Cocona Hiraki X Games Japan 2022 - Photo via espn / X Games Japan

X Games Japan just released the invited athlete list; the mix is insane! From street to park to vert, some big names are competing, and we can’t wait to watch!

We are super excited that GN4LW team rider Mia Kretzer from Australia will compete in women’s vert!

This year, X Games Japan will take place in Osaka rather than Chiba, where it has been held in the past.

The action will take place from June 21-22, 2025.

Stay tuned for way to watch in your time zone!

WOMEN’S  SKATEBOARD PARK

Sky Brown
Lilly Erickson
Cocona Hiraki
Hinano Kusaki
Ruby Lilley
Arisa Trew
Bryce Wettstein
Sakura Yosozumi

WOMEN’S SKATEBOARD VERT

Sky Brown
Mizuho Hasegawa
Asahi Kaihara
Mia Kretzer
Reese Nelson
Lilly Stoephasius
Arisa Trew
Raicca Ventura

WOMEN’S SKATEBOARD STREET

Rizu Akama
Chloe Covell
Paige Heyn
Miyuu Ito
Funa Nakayama
Momiji Nishiya
YumekoOda
Coco Yoshizawa

Asahi Kaihara ~ Photo Trevor Brown, Jr. for X Games

The countdown is on! In less than three months, the highly anticipated X Games Salt Lake City is set to take over the Utah Fairpark & Event Center from June 27-29, and the excitement is building! Tickets are officially on sale, and we're thrilled to share some major updates that are sure to grab your attention!

Today, X Games has rolled out the full competition schedule and are starting to unveil a stellar lineup of elite athletes from skateboard, BMX, and Moto X, including some of the biggest Olympians. Over 100 athletes from around the globe will be competing for a share of $1 million in prize money, with highly-coveted X Games medals on the line.

1ST ROUND CONFIRMED FEMALE SKATE ATHLETES - More to be added!

Note: More athletes to continue to be confirmed over the coming weeks. Details are subject to change.

Skateboard Street

Women: Momiji Nishiya (JPN) Miyu Ito (JPN), Liz Akama (JPN), Paige Heyn (USA), Chloe Covell (AUS), Yumeka Oda (JPN), Shiloh Catori (USA), Georgia Martin (USA)

Skateboard Park

Women: Arisa Trew (AUS/JPN), Sky Brown (JPN/GBR), Ruby Lilley (USA), Lilly Erickson (USA), Hinano Kusaki (JPN), Bryce Wettstein (USA), Cocona Hiraki (JPN), Heili Sirvio (FIN)

 Skateboard Vert

Women: Arisa Trew (AUS/JPN), Sky Brown (JPN/GBR), Asahi Kaihara (JPN), Mizuho Hasegawa (JPN), Reese Nelson (USA), Raicca Ventura (BRA), Lilly Stoephasius (GER)

X GAMES SALT LAKE CITY 2025 - EVENT SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, June 27

2:30pm - 3:30pm | Women's Skateboard Park

3:35pm - 4:45pm | BMX Street

5:00pm - 6:00pm | BMX Dirt

7:00pm - 7:30pm | Men's Skateboard Vert - Best Trick

7:45pm - 8:15pm | Moto X - Best Trick

SATURDAY, June 28

10:15am - 11:30am | Men's Skateboard Park

11:45am - 1:00pm | Men's BMX Park

1:15pm - 2:15pm | Women's Skateboard Vert

2:30pm - 3:45pm | Men's Skateboard Street

4:00pm - 5:00pm | Women's Skateboard Street

5:15pm - 5:45pm | BMX Dirt - Best Trick

7:00pm - 7:30pm | Women's Skateboard Vert - Best Trick

7:45pm - 8:15pm | Moto X Best Whip

SUNDAY, June 29

10:15am - 11:15am | Men's Skateboard Vert

11:30am - 12:00pm | Women's Skateboard Street - Best Trick

12:15pm - 12:45pm | Men's Skateboard Street - Best Trick

1:00pm - 1:45pm | Moto X Quarterpipe High Air

2:00pm - 3:00pm | Women's BMX Park

3:15pm - 3:45pm | Dave Mirra BMX Park - Best Trick

Asahi Kaihara - Photo Lauren Brooke

If you missed watching Women’s Skateboard Vert and Women’s Skateboard Park at the X Games Ventura, we hope these awesome photos from photographer Lauren Brooke will show you just how rad the ladies were this year! The skating was off the charts!

Oh yeah, and HERstory was made!!

Did you know that Arisa Trew took home TWO more GOLD medals? One in Women’s Skateboard Park and another in Women’s Skateboard Vert. That’s back to back wins two years in a row for this talented skater!

Check this out! Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word Team rider Mia Kretzer is now the youngest X Games invite AND youngest medalist in X Games history- WOW! Mia took home the GOLD in Women’s Skateboard Vert Best Trick at just 9 years and 8 months old!

Women’s skateboarding is on FIRE!!!

Arisa Trew - Photo Lauren Brooke

Bryce Wettstein - Photo Lauren Brooke

Minna Stess - Photo Lauren Brooke

Cocona Hiraki - Photo Lauren Brooke

Grace Marhoefer - Photo Lauren Brooke

Jada Ward - Photo Lauren Brooke

Hinano Kusaki - Photo Lauren Brooke

Cocona and Yurin

Jordyn Barratt

Lilly Stoephasius

Lizzie Armanto

Minna and Raicca

Ruby Lilley

Yurin Fujii - Photo Lauren Brooke

Mia Kretzer - Photo Lauren Brooke

Lilly Erickson - Photo Lauren Brooke

Juno Matsuoka - Photo Lauren Brooke

Raicca Ventura

Mizuho Hasegwa - Photo Lauren Brooke

Ruby Trew - Photo Lauren Brooke

Image of Arisa Trew by Chris Tedesco X Games

Watch the women skate live at X Games Ventura via YouTube or Twitch!

