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UPDATE: Lizzie Armanto to Compete on Finland’s Olympic Team

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5 years ago

February 1, 2019

Skate Newswire

Despite being born and raised in Southern California, Lizzie Armanto will be skating for Finland at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Her dad is from the country, which allows her to join Jaakko Ojanen and Kasperi Kropsu in the pursuit of Olympic gold. With Lizzie’s contest record, this definitely elevates Finland’s threat level in Tokyo next year.

UPDATE 02.01.19: Lizzie was the guest on last week’s episode of The Desiree Show, and talks about competing in the Olympics starting at the 51:20 mark below.

With the Olympics coming up, I’m going to be representing Finland. It’s kind of crazy, the whole Olympics thing and skateboarding. It’s definitely not popular right now. It’s important though; I think. I think it should be skateboarders leading the way, and saying: “This is skateboarding. And this is how we do it.” And keep skateboarding skateboarding, and not let it turn into something else… Back when snowboarding was first put into the Olympics, the top guys weren’t a part of it. They weren’t going to embrace it. That hasn’t stopped yet. So I think it’s important that skateboarders take care of their own.

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Giovanni Vianna’s Top 5 SLS Scores of 2023

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2 months ago

January 30, 2024

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Giovanni Vianna earned his first Street League Skateboarding Super Crown title last year. Will he be able to defend his crown in the 2024 SLS Tour?

Let’s rewind to how Giovanni was able to push his way up to get the Super Crown.

In the Chicago and Sydney stops, he managed to land in the nine club in the knockout rounds, but they weren’t enough to get him to the finals.

But come the Super Crown Championships, he was able to land three nine-club scores, with 9.4 being the highest, enough to snatch the crown from his closest rival, Vincent Milou.

Watch how it all went down in the video above.

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The 2024 SLS Tour: Bigger and Better

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2 months ago

January 29, 2024

Skate Newswire

The SLS Tour will return bigger and better in 2024. Up to $1.8 million prize purse is at stake, with $100,000 to go to the Super Crown Champions.

The tour is also adding more stops for a total of eight, including three SLS “Apex” spot-based events. Regular stops include Paris, San Diego, Australia (TBA), and Tokyo.

The SLS Super Crown Championships 2024 will be again held in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 14-15.

The SLS Tour 2024 will kick off at Adidas Arena, Paris, France, on February 24. Tickets are now available on the SLS website.