Ventura, CA - X Games California announces the first wave of Skateboard, BMX and Moto X athletes who have received their invite to the world’s premiere action sports competition, taking place July 21 - 23 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds & Event Center. Among the invited athletes are gold medalists from X Games 2022 and X Games Chiba 2023 as well as world-class action sports athletes from around the globe.

It’s also exciting to see that after many, many years Women’s Vert is coming back! No word on who will be competing but stay tuned as we will be updating as info becomes available!!

 

X Games California 2023 tickets are available now at XGames.com. In addition to general admission tickets, X Games offers several hospitality and travel packages which include meet and greets, behind the scenes access and more.

The first wave of X Games California 2023 invited athletes includes: (athlete list subject to change)

Women’s Park:

Sky Brown

Yurin Fujii

Cocona Hiraki

Ruby Lilley

Kisa Nakamura

Minna Stess

Mami Tezuka

Arisa Trew

Bryce Wettstein

Sakura Yosozumi

Women’s Street:

Rizu Akama

Leticia Bufoni

Chloe Covell

Rayssa Leal

Funa Nakayama

Aori Nishimura

Momiji Nishiya

Yumeka Oda

Keet Oldenbeuving

Poe Pinson

The podium is getting younger and younger in women’s skateboarding these days. With fourteen-year-olds ruling the park and throwing down tricks that take women’s skateboarding to new heights, it’s a pleasure to see.

Brazil, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, and Japan ruled the finals (the USA didn’t have a skater qualify this time around) and the battle was fierce. It’s not just throwing down a line anymore, it’s strategy, variation of the three runs and more that come into play. We watched the women adjust as they saw scores get higher when another skater did a certain trick and they immediately pivoted to change up their run.

It was the best women’s park final we have seen!

Congrats to all the competitors who skated at the Olympic Qualifiers in San Juan, Argentina!

***Spoiler Alert (Results) Below*****

Via World Skate SB ~ Phoyo Piero Capannini

WOMEN’S PARK FINAL RESULTS - SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA

1. Sky Brown (GBR) 90.84

2. Ruby Trew (AUS) 86.16

3. Raicca Oliveira (BRA) 85.17

4. Hinano Kusaki (JPN) 84.52

5. Kokona Hiraki (JPN) 84.19

6. Dora Pereira (BRA) 84.00

7. Arisa Trew (AUS) 82.23

8. Lilly Stoephasius (GER) 81.27

Image Via World Skate SB

The skateparks in Southern California have looked pretty empty this past week, with a lot of the pro and younger skaters heading off to compete in Argentina at Olympic Qualifiers. Paris is coming soon, and those points they accumulate at the qualifiers matter!!

Here is the schedule of events:

Sunday 5/21 through Tuesday 5/23 is practice sessions.

Then on Wednesday 5/24 we head into the Open Qualifier where they will narrow the field down to just thirty two skaters to move onto the quarter finals.

Friday 5/26 will be the quarter finals where the pre-seeds will join the thirty two skaters who made it through the open. The quarter Finals will narrow the field down again.

WATCH IT LIVE!! Saturday 5/27 is the semi finals. The semi-finals will narrow the field down to just EIGHT skaters for the finals . WHEW!!

Semi-Finals Start Time: 12:05 PM PT / 1:05 PM ET

WATCH IT LIVE!! Sunday 5/28 will be the eight women who made it through to the finals.

Start Time: 1:15 PM PT / 4:15 ET

HOW TO WATCH

Livestream coverage will be available on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com beginning with the semi-finals on Saturday 27 May and finishing with the finals on Sunday 28 May.

Don’t Miss It!!

Lizzie Armanto

Huge thanks to photographer, Joanne Barratt, for covering X Games Chiba for us! We love the mix of action and portrait images she captured while there. We also love seeing Lizzie rocking a red jumpsuit, Bryce in floral and Arisa Trew in bright pink accents. Skaters have a unique fashion style that is all their own - we love that!

Scroll on to enjoy the images!

