have packed their bags and have headed to San Juan, Argentina for the next leg of the World Skate Tour, continuing their journey towards qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Slabzoo is here with info on who, how and where to watch when our Ausssie favorites rip it up overseas.
Postcard from Dubai: Dani Campbell
Dani Campbell had a sick trip to Dubai for the World Championships and Olympic Qualifiers. Dani is part of Songline Skateboarding, Australia’s first Indigenous skate team. They spread positivity and love through skateboarding to communities all over while keeping the culture strong. What a legend. While not hyping kids up to skate, or competing he is often out hitting street spots with his technical wizardry— also in Dubai!
Postcard from Dubai: Poppy Starr & Taniah Meyers
Poppy Starr & Taniah Meyers are in Dubai about to compete in the World Championships and Olympic qualifier in park skateboarding in Dubai. These women have been competing and travelling together to international competitions more than once throughout the years and we checked in with them to see what they’re up to in Dubai.
The Queensland Academy of Sport is Calling all Daredevils
Do you have what it takes to become the next Olympic skateboarder for Australia and compete on home ground in Brisbane in 2032? The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) has launched YouFor2032, a talent identification initiative aimed at identifying Queensland’s future medallists. Within Youfor2032, the QAS has also launched Daredevils: an action sport-specific option for 9-15-year-old skateboarders from both Park and Street to give it a go.
World Championships and Olympic Qualifier coming up
Road to Paris ‘24: The Street and Park World Championships 2022 will take place at Sharjah, just 30min from Dubai in United Arab Emirates. The Street World Championships will go down from January 29th to February 5th, and represent the second Street qualification event towards Paris 2024. The Park World Championships will be the first park event on the qualification path towards Paris 2024 and will take place from February 5th to 12th . Both events are classified as World Championships.
Your guide to watch SLS in LAS VEGAS From Australia
SLS: The top 50 professional street skateboarders in the world will show off their gnarliest tricks in Sin City for the 3. stop of the 2022 SLS Championship Tour on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 October in Nevada. However, due to time differences the actual dates in Australia are Saturday 8 and Sunday 9. We’ve made it easy to find out when to watch (Australian time), where to watch and who to watch.
Your guide to watch skateboarding at the Olympic Qualifier Pro Tour in Rome (From Australia)
OLYMPIC QUALIFIER: The Road to Paris 2024 is sure kicking off in style! With Rome’s Colosseum as the backdrop the first Olympic Skateboarding qualifyer is going down Wednesday 29 July - Monday 4th July 2022.
We’ve made it easy to find out when to watch (Australian time), where to watch and who to watch [just scroll down].
BRISBANE 2032: Where will the OLYMPIC skatepark go?
It might have seemed surreal, but it did happen. You did just see skateboarding debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Millions of people worldwide watched on as skateboarders hit the Ariake Urban Sports Park to compete for medals in both street and park events.
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