The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo are just around the corner, and there are some new sports on the agenda: Softball, Karate, Skateboarding, Sport climbing, and Surfing. In this week’s social poll, we were interested to find out your thoughts on what may be the most controversial of the added sports: Skateboarding.
Skateboarding, which started in California as “sidewalk surfing,” has been a popular sport amongst teenagers since the early 1980s. However, it was the advent of the X-Games on March 7, 1995, that it was catapulted into mainstream sports. We wanted to know if you thought this was a legitimate sport worthy of Olympic glory, and our audience did not disappoint.
Whether you believe skateboarding is an Olympic-caliber sport or not, its inclusion will likely mean further expansion for the sport. Events include: Men’s park, Women’s park, Men’s street, and Women’s street.
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