Bryce Wettstein

Cocona Hiraki

Arisa Trew

Minna Stess, Jordyn Barratt, Bryce Wettstein, and Cocona Hiarki waiting to skate

Grace Marhoefer

Jordyn Barratt

We are so stoked to announce that Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider, Maya Kenny, has made the Mexican National Skateboard Team!

Maya traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico this month to compete in Mexico’s Nationals for Women’s Park, where she took home the silver medal. She will be representing Mexico at the Olympic Qualifiers in Argentina this month and we wish her all the best! At just thirteen years old, Maya has a bright future in skateboarding ahead of her. Go Maya!!

Check out the video she did with Braille below about training, making the National Team for Women’s Park and more!

Ruby Lilley, Cocona Hiraki and Yurin Fujii on the podium for Women's Skateboard Park Final 2023 X Games Japan at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan. ©Brett Wilhelm/X Games

WOMEN’S PARK PODIUM RESULTS

Gold - Cocona Hiraki - Japan

Silver - Ruby Lilley - USA

Bronze - Yurin Fuji - Japan

We can’t say that this X Games was an uneventful one. From a 5.4 earthquake that struck Chiba, Japan in the early morning hours (while the skaters were still sleeping) to a rain delay that ultimately forced the women to use the prelims as their finals. There was a lot to contend with. As per usual, the skaters did it with style and grace. Pushing their hardest for great runs and cheering each other on. If you were up in the early morning hours - it was a great contest!

With seven of 15 skaters hailing from Japan, the Women’s Skateboard Park Elimination saw X Games Chiba 2022 silver medalist Cocona Hiraki from Tomakomai, Japan earn her first-ever X Games gold medal. Hiraki’s run bested the rest of the field by more than 10 points, with a run that focused on speed, style and technical difficulty. The only skater to hit the flat bar rail feature, Hiraki’s backside nosegrind was the best in the competition. American Ruby Lilley earned her first X Games medal with silver and Chigasaki, Japan’s Yurin Fujii rounded out the podium in bronze position. Fuji’s opening trick was the best of the competition, a backside 360 over a huge box jump

Watch the full X Games women’s park comp above

Momiji Nishiya, Rayssa Leal and Rizu Akama on the podium for Women's Skateboard Street Final at 2023 X Games Japan at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan. ©Brett Wilhelm/X Games

WOMEN’S STREET PODIUM RESULTS

Gold - Rayssa Leal - Brazil

Silver - Momiji Nishiya - Japan

Bronze - Rizu Akama - Japan

Brazilian superstar Rayssa Leal opened the day by successfully defended her X Games Chiba 2022 gold medal. Her first run score narrowly beat out X Games 2022 gold medalist Momiji Nishiya, who hails from Osaka, Japan. Both Leal and Nishiya landed backside lipslides down the 14-stair handrail, the biggest rail on the course. Both just 15 years old, the two have combined to win eight of the last nine major women’s street contests around the world. X Games rookie Rizu Akama from Aomori City, Japan earned a bronze medal with technical tricks that impressed the judges, including a Barley grind which is almost never seen in women’s competition. 

Watch the full X Games women’s Street Comp above

Sakura Yosozumi~ Photo Garth Milan for espn

X Games Japan is almost here, so get ready to tune in and watch women’s park and street. This is the second year that the event will be held at Chiba's ZOZOMarine Stadium. The event hasn’t even started and the biggest news so far is that Sky Brown has pulled out of the event and we hear rumblings that Japanese sensation, Sakura Yosozumi has as well? But don’t worry! There are plenty of rad women to watch, including our own team rider, Minna Stess!l

Read on for all the details of who was invited and when/where to watch LIVE!!!

Women’s Park - Invited Skaters

Lizzie Armanto

Jordyn Barratt

Yurin Fujii

Mizuho Hasegawa

Cocona Hiraki

Hinano Kusaki

Ruby Lilley

Grace Marhoefer

Kisa Nakamura

Kihana Ogawa

Isadora Pacheco

Minna Stess

Mami Tezuka

Arisa Trew

Bryce Wettstein

Sakura Yosozumi

Women’s Street - Invited Skaters

  Rizu Akama

Chloe Covell

Paige Heyn

Rayssa Leal

Secret Lynn

Hina Maeda

Grace Marhoefer

Christiana Means

Funa Nakayama

Aori Nishimura

Momiji Nishiya

Yumeka Oda

Keet Oldenbeuving

Haylie Powell

Wenhui Zeng

HOW TO WATCH LIVE!

