Some of the countries that are more focused on athletics however might create more of a performance-based uniform. I think any countries that understand what is going on in skating will design their apparel with their skaters’ input and it will end up looking like normal skate contest gear. In the US, Nike is our apparel sponsor, so they’re designing our apparel. So, it will be on a country-by-country basis. JF: “Uniforms are determined by the national Olympic committee or the national governing body.
CBDs are not prohibited, but because CBDs are not FDA approved, you don’t really know how much THC is in it, no matter what anybody tells you, so it may or not put you over the limit.” 5) Fact or Fiction? The US team uniforms will be red, white, and blue spandex one-piece suits.įact: Team USA’s uniforms are being designed by Nike with skateboarders’ input. The anti-doping rules are not applied individually they are the same for all athletes across the board. Outside of THC, the WADA prohibited list of substances (stimulants, narcotics, glucocorticoids, etc…) and methods is listed on their site (). That said if the THC level in your body is too high it will result in a suspension. With weed becoming legal in many states and countries, the anti-doping policies have evolved which I think is a good thing. WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) actually increased that level ten-fold compared to what it was. It’s going to depend what the THC level is in your body. We recommend that people don’t smoke eight weeks before any potential events that would be subject to anti-doping. JF: “THC leaves people’s bodies at different rates, so you never really know exactly how long that takes for an individual. However, it’s not prohibited outside of competition. 4) Fact or Fiction? There will be drug testing, and any skater who has ever smoked weed is so screwed.įact: THC is prohibited in competition. World Championship events get the most points, then the Tour events (SLS), then Five Star, then Continental championships, then National Championships.
The system is set up to have different levels of points. For street, those events include Street League, Dew Tour, there’s also another event in China for street, and then the World Championships in May, along with other sanctioned events. It’s going to be their top two scores from the 2019 season that ends this September, and then their five top scores from the 2020 season that runs Oct. Second Row (l to r): Joslin, Lopez, Huston, Eaton, Wright, Sorgente, Schaar, Rennie 3) Fact or fiction? Skaters on the selected list will joust at Bronson ditch to qualify for the final spots.įact: Skaters qualify by earning points at the different World Skate sanctioned events over two qualifying seasons. You don’t have to be a member of any national team to qualify you do have to be a member of the national governing body, but that’s different than being on the national team.”įront Row (l to r): Wettstein, Zeuner, Baker, Sablone, Soto, Duran, Barratt, Hause But the skaters still have to qualify by name for the Olympics through points they earn in contests. JF: “Any country can name a national team that they will support through the national governing body (in our case that’s USA Skateboarding). Outside of Park and Street there are not enough females competing in Mega Ramp and Vert right now to represent enough countries with both men and women.” 2) Fact or Fiction? The US skate team has been announced and everyone on that list will be heading to Tokyo.įact: USA’s national team has been announced, but that doesn’t automatically qualify those skaters for the Olympics.
M. DURAN OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 DRIVER
Josh Friedberg: “The main driver of the choice of disciplines was gender equity. 1) Fact or Fiction? Skateboarding will be represented in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics via Mega Ramp, Vert, Park and Street disciplines.įact: Park and Street will be the only two disciplines. Skateboarders everywhere already have an opinion about Tokyo 2020 Hopefully Friedberg’s insight into how this whole thing will actually work helps us all have an informed opinion too. To separate the facts from some common fictions and misconceptions, I talked to Josh Friedberg, the CEO of USA Skateboarding, the national governing body for Skateboarding in the United States. The spectrum of responses to skateboarding’s debut at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo range from “I can’t wait to see Nyjah on a Wheaties box!” to “Focus my board, all hope is lost.” Regardless of where you fall on that spectrum, it’s likely you’re still plenty confused about even the most basic details surrounding the most hyped Olympic addition since snowboarding was added in 1998.
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