Strictly The Facts of Surfing + Skateboarding at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics | Will the core appeal disappear?
Like it or not skateboarding and surfing are entering the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. So might as well have some fun with it and make sure their roots aren’t lost in the process. Board Sport Source went over the facts for the two new events and at no time in history have the ‘facts’ been more important.
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No matter your opinion on the Olympics and competitive surfing, the sport will be included in the Summer Games at Tokyo 2020. And there is nothing anyone can do about it. “Surfing has entered the Olympic games, a monumental, game-changing moment for the sport. Surfing is ready to embrace the Olympics and take its inspiration, love and passion to the world’s greatest sporting stage,” said the official statement by the governing body of Olympic surfing, the International Surfing Association (ISA).
Now, one could argue that the ISA is overstepping its bounds by implying that all surfers embrace Olympic surfing. Many hardcore surfers don’t think surfing should be a professional sport, let alone be in the Olympics. But there is no denying that the ‘sportification’ of surfing is very important.
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