A Rock Star’s Next Act: Making Montana a Skateboarding Oasis

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam is bringing high-end skate parks to every city and town in Montana that will have one. “It’s much bigger than skateboarding,” he said.https://nyti.ms/3inAqEh

Japan Grabs the First 3 Skateboarding Golds

By BY JOHN BRANCH from NYT Sports A park competition with lip tricks, grabs and aerial spin ends with gold for Sakura Yosozumi of Japan and more youthful celebrating at the Tokyo Games.https://nyti.ms/3CeRpRr

Momiji Nishiya of Japan takes gold in the street skateboarding competition.

By BY JOHN BRANCH from NYT Sports Nishiya, 13, was part of an infusion of youth into Olympic competition though the sport.https://nyti.ms/3BEChwk

A New Radical Maneuver for Skateboarders: Going to Physical Therapy

By BY ADAM ELDER from NYT Sports Professional skateboarders have been slow to embrace the otherwise ubiquitous practices of elite athletes. That’s finally changing.https://nyti.ms/3BaDeMK

Skateboarding’s Cardinal Rule: Dare to Be You

By BY JOHN BRANCH from NYT Sports We asked photographers across the country to document how skateboarders come together to foster community.https://nyti.ms/34uwU3u

Tony Hawk’s 900 Spin Was Amazing. An 11-Year-Old Skateboarder Stuck a 1080

By BY TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports That’s three full spins before landing back on the halfpipe for Gui Khury.https://nyti.ms/3cS6ATA

Japan’s Skateboarders Roll, Warily, Out of the Shadows

By BY JOHN BRANCH AND CHANG W. LEE from NYT Sports A culture long seen as a disruptive and dangerous presence on Tokyo’s streets wonders if Olympic success this summer might finally bring everyday acceptance.https://nyti.ms/2sWVlaA

The Stories Their Skateboards Could Tell

By BY JOHN BRANCH from NYT Sports An artist, a photographer, a writer and a skate-shop owner pull back the curtain on a culture about to have its moment at the Tokyo Olympics.https://nyti.ms/30UeGFW

With Olympic Doors Open, a 14-Year-Old Skateboarder Enters a New World

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports When the International Olympic Committee decided to admit skateboarding without setting age requirements, the game changed for a lot of young girls.https://nyti.ms/2Y3zmtU

A Security Worker Confronted the Skateboarders. He Ended Up With Brain Damage.

By MATT RUBY and CONOR DOUGHERTY from NYT Sports Skateboarders have long glorified confrontations with security workers. This one led not only to a life-altering injury, but also to soul-searching in a sport about to have its Olympic debut.https://nyti.ms/2LGUfri