Top street skateboarders Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell often find themselves in battles with Japan's elite skaters, but they each insist they are all friends, not rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/11/24/more-sports/rayssa-leal-chloe-covell-skateboarding-teens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #rayssaleal #chloecovell #streetleagueskateboarding

Japanese skateboarder Keyaki Ike topped Nyjah Huston and the rest of the field for gold at X Games Chiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/09/21/more-sports/x-games-chiba-saturday/ #moresports #xgames #keyakiike #nyjahhuston #chloecovell #lizakama #cocoyoshizawa #soyainomata

Australia's Chloe Covell continued her outstanding form at the street skateboarding world championships Saturday in Tokyo, posting the highest total to advance to a women's final that will feature five skaters from Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/12/16/more-sports/world-skate-semifinals-tokyo/?utm_content=bufferbae9f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #yumekaoda #funanakayama #yutohorigome #lizakama #chloecovell

In the professional circuit's first stop in his native country, reigning Olympic street champion Yuto Horigome dominated the men’s final with a "Yutornado" that wowed the crowd at Ariake Arena. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/08/13/more-sports/street-league-skateboarding-horigome/?utm_content=buffer9ee05&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #streetleagueskateboarding #yutohorigome #nyjahhuston #chloecovell