15-year-old Kusaki wins women's park skateboarding gold

In the 90s extreme games and skateboarding was very popular 30 years late but good to see in back. History repeats

Big up to Hinano!

Japanese kids sure are born to skate!

Congratulations!

Especially as everywhere I go in Tokyo I seem to see signs that say "No Skateboarding" (and I bet the gov is not saying that when they bring back those shiny Olympic medals).

This skateboarding sport has become a kids sport! Lots of reasons for the success of kids in these since they have the psychological advantage of having no fear and giving it all! The other factor is the structure of the body since long body and short legs gives a lower center of gravity so better balance. This is why Asians get a slight advantage when compared to whites and blacks ( due to their long legs they’ll be in the worst category for this ).

Youth sports levels in Japan are off the scale. Mecha kakkoi!

Still seriously frowned upon in Japan. There needs to be some real public skate parks established.

Interesting that the Chinese are right there in the mix. It’s the first time I’ve seen that and it may be a sign that the recent years of Japanese dominance may be ending. The Japanese skaters are known for their intense training and it’s easy to imagine the Chinese training even harder.

This is very interesting stuff. Kids practicing so hard shows that many children are capable of extraordinary things. Skateboarding is a sport requires countless hours of practice. The beauty part of it is that they are having fun. To get to this level is amazing. Even the kid in last place is pretty awesome. All I can think to say is, "Cool."

Since when is messing around on a skateboard a sport?

The sport with the most broken bones, missing teeth and head injuries considering they do require helmets

A 540 ("a McTwist") was so hard to do in the 80s with almost everyone trying it over and over and over but failing until about the mid-80s.

Now kids are doing it like, "Well, the Chinese girl got 10 extra points for it, so I decided I needed to do one." She makes it sound so easy!

Fantastic photograph.

Congrats to Hinano Kusaki!

Since when is messing around on a skateboard a sport?

Have you ever been able to do what the girl in the picture is doing, in your entire life?

All the negative poster's about are ignorant. Anyone that could do what these athletes are doing would never say anything negative.

Congratulations to gold medal winning fifteen-year-old Japanese skateboarder Hinano Kusaki, her challengers and podium colleagues Li Yujuan, and Mao Jiasi.