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Get to Know the Street World Championships Sharjah Semi-Finalists
The Street World Championships Sharjah semi-finals have just concluded and here are the qualifiers for the Finals.
Men’s Streets
- Onodera Ginwoo (JPN) – 262.24
- Jagger Eaton (USA) – 260.99
- Gustavo Ribeiro (POR) – 255.85
- Shirai Sora (JPN) – 250.66
- Aurelien Giraud (FRA) – 250.04
- Chris Joslin (USA) – 249.07
- Kelvin Hoefler (BRA) – 237.86
- Richard Tury (SVK) – 237.38
Women’s Street
- Akama Rizu (JPN) – 253.65
- Rayssa Leal (BRA) – 252.98
- Nishiya Momiji (JPN) – 249.10
- Chloe Covell (AUS) – 246.09
- Gabi Mazetto (BRA) – 221.56
- Pamela Rosa (BRA) – 219.43
- Nakayama Funa (JPN) – 209.48
- Paige Heyn (USA) – 209.19
The World Skate Championships Sharjah is one of the qualifying events for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Participants in the qualifying events can collect ranking points for their Olympic World Skateboarding Ranking. The final standings will determine who will compete in Paris 2024.
The Finals for Street Championships will be held on Sunday, Feb. 5. The Park World Championships will be on Feb. 11-12, 2023.
Watch the coverage of the semi-finals below.
Tune in here for the live coverage of the finals.
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Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen Team Up for ‘Darkslides & Secret Tapes’
Skateboarding legends will be on the stage together to discuss their lives and careers and how they inspired each other to innovate for “Darkslides & Secret Tapes” shows.
The shows are scheduled for April 4th at Beacon Theater, NYC, NY and April 7th at ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX.
You can buy tickets for the NYC show here, and the Austin show here.
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Hayley Wilson is Slam’s Skater of the Year
Slam Magazine named Hayley Wilson as the 2024 Skater of the Year. The Australian-based skateboard magazine started the annual awards in 2004, with Cale Nuske bagging the first-ever Slam SOTY.
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Transworld Skateboarding Vault Features Leo Romero
Jason Hernandez breaks down Leo Romero’s old clips in this episode of TWS Vault. In the clips, Leo performs a trick on a red rail at UCI’s SoCal campus that may be familiar to you as his final trick in “First Love.” He then moves on to another iconic Orange County schoolyard.