Skateboarding
The 15-year-old who could break a 120-year-old Olympic record
She starred on a skateboard at the Paris Games, but Ruby Trew is just as at home on a surfboard. And she hopes to compete in both sports at Los Angeles in 2028.
- by Cindy Yin
Latest
Snoop Dogg, jet-skis and kickflips: The life of skater Chloe Covell after Paris
Fresh from her Olympic debut, teenage skater Chloe Covell is back in Australia for the Sydney leg of the Street League Skateboarding.
- by Billie Eder
You should start that hobby you’ve always wanted to try. Here’s why
For adults, starting a new hobby can be a daunting task. This is why you should make the leap, as told by three people who have done the same.
- by Gemma Grant
Queens of Concrete: Life after the Olympic skateboarding dream
Australian Arisa Trew triumphed with a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, but the journey for girls in skateboarding isn’t straightforward, as a new film shows.
- by Cara Waters
Webster in Paris
Paris 2024
This is Australia’s greatest performance at an Olympics – thanks to our women
My enormous head bursts with patriotic pride when I look at the medal ladder.
- by Andrew Webster
Analysis
Paris 2024
If you blinked – or slept – you’d have missed it. And it was a ‘wild, wild feeling’
Mark it down in the record books: this was the greatest day at the greatest Games in Australian Olympic history. It was a golden blur.
- by Jordan Baker
Analysis
Paris 2024
They’re the king and queen of skateboarding – and they’re from the same town
At 21, Keegan Palmer is a two-time Olympic skateboarding champion, but the “younger generation” is nipping at his heels.
- by Jordan Baker
The sport of tweens: Is 11 too young to compete at the Olympics?
The first era of tween medallists ended in 1936. The second began three years ago in Tokyo with skateboarding, which on Wednesday celebrated a 14-year-old champion.
- by Jordan Baker
Teen prodigy wins gold in skateboarding – and she’s Australia’s youngest medallist
Arisa Trew was born in 2010. By winning gold in Paris, she just beat a 68-year-old record, set when a teenager won a swimming relay with Dawn Fraser.
- by Jordan Baker
Move over dance mums; meet the new breed of skater dad
Skateboarding used to be known for its sexist, masculine culture. Now, it’s dominated by teenaged girls, who might be “coached” by their dads but run the show.
- by Jordan Baker
Chloe’s friends have gone back to school. She’s skating along the Champs-Elysees
Chloe Covell is too young to sleep in the athletes’ village, and yet she’s a key part of one of the biggest skateboarding teams in Paris.
- by Jordan Baker
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