X Games is live all weekend May 12-14 from Chiba, Japan, available to watch your way globally across XGames.com, YouTube and Twitch

May 12th - USA TIMES (starts in the middle of the night - so dont get confused here)

Women's Skateboard Street Elimination: 3:30am ET (5/12) | 12:30am PT (5/12)

Women’s Skateboard Park Elimination: 6:30am ET (5/12) | 3:30am PT (5/12) |

Women’s Skateboard Park: 11:45pm ET (5/12) | 8:45pm PT (5/12)

Women’s Skateboard Street: 1:10a ET (5/13) | 10:10pm PT (5/12)

Image via SLS

Get ready to do some downloading, because SLS is now LIVE on RUMBLE and you’ll need to download the app if you want to watch. But don’t worry, we have all the info for each device and a direct link as well. Let’s make this easy! And BTW - watching LIVE is still FREE!

The women’s finals take place on Saturday, April 29th on RUMBLE

Image via SLS

WOMEN’S FINALISTS

Yumeka Oda

Roos Zwetsloot

Chloe Covell

Momiji Nishiya

Funa Nakayama

Rayssa Leal

Watch the Women’s FINALS - FREE!

Saturday, April 29th

6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT

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In 2021 our team rider, Minna Stess, made history when she became the youngest female national skateboarding champion, but what you may not know is, her driving force to compete came from a deal she made with her father to get the gaming PC of her dreams.

Relive this historic moment retold by Minna Stess, ANIMATED!

Here is some great news! After this last event in Sharjah, park skaters were left not knowing if/when there would be more qualifiers for them prior to the Paris 2024 Olympics. It seems that street skaters have always had an idea of when and where they woudl skate next but park was a bit up in the air…

The Scheduled Stops that include park, are:

ARGENTINA

ROME

SHARJAH

Starting in May things are going to get really busy if you are on tour!! Exciting news!!!

All info via World Skate

It was a fantastic day watching the 8 female finalists battle it out at the World Championships for Women’s Park Skateboarding. Everyone was holding their own and pushing the limits of what they had done in the previous days. The tricks were higher, new tricks were thrown in and the skating was flawless. Women’s skateboarding has grown by leaps in bounds these past few years and it was great to see!

It was also great to see THREE skaters from the USA in the finals - Bryce Wettstein, Minna Stess and Grace Marhoefer .They all did exceptionally well!

**One correction on the announcers commentary today - Kokona Hiraki from Japan is the youngest Olympic Medalist in 85 years , winning the SILVER Medal in Women’s Park at age 12. Gold was won by Sakura Yosozumi, age 17 and Bronze was won by Sky Brown, age 13.

PODIUM RESULTS

1st Sky Brown - GBR

2nd Kokona Hiraki - Japan

3rd Sakura Yosozumi - Japan

If you weren’t up at 3 AM PT, let us fill you in. It was an exciting early morning here watching the 16 female semi-finalists battle it out to see who the 8 would be that move on to tomorrow’s finals! Watch the video above to get a full sense of how hard it was to make finals.

At the end we have 3 skaters from USA, 2 from Great Britain and 3 from Japan. What is unusual is AU and Brazil are out of the final mix. Some of the names you will recognize and a few are a bit newer on the Olympic Qualifier scene - Hinano Kusake from Japan is one to watch, Grace Marhoefer from the USA is coming on strong and Lola Tambling from team GB made a great showing today!

We’d like to extend a huge congratulate to our team rider Minna Stess for making the finals - well done!

The 8 Women Who Move to Finals Sunday AM - Congrats to all!

