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Jagger Eaton didn’t want to tell anyone, but he landed on the Olympic podium with multiple ankle fractures.

When park skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo next week, not only will there be athletes with ties to North County San Diego, but the actual arena where they will be competing will have some ties, too.

Bryce Wettstein will represent the U.S. in the Tokyo Olympics, reports NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado

It wasn’t too long ago that skateboarding was often framed as dangerous, or even criminal, to the point that “Skateboarding Is Not a Crime” appeared on T-shirts and stickers. But it seems like the world might finally be coming around: the Tokyo Olympics is the first-ever Olympic Games with skateboarding events, which have lit up the skating world with...

Holding the Olympics during a pandemic means lots of empty seats that were supposed to be filled with cheering fans. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain takes you to Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, where the first-ever Olympic skateboarding competition was held, to learn what it’s like to be one of the only fans in the Olympic stands — and how...

Encinitas’ Jagger Eaton, 20, stole the show at the first-ever Olympic skateboarding final on Saturday. Eaton became the first American to win an Olympic skateboarding medal after earning bronze. “This is just a childhood dream fulfilled and it would have been possible without my team,” Eaton told NBC 7. Neal Mims is part of that team, after judging Eaton’s competitions…

U.S. Alexis Sablone placed top five in the Women’s Street skateboarding event.

Japan’s Yuto Horigome claimed the first-ever Olympic gold medal in Men’s Street, while American Jagger Eaton won bronze.

Skateboarding has drawn a lot of interest thus far at the Tokyo Olympics. One of the new events featured at the 2021 Summer Games, the competition comes with its own set of inherent risks for athletes who are brave enough to brave the board Unfortunately Peruvian skateboarder Angelo Caro Narvaez experienced one of those risks first-hand during the preliminary heat…

Skateboarding made its Olympic debut Saturday night with the men’s street event. The action will continue on Sunday night with the women’s street competition. The newest Olympic sport is full of spills and thrills, with some falls drawing even more grimaces than others. Skateboarding’s debut at the Olympics drew many eyes, but some wondered about protective equipment, or lack...

Here’s a list of 5 events San Diegans should watch at the Tokyo Olympics on Day 2, including an Olympic debut for a very Southern California sport, a pair of dominant water polo players, and the first medal events for swimming.

American Jagger Eaton took home the first-ever bronze medal in skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics. He picked up the medal in the Men’s street event.

Pro skateboarder Tony Hawk is in Tokyo for skateboarding’s debut at the Tokyo Olympics and shared what viewers should look for when watching the sport’s events on TV. “The artistry what people should be looking for,” Hawk said. “Skating is as much about style as it is about technique.”

As the Olympics continues to add emerging sports to its program, the Tokyo Games will feature several brand-new sports

Nyjah Huston, the 26-year-old who will lead Team USA as skateboarding makes its Olympic debut, discusses his love for the sport, success and selling out.

When the worldwide stage turns its focus to this concrete space, history will be made. But even the first-ever appearance of skateboarding at the Olympic Games shines in Tokyo: the light started in our own backyard.

Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, karate will make their debut at the Tokyo Olympics with baseball and softball making a one-time return.

Where some skateboarders might be reluctant to move so boldly into the gargantuan realm of the Olympics, Nyjah Huston is more than glad to latch onto this monster.

Brighton Zeuner grew up in the skateboard community in Encinitas, Calif. Hear Zeuner talk about how that molded her, her excitement for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and what it’s taken to take her skateboarding to the next level.