Brand new skatepark in Nanjing

The top 8 women from VPS advance to the World Championship semi-finals / Skater Jordyn Barratt / Photo Joanne Barratt

The 2018 World Skate Park Skateboarding World Championships are underway with the first practice sessions under beautiful blue skies at the brand-new Olympic-certified park terrain skatepark in Nanjing, China.

126 Skaters - 48 Women (including our Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team riders Minna Stess (USA) and Grace Cochrane (AU) and 78 Men from 27 countries on five continents will contest the first World Skate-sanctioned Park Skateboarding World Championships this week at the Fish-mouth Wetlands, home of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games SportsLab and the 2017 World Skate Vert World Championships.

The top qualifiers in the women’s event will meet the finalists from the Vans Park Series Finals last week in Suzhou, China in the semi-finals of the World Championships beginning on Wednesday, October 31.

Skateboarding has grown steadily in this city of over 8 million since its inclusion as a demonstration sport at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games SportsLab, reaching a new peak with the 2018 Park World Championships this week.

The entire Park Skateboarding World Championships will be live webcast on worldskate.tv starting with women’s qualifying on Wednesday, October 31.

P ARK SKATEBOARDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE

Nanjing Local Time (GMT/UTC +8).  See notes in RED for PST

Wednesday, October 31

Local Nanjing Times
9:30AM – Opening Ceremony
12 NOON – Women’s Qualifiers - live on www.worldskate.tv

You can watch the Women's Qualifiers at 9 PM PST on Tuesday October 30

Thursday, November 1

11AM - Women’s Semi-Finals live on www.worldskate.tv
2:30PM Women’s Finals live on www.worldskate.tv

You can watch the Women's Semi-Finals Live at 9 PM PST and the Women's Finals at 11:30 PM on Wednesday, October 31

WATCH LIVE WEBCAST BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 31 AT WORLDSKATE.TV