HERE IS HOW TO WATCH THE FINALS ON SUNDAY

4:45 AM PT / 7:45 AM ET via WorldSkate.tv

Image via World Skate

The big news this morning is that FIVE women from the USA have made the semi-finals in women’s park - Grace Marhoefer, Minna Stess (our GN4LW team Rider!), Jordyn Barratt, Bryce Wettstein and Carlin Makibbin. The USA has more skaters in the Women’s Park semi-finals than any other country.

Japan is holding strong as usual with Sakura and Kokona and Kisa in the mix, as well as Hinano leading the way. Team GB has to be stoked, not only has Sky Brown advanced, (which is to be expected) but Lola Tambling as well.

As we know with these comps, some skaters don’t show their full run until finals. Don’t worry that quarter finals were not broadcast live - you can tune in tomorrow AM to watch these 16 women shred to see which 8 make the finals!

WATCH THE SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS LIVE

Women’s Park Semi-Finals - Saturday, February 11th

• Women semi-finals - 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM Local Time / 3:00 AM - 5:45 AM PST
  

Women’s Park Finals - Sunday, February 12th

• Women finals – 5:10 PM - 5:55PM Local Time / 5:10 AM - 5:55 AM PST

• Awards ceremony - 7:40 PM - 8:10 PM / 7:40 AM - 8:10 AM PST

Livestream coverage of world skateboarding championships will be available on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com without any geo-restrictions.

You can also catch the action LIVE on Worldskate.tv and Redbull.com

** We find that World Skate is the easiest location to watch on! **

Image via Olympics.com

Most likely, while you were sleeping, the Women’s Skateboarding Park Open Qualifiers took place in Sharaj, UAE. The women will now have a day off in between this Open Qualifier and the Quarter Finals that take place on Friday.

In addition to the 28 female skaters that made it to the quarter-finals - 5 more “pre-seeded” skaters will join them. This makes the field a total of 32 competitors that then gets cut to 16 for the semi-finals. This will be some harsh competition. After semi-finals the field is cut to just 8 skaters for the finals.

Right now Arisa Trew from AU sits in first and GN4LW team rider Minna Stess is sitting in second and the list goes on as you can see below.

WATCH THE SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS LIVE

Women’s Park Semi-Finals - Saturday, February 11th

• Women semi-finals - 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM Local Time / 3:00 AM - 5:45 AM PST
  
  

Women’s Park Finals - Sunday, February 12th

• Women finals – 5:10 PM - 5:55PM Local Time / 5:10 AM - 5:55 AM PST

• Awards ceremony - 7:40 PM - 8:10 PM / 7:40 AM - 8:10 AM PST

Livestream coverage of world skateboarding championships will be available on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com without any geo-restrictions.

You can also catch the action LIVE on Worldskate.tv and Redbull.com

** We find that World Skate is the easiest location to watch on! **

Watch the full relay of the women’s Street Skateboarding World Championship Finals from Aljada skate park in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. On top of the coveted medals, these world championships will also offer Olympic ranking points - with Paris 2024 only 18 months away.

And stay tuned, because Women’s Park happens this weekend! More details here later in the week on when/where to watch LIVE!

RESULTS WOMEN’S STREET FINALS

1. Rayssa Leal - Brazil

2. Chloe Covell - Australia

3. Momiji Nishiya - Japan

4. Rizu Akama - Japan

5. Funa Nakayama - Japan

6. Gabriela Mazetto - Brazil

7. Paige Heyn - USA

8. Pamela Rosa - Brazil

Image via World Skate

We know how confusing it is to be able to get all the info on when and where to watch the women skate - especially since the World Skateboarding Championships for both Street and Park take place this year at the Aljada skate park. This amazing park is located in the heart of the Madar entertainment complex designed by internationally-acclaimed Zaha Hadid Architects in Sharjah, UAE.

This exciting event, will crown two new female world champions (one for park, one for street). Skateboarders will also get much needed ranking points as we head towards the Paris 2024 Olympics. So there is a LOT at stake!

Live stream hosts for both Park and Street will be Marc Churchill, Samantha Bruce and Danny Wainwright.

The championships have two parts, the World Street Skateboarding Championships (Feb 1-5) and the World Park Skateboarding Championships (Feb 8-12).

