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.

Sophie Bo Schmidt 5/22/23 Sophie Bo Schmidt 5/22/23

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.

Sophie Bo Schmidt 1/17/23 Sophie Bo Schmidt 1/17/23

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.

Majeline Dalsgaard 10/7/22 Majeline Dalsgaard 10/7/22

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.

Majeline Dalsgaard 7/7/22 Majeline Dalsgaard 7/7/22

Several Aussies impressed in Rome

World Street Pro Tour Rome 2022: The First World Skate Olympic Qualification event towards selection for Paris 2024 went down on 26 June - 3 July when the World Street Pro Tour came to Rome. The field was packed with experienced competition skaters and young talent booming through. Australia was represented by Shane O’Neil, Tommy Fynn and Rome Collyer in the men’s division and Liv Lovelace, Chloe Covell and Hayley Powell in women’s.

Sophie Bo Schmidt 6/28/22 Sophie Bo Schmidt 6/28/22

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].

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