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After being delayed by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally taking place, with the opening ceremony scheduled for July 23. But even as many people around the world hope to use these Games to take a mental break from real-world anxieties and recapture some…

Just four years ago, Zhang Xin was a trainee cheerleader who had never ridden a skateboard. Now, she’s preparing to skate for China at the Tokyo Olympics. The 22-year-old, who will compete in the women’s park event, is one of two skateboarders representing Team China at the Games, which kick…

Photo: Jordan Calhoun When I committed to skateboarding in June, I had ambitions for it to last longer than my one-month Lifehacker Fitness Challenge. I mostly kept my goals to myself, though, as not to jinx my probability of getting through the month successfully. Even so, comments came in from…

The Tokyo Olympics will feature six new or returning sports, giving this year's Games a record 41 disciplines and 339 gold medals. Returning: Baseball, softballNew: Surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing, karateThe backdrop: In 2014, the IOC gave organizing committees the ability to propose new sports for inclusion. Tokyo's committee was the…

In probably its biggest update ever, Agens and Snowman are introducing the bustling city of Tokyo in Skate City. This move comes at the perfect time as it is the first time that skateboarding is being introduced as an official sport in the Olympics, which are also taking place in…

Lizzie Armanto ascends a metal extension ladder, skateboard in hand, to the platform at the top of an indoor vert ramp. She perches, catlike, on the coping then drops in, sails across into a Backside Method Air—her body hovering some fourteen or so feet above the ground for a moment—and…

Bon voyage, PH Olympians: Bring home the bacon! As our Filipino Olympians leave today to compete in the summer games that will open in Tokyo on July 23, we join the Filipino nation in bidding them Godspeed! Despite having been postponed for a year — and over and above the…

WHEN COMPETITIVE street skateboarding debuts in Tokyo, the judges will score the athletes based on the difficulty of their tricks (performed within a time limit) as well as originality, speed, and height. The focus is on the tricks—aerials, slides, and grinds on and off benches, walls, slopes, handrails, and stairs.…

Lo-fi vibes and skating Some skateboarding sims have lots of goals and unlocks, but one upcoming minimalist skateboard game is just looking to create a good vibe. The Ramp is a new game from Paul Schnepf, a co-creator of Islanders and Superflight, and it wants to just capture the thrill of skateboarding. The Ramp hits…