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Skateboaarding
Ariake Urban Sports Park
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STREET AND PARK EVENTS
20 men and 20 women compete in each event - 80 athletes in total
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STREET
Skaters perform tricks while riding course of stairs, handrails, benches, walls and ledges - inspired by real world urban environments
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PARK
Course resembles empty swimming pool, with steep sides and curved approaches. Skaters perform grabs and spins pot of top of bowl or grinds around its edges (right)
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JUDGING
Five judges mark skaters on speed, difficulty, originality, timing, stability, air time and overall flow
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Hermana Reynolds
(USA), world's highest ranked male Park skater
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Deck: Made from 7-ply maple - high density, impact resistant wood
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Truck: Holds wheels to boar
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STREET
Bench
Handrail
Slope
Wall
Slope
Stairs
Ledge
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PARK
Raised lip (aka coping): Skater can grind along it on trucks – must be narrow enough to fit between wheels 
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Smooth, wide surfaces allow skater to build up speed for mid-air tricks
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WORLD NUMBER ONE RANKINGS
Nyjah Huston (USA)
Pamela Rosa (BRA)
Heimana Reynolds (USA)
Misugu Okamoto (JPN) 
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