Women’s Street Semi Finals - Saturday, February 4th

• Women semi-finals - 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM Local Time / 3:00 AM - 5:45 AM PST

Women’s Street Finals Sunday, February 5th

• Women finals - 4:40 PM - 5:50 PM Local time / 4:40 AM -5:50 AM PST

• Awards ceremony - 7:50 PM - 8:20 PM Local Time / 7:50 AM - 8:20 AM PST

Women’s Park Semi-Finals - Saturday, February 11th

• Women semi-finals - 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM Local Time / 3:00 AM - 5:45 AM PST
  

Women’s Park Finals - Sunday, February 12th

• Women finals – 5:10 PM - 5:55PM Local Time / 5:10 AM - 5:55 AM PST

• Awards ceremony - 7:40 PM - 8:10 PM / 7:40 AM - 8:10 AM PST

Livestream coverage of world skateboarding championships will be available on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com without any geo-restrictions.

You can also catch the action LIVE on Worldskate.tv and Redbull.com

Elle, Anna, Mayzie and Brooke

When we heard that four of our GN4LW team riders, Elle Warne from Utah, Brooke Benson and Mayzie Feher from Southern California and Anna Shea Reynolds-Madsen from Northern California, were headed out to Florida for the 2nd Annual CASL National Championships we were excited! The chance to travel, meet skaters from all over and skate new parks, is exactly what skateboarding is all about.

Mayzie - is the new 2022 (Double) National Champ in Vert/Bowl and Park/Mini (Girls of all ages)

Mayzie did something that isn’t easy to do, she came home with two huge trophies after winning Nationals for girls (all ages) in Vert/Bowl and Park/Mini! We hope the airlines upgraded her to first class on the way home and gave her ice cream for that double win!

Park Results - Elle took third, Mayzie 1st and Vilja took second - great job girls!!

Elle also made podium in girls Park - nice to see the two teammates up there along with another rad skater, Vilja from Utah.

Big congrats to Brooke for taking 5th in street and to Anna who took 5th in Vert/Bowl and 6th in Park/Mini. They both skated their hearts out and did a great job!

Overview of park + street venue - All info and images via World Skate

Get ready, because the first Olympic Qualifier for Park is almost here (Street will be happening too!) Aljada Skatepark in Sharjah UAE will host the two Olympic Qualifier events for the rescheduled World Skateboarding Tour Street & Park World Championships 2022.

Park competition venue

WHEN:

Jan 29th - Feb 5th - Street World Championships
Feb 5th - Feb 12th - Park World Championships

WHERE:

Aljada Skatepark in Sharjah, UAE

The skatepark complex currently consists of six separate parks, ranging from a California Skateparks-designed world-class, Olympic-level street course and park construction complete with two deep ends (3.3M), all the way down to smaller bowls, street sections, snake runs and beginner- level spaces. The parks are currently open to ride up until the 15th of January when preparations for our stellar showdown must begin!

Aljada Skatepark is at the heart of the Madar entertainment complex designed by internationally-acclaimed Zaha Hadid Architects. Around 300 skateboarders from all over the world will compete across both events at the recently-completed Aljada Skate Park, the biggest facility of its type in the region created by industry-leaders California Skateparks. Skaters taking part in the WST Sharjah World Championships will secure points toward qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

HOW TO WATCH WOMEN’S PARK & STREET - LIVE!

Watch the LIVE events via Olympic Channel Youtube and Worldskate.tv

(left to right) Grace Marhoefer, Bruce Wettstein, Ruby Lilley ~ Photo via USA Skateboarding

This weekend was nerve wracking for so many people in skateboarding. It was the weekend of the semi- finals and finals for the 2022 USA National Skateboarding Championships, presented by Toyota, that took place at CATF in Vista, CA. This event determines who will now be on the 2023 USA National Skateboarding Team. (This does NOT determine who will compete in Paris in 2024)

There was a huge new crop of female skaters trying out for the Women’s Street Division and an even larger group trying out for the Women’s Park Team. It was nice to see Jordyn Barratt, Minna Stess, Jordan Santana, Bryce Wettstein and Arianna Carmona still in the mix and competing at high levels. Twelve year old GN4LW team rider, Katelyn West, made the finals and was simply stoked to be skating with women she has looked up to since she started skating.

