USA Skateboarding

USA Skateboarding was established to provide direction and governance for the sport of skateboarding, including, but not limited to, enabling United States athletes to achieve sustained competitive excellence in Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American, and Parapan American competition and sanctioning competitions resulting in United States National Champions at both the amateur and professional level. USAS is dedicated to promoting and supporting the sport of Skateboarding while striving to guarantee that Skateboarding continues to provide the unique characteristics important to the sport's participants, and maintaining the integrity and authenticity of Skateboarding as a sport, a passion, and a lifestyle. Visit usaskateboarding.net for additional information about the organization and membership opportunities. 

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"While the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games is hugely disappointing for our team and everyone who has been working incredibly hard towards skateboarding’s Olympic debut this summer in Tokyo, I applaud Japan and the IOC for acting swiftly and making this unprecedented and difficult decision in these uncertain times." - Josh Friedberg, CEO, USA Skateboarding

Men’s Journal- April 2020

Nyjah Huston, Lacey Baker and Louie Lopez Among First-Ever USA Skateboarding Team

Earlier this week, at the CA Training Facility (CA | TF) in Vista, California, 16 professional skateboarders were named to the United States national team based on their performance during a series of qualifying international competitions that took place in 2018.

New York Times- April 2, 2020

‘It’s a Pretty Big Bummer’: Olympic Dreams on Hold

The Times asked Olympic and Paralympic athletes from around the world to make videos about the postponed Summer Games, and what life is like stuck at home. Here’s what they told us.

LA Times- January 21, 2020

USA's first Olympic skateboarding team: Meet the hopefuls

Twenty-one of America’s best skateboarders gathered last weekend at the Berrics, a private skate park south of downtown Los Angeles mere miles from the sport’s birthplace. It was USA Skateboarding’s media day, an event that served as an introduction for the athletes who will likely represent the United States as skateboarding makes its Olympics debut at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

Huffington Post- February 7, 2020

The U.S. Olympic Skateboarding Team's Uniforms Are Very, Very Good

At this point, it’s looking unlikely that we mere mortals and non-skateboarders are making the 2020 U.S. Olympic skateboarding team. And we had come to terms with that fact ― before we saw the uniforms.