Team USA Men’s Street Skateboarding: Road to Paris Olympics 2024

Step into the world of Team USA street skateboarders Nyjah Huston, Chris Joslin, and Jagger Eaton as they prepare to represent their home country at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Each skateboarder has navigated a challenging year and a half of qualifying events, overcoming the physical and mental challenges of competing at such a high level of skateboarding. Learn about the journey each of them took to secure a spot in the top three to represent Team USA, their mindset as they approach Paris, the unique skills that set them apart, and the excitement building for the second edition of Olympic skateboarding.

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The Platfrm – Vault: The First Skateboarding Olympics in Tokyo 2020

As the second round of skateboarding arrives on the Olympic stage in Paris starting this weekend, The Pltfrm dug back through their vault archive to reflect on skateboarding’s inaugural debut at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. Hear from Sean Malto, Chris Joslin, Nyjah Huston, Mirah Duran, Pedro Barros, Leo Baker, Chad Muska, and many more on what it means for skateboarding to be on the Olympic stage, the unique traits of skateboarding culture and its diverse background.

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Best of the 9 Club – First Half of the 2024 SLS Championship Tour

Since we’re halfway through the 2024 Championship Tour, we wanted to take a look back at some of the best 9 Club’s that we’ve seen thus far! There was no shortage in Paris and San Diego, as well as at APEX 01 and APEX 02!

Featuring Vincent Milou, Chris Joslin, Sora Shirai, Gustavo Ribeiro, Aurelien Giraud, Yumeka Oda, Momiji Nishiya, Yuto Horigome, Braden Hoban, Filipe Mota, Alex Midler, Jhancarlos Gonzalez, Giovanni Vianna, Dashawn Jordan, Manny Santiago, Antonio Durao, Nyjah Huston and Lucas Rabelo.

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RSOPENVQS: Chris Joslin Wants Your Submissions!

Chris Joslin explains how anyone can submit a video to the Rockstar Energy Video Qualifier Series (RSOPENVQS) to battle with the top pros at the first Rockstar Energy Open. You heard it right; all you have to do is post your video clips to Instagram using the hashtag #RSOPENVQS to enter and be judged by your best tricks. The top 10 men and women selected from the RSOPENVQS will be able to compete in the street portion of the Open this August.

If that deal isn’t good enough for you to post, Rockstar is giving away $1,000 weekly to the best men’s and women’s videos submitted, $1,000 to the overall best trick for men and women, and a grand prize of $2,500 to the men’s and women’s viewer’s choice video. Submissions are open until August 2nd, and the top 10 winners will be announced on August 7th.

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Jagger’s World | Street Skateboarding: Men’s Final Highlights Olympic Qualifier Series

It was a great contest in Shanghai, with Japanese protégé Onodera Ginwoo and veteran Chris Joslin stepping onto the podium, but it was the Jagger Eaton show as the American took home top spot to finish in the top three for both street and park! That wraps up this stop of the Olympic Qualifier Series but stay tuned for the next edition in Budapest from June 20-23!

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