Rumor has it that the top TWO in each discipline will make the USA National Team and the other TWO spots (there are 4 spots total in each discipline) will be filled by the discretion of USA Skateboarding. We are eagerly waiting for the official announcement. We are also hoping they will share the criteria of how the selections are made for the 2 other spots. Points from previous year? Potential gauged at event? Or?

Stay Tuned!!!

Congrats to all the skaters this weekend!

(left to right) Christine Cottam, Paige Heyn, Secret Lynn - Photo via USA Skateboarding

Women’s Street Podium

1. Paige Heyn

2. Secret Lynn

3. Christine Cottam

Women’s Park Podium

1. Bryce Wettstein

2. Ruby Lilley

3. Grace Marhoefer

All Photos Chris Hooten

We are so honored to be a co-sponsor of this fantastic event!

The 6th annual Venice Ladies and LGBTQ+ Jam went off under beautiful sunny skies - we couldn’t have asked for a better day! The skaters were encouraging each other, and the crowd was cheering for each and every one of them! Skaters spanned from as young as four years old all the way up to our master’s division, where 50+ was the norm!

Scroll on for so much goodness from the day!

Mazel air over the channel

Mother and daughter duo - Julie and Quinne

The woman who makes all of this happen Heidi Lemmon, and SHOF Inductee Gale Webb

Anna with a nice BS air over the hip

Evette awarding Kateyln her 1st place medal

Sydney smiling and skating

Michelle Yooon

Prizes for Street comp

The awesome Lance Lemond

Skaters everywhere!

Nia getting a mommy assit

Penny and Tracie G.

DJ VRSA

Julie cruising her way to the podium

Katelyn with an invert - showing the style that earned her 1st place

Legendary Venice skater, Pauline Branom watching the action

Girls Play LA was in the house!!

A podium full of smiling faces and lots of swag!

DJ VRSA

Cheryl with a rock and roll on the hip in the snake run

Penny attacking the snake run

Julie winning a bag of swag and looking pretty stoked about it!

Quinne BS grind in the bowl

Our amazing announcer/MC Bart Saric

Maya handing out prizes to the competitors

Cheryl BS grind

Rob from Downhill Dogs

Evette giving out medals

Lonny Hiramoto OG Superstar

Dailynn taking home some goods!

Pauline & Lonny

Julie cruising

Tuma on the mic

Brooke, Penny and Nona competed in Pup Cup and took home tons of prizes!

Pauline flowing through the snake run

Nona has a little asist from dad during the pup cup

Tracie G - WCMX off the stairs!

The 25+ division ruled!! Such a great turn out!!

Nia thinking about her next run for pup-cup.

Mac Attac - total Venice style!

Mayziewith a stylish FS grind

Alex taking home the spoils

So many happy faces!

Sydney having a blast in the snake run

This about sums it up - what a GREAT day!!

We have to thank all the support this event was given this year, not only by our amazing sponsors but also Girls Play LA,  LA Parks and Rec, and the City of Los Angeles.

We say this every year, but it is so true... The best part of this event is seeing so many girls come out and skate, meet one another, and form friendships, and they now have a group of girls to continue skating with throughout the year. That's what keeps these girls progressing.

Huge thanks to the City of Los Angeles, LA Recreation and Parks, Venice Recreation Center, Venice Art Walls, DJ VRSA, Skate Park Association International, Heidi Lemmon, Lance Lemond, Kimi Kallman, Bart Saric our fabulous announcer, Lonnie Hiramoto, all the judges and volunteers, the photographers - Lauren Muller, Gale Webb, and Chris Hooten, who covered the event, as well as the numerous sponsors who sent so much product that the girls went home with a big bags of swag.

Hope to see everyone again next year!

Thanks to Chris Hooten for the use of all his images!

** Please check out our instagram for additional coverage of the event!