For the Love of Skateboarding
Egoitz Bijueska sits down with Marc Churchill in Rome to talk progression, contest nerves, changing up his line, and a few new tricks he might have up his sleeve.
After putting down one of the highest-scoring runs of the competition in Rome 2025, Egoitz returns with more confidence, a completely new line, and the same approach: skate fast, do good tricks, and make the run.
Get to know Egoitz in the latest Sit Down from WST World Cup Rome 2026.
As one of the standouts at WST Kitakyushu right at the tail end of last year, Vancouver Island’s 13-year-old upstart quickly caught everyone’s attention as Canada’s new potential secret weapon on the Road To LA28.
Meet the skateboarders involved in this pioneering project through World Skate’s short film from Woodward- and follow their progress as Olympic Solidarity makes dreams come true on the Road To LA28!
USA’s Ruby Lilley took a breather from practice at WST São Paulo to tell us about filming enders, how safety runs have changed over time, and the difference a Brazilian crowd can make!
This installment of deep-dives is of particular significance because it is the first time a skateboarding event has ever hit Japan’s southern island of Kitakyushu so it was an all-new experience for skateboarders and fans alike. Jump right in for A Closer Look at Japan’s newest skateboarding destination and event!
Gustavo Ribeiro has one of the most storied competitive skateboarding careers of his generation.
Carrying the torch for Europe in a sphere dominated by the giants of USA, Brazil and Japan, World Skate sat down with the Portuguese leader of the new school to discuss pressure, progression and life at the cutting edge of skateboarding’s most demanding theatre of dreams.
Sora goes for back to back wins in this thrilling finals here at the WST World Cup Kitakyushu.
Women’s finals here in Kitakyushu was one for the BOOKS.
Ryan Decenzo takes you on a tour through the WST World Cup Kitakyushu Street course.
In New Forms, Brazil’s Giovanni Vianna talks us through how his personal style of skating has evolved. A Fakie pioneer, he explains how his father’s suggestion led him down a creative skateboarding path which has seen him put down some of the most impressive NBD’s in skate history. World Skate caught up with him to learn about commitment going blindside, square rail testing and Full Cab Bennetts!
Read the full interview HERE.
Vincent Milou has walked skateboarding’s current highwire act better than most. Mainstream skateboarding media is currently preaching to ever-smaller congregations about what constitutes legitimacy in this tastemaking sphere of youth culture; meanwhile, contests flourish in a post-Covid era.
Sponsors want their skateboarders to do the impossible- to broadcast and narrowcast them at the same time. As something clearly has to give there- and with the tide going against cool-guy culture in this day and age of inclusion- Vincent has just recently resolved a longstanding board sponsor limbo.
He returned to Rome for WST World Cup 2025 in order to reclaim his position as the crowd’s darling everywhere he goes.
Marc Churchill sat down to get a sense of where France’s highest-ranked Street skateboarder (30th) on the WST is at in his life and skating right at this moment in time.