Skateboarding

Hawk's influence connects competitive achievement, landmark tricks and the media through which many people first encountered skateboarding.

Horigome's competition skating highlights the connection between demanding tricks, controlled landings and the decisions made across a round.

Brown's park skating shows how transitions, aerial manoeuvres and landing direction combine into a complete run.

Urban obstacles and connected transitions create different opportunities, even where the same broad ideas of control and difficulty apply.

Understanding the take-off and landing of an ollie helps distinguish the additional movements in more complex tricks.

The contact point is the simplest way to begin recognising tricks along rails and ledges.

Stance terms describe a rider's orientation and preferred movement pattern, not a hierarchy of ability.

A complete park line balances speed, landing direction and course coverage rather than collecting isolated difficult moments.

The scoring structure explains why riders balance dependable runs with more ambitious attempts.

The Olympic stage is one chapter in a history built through streets, ramps, films, tricks and many kinds of events.