Skatepark Stories with Jordyn Barratt – The Skatepark Project

Jordyn Barratt shares how a skatepark being built in her town is the reason why she started skating. Jordyn shares how public skateparks can provide opportunities for kids to practice on the same obstacles the pros are skating in contests from the X Games to the Olympics, and how everyone regardless of age, gender or race are always welcome!

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Women’s Park Highlight Video | Dew Tour Des Moines 2022

Eight of the world’s best skateboarders gathered on top of the Lauridsen park deck for the women’s park final at Dew Tour Des Moines. The 2022 line of women included Jordyn Barratt, Kisa Nakamura, Lizzie Armanto, Bryce Wettstein, Mami Tezuka, Cocona Hiraki, Sakura Yosozumi, and Sky Brown. Watch all the best moves the ladies put down in the action-packed highlight video.

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Park Cash Jam Highlight Video | Dew Tour Des Moines 2022

Thursday night at 2022 Dew Tour Des Moines served as a prequel for the weekend’s main event with an impromptu cash jam on the park course. The session rolled in an order jam between men and women skateboarders who wanted to take their chance at snagging some cash. Here are all the moves that went down in the park course from the cash jam featuring Tate Carew, Gavin Bottger, Jordyn Barratt, Sakura Yosozumi, Sky Brown, Kieran Woolley, Heimana Reynolds, Alex Sorgente, Luiz Francisco, Tristan Rennie, and Liam Pace.

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USANA and USA Skateboarding Promote Healthy Lifestyles Through Skateboarding

USA Skateboarding and their partnership with USANA understands that skateboarding promotes and contributes to healthy lifestyles. Recently, they caught up with three of USA’s National Team riders; Trisan Rennie, Jordyn Barratt, and Arianna Carmona to hear about what skateboarding does for their physical and mental health. Don’t forget to go skateboarding with your friends today and every day that you can!

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Jordyn, Part Two presented by Toyota USA

Team Toyota athlete Jordyn Barratt grew up in Hawaii skating at Banzai Skatepark. There weren’t any other little girls skating at the park when Jordyn first began. At around 14 years old, Jordyn moved to California and realized there were more skaters just like her. But as she started to compete against some of the girls, she looked up to the competition grew fierce. Gnarly. Some of the older girls were pretty mean, an experience that Jordyn vowed to change for the future girls of skating. It’s not like that anymore, according to Jordyn, partially due to the expanded contest circuit, which has allowed a little more room for everyone to grow. She knows what it’s like to get picked on, so she’s made it a point to make any girls who are coming up feel welcome—the more, the merrier, in her opinion.

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Dew Tour: On The Spot Video Montage Vol. Five with Sakura Yosozumi, Dashawn Jordan, Alex Sorgente, and More

Welcome back to another On The Spot video montage. This time DEW threw together all the skateboarding clips they’ve captured so far in 2021 to create one epic montage. Volume five features skateboarders Jordyn Barratt, Gavin Bottger, Alex Sorgente, Cory Juneau, Trey Wood, Dashawn Jordan, Sakura Yosozumi, and Jagger Eaton.

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Winning Runs: Sakura Yosozumi Wins Women’s Park Finals | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021

After watching her Japanese teammate Misugu Okamoto dominate with a backside 540 in every contest in 2019, and again in this week’s Semifinal, Sakura Yosozumi decided it was time to break out a 540 of her own that she’d been working on in secret and had never landed in competition before today. Landing it in Run 4 helped boost her to the top of the podium.

Final Results:
1. Sakura Yosozumi
2. Sky Brown
3. Misugu Okamoto
4. Mami Tezuka
5. Kokona Hiraki
6. Bryce Wettstein
7. Kisa Nakamura
8. Jordyn Barratt

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Top Three Women’s Park Skateboarding Semifinal Runs | Dew Tour Des Moines 2021

Misugu Okamoto, just 15 years old and already the top-ranked Women’s Park skater in the world prior to this week, stayed true to form on Friday, winning the Women’s Park Semifinal to advance to Sunday’s 8-woman Final.

Also making the top-8 cut for the Final: Sky Brown (representing Great Britain), Bryce Wettstein (USA), Sakura Yosozumi (Japan), Mami Tezuka (Japan), Kokona Hiraki (Japan), Kisa Nakamura (Japan), and Jordyn Barratt (USA).

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