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
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals

On Saturday, there were plenty of high-fives, fist bumps and hugs between “rivals” as Leal won Street League Skateboarding's Tokyo stop.

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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
Yuto Horigome thrills in Street League Skateboarding's Japan debut

The raucous crowd at Ariake Arena starkly contrasted with the empty skate park nearby where the 24-year-old captured his Olympic gold medal two years ago.

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