Women’s Street Final Highlights Rockstar Energy Open 2025

When Coco Yoshizawa rallied the crowd for support in the Women’s Street Final, Portland skate fans were happy to oblige. The Japanese contingent swept the Women’s Street podium, with Coco, Ibuki Matsumoto, Mei Ozeki, and 4th place finisher Aoi Fukuda, a VQS addition to the field. Coco, though, dug deep to punctuate a flawless run for the walk-off win.

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Park Best Trick Jam Highlights Rockstar Energy Open 2025

Arguably the best contest of the entire event, the Park Best Trick Jam at the RSEO brought out a taste of the old school and touch of chaos to an otherwise perfectly executed weekend. ALL skaters were welcome to join in on the carnage for their chance at some quick cash for tricks and a trophy for the overall winner. And in the end, the fans were the real winners. Also Keegan Palmer.

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Guinness World Record Holder & Skateboarding Legend: Judi Oyama

Judi Oyama has been pushing skateboarding forward since the 1970s. A former Women’s Slalom World Champion (2003) and Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee, World Skate first spoke with her when she represented the USA in Downhill Slalom at the 2023 World Skate Games in Italy.

At that event, Judi mentioned Guinness World Records was considering naming her the world’s oldest competitive female skateboarder — a title she now proudly holds.

To celebrate, they invited the Santa Cruz native to share her pioneering story and personal photo archive, which capture both her own journey and a legendary era in skateboarding history.

At 65, Judi is still charging, still inspiring, and still skating nonstop since the first wave. Congratulations, Judi — from all of us and World Skate.

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