Fri., June 28 EVENT SCHEDULE

Women’s Skateboard Park Elimination: 10am PT |  1pm ET

Women’s Skateboard Street Elimination: 11:15am PT |  2:15pm ET

Sat., June 29 EVENT SCHEDULE

Monster Energy Women’s Skateboard Street: 10:15am PT | 1:15pm ET

Monster Energy Women’s Skateboard Street Best Trick: 3:15pm PT | 6:15pm ET

Pacifico Women’s Skateboard Vert Best Trick: 4pm PT | 7pm ET

Sun., June 30 EVENT SCHEDULE

SONIC Women’s Skateboard Park: 10:15am PT | 1:15pm ET

Women’s Skateboard Vert: 1:15pm PT | 4:15pm ET

Arisa Trew during Pacifico Women's Skateboard Vert Final at 2023 X Games California at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA. ©Mpu Dinani/X Games

X Games did not disappoint! Watching the women skate like we have never seen before, made our heart sing. The field gets younger and younger and that is not a bad thing. These young girls and women want this. They don’t feel the need to do the same tricks that they’ve seen other female skaters do for years and years. They are pushing the boundaries and soaring past preconceived expectations. For this new wave of female skaters, there are NO limits.

From 1st time X Games competitor Shilo Catori, who has been skating for just fours years and made the women’s street finals, to Chloe Covell who had flawless runs in women’s street and went on to win gold, it was a great morning! By the afternoon when women’s vert (yes, it’s finally back at the X Games!) started and the women and girls were shining bright, it was a full on proud moment when I knew that girls and women in skateboarding are going to be all right. These women’s comps are no longer the after thought or fillers, they are becoming the main attraction. It took us from the 70s until now to really see it, but it is finally happening!

Thanks to all these girls and women for pushing skateboarding so far!

Chloe Covell during Women's Skateboard Street Final at 2023 X Games California at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA. ©Mpu Dinani/X Games

Women’s Skateboard Street

The action got underway Saturday morning with the women of Skateboard Street competing first. Australian Chloe Covell surprised everyone with her third and final run to take gold. Covell’s winning 45-second run included: Frontside nosegrind on bar, heelflip down 4-block, frontside 5-0 on picnic table bench, switch kickflip up step-up, frontside 50-50 kickflip on the big out-rail, frontside 50-50 kickflip from 10-foot long out-rail. At 13, this is Covell’s first gold medal, and solidifies her as the youngest X Games Women’s Street Gold Medalist. 

“This is very overwhelming,” Covell admitted right after winning gold. “I’m super stoked, X Games is one of my favorite contests to compete in, and all the other girls did great– I’m just so stoked!” she beamed.

Rounding out the podium were Japanese riders, Liz Akama and Momiji Nishiya, who placed second and third respectively, and scored within one point of each other.

Liz Akama, Chloe Covell and Momiji Nishiya during Women's Skateboard Street Final at 2023 X Games California at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA. ©Mpu Dinani/X Games

Results Women’s Skateboard Street 

1. Chloe Covell (AUS) 90.00

2. Liz Akama (JPN) 87.66

3. Momiji Nishiya (JPN) 86.66

4. Hina Maeda (JPN) 78.66

5. Shiloh Catori (USA) 78.00

6. Mariah Duran (USA) 67.00

7. Paige Heyn (USA) 64.00

8.Leticia Bufoni (BRA) 60.33

Arisa Trew during Pacifico Women's Skateboard Vert Final at 2023 X Games California at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA. ©Mark Kohlman/X Games

Pacifico Women’s Skateboard Vert

The pint-sized 13-year-old Arisa Trew, who hails from Australia, stunned the crowd at Pacifico Women’s Vert by stomping a massive last run. She went alley-oop backside air, McTwist, frontside air, body varial 540, lein varial, air to fakie, switch frontside air, fakie frontside 360, air to fakie, to fakie Weddle 720. This 720 was the first to be landed in a competition, however, Arisa also holds the title of the first woman to land this trick. She first did so after the clock expired in the Vert Best Trick contest at Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert in June. 

“I feel amazing, because I really just wanted to do my 7 in my run, and I did it!” an emotional Trew admitted about her win. She went on to say that this X Games win is motivation for her to continue to push her skills, and has her sights set on stopping a 900 in a contest one day soon. 

Reese Nelson, the youngest X Games competitor to ever win a X Games medal, at just 10 years old, claimed silver, while Asahi Kaihara claimed third. 

Reese Nelson, Arisa Trew and Asahi Kaihara during Pacifico Women's Skateboard Vert Final at 2023 X Games California at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA. ©Chris Tedesco/X Games

Results Pacifico Women’s Skateboard Vert 

1. Arisa Trew (AUS) 90.33 

2. Reese Nelson (CAN) 88.00

3. Asahi Kaihara (JPN) 83.66

4. Juno Matsuoka (JPN) 75.66

5. Raicca Ventura (BRA) 74.33

6. Bryce Wettstein (USA) 73.00 

7. Ruby Lilley (USA) 72.33

8. Dora Varella (BRA) 71.00

9. Lilly Stoephasius (GER) 67.00 

10.Grace Marhoefer (USA) 64.33

**Make sure you tune in today at 9 AM PT for Women’s Street Best Trick and at 10 AM PT for Women’s Park!

LIVE ON——> YOUTUBE

Chloe Covell ~ ©Chris Tedesco/X Games

Friday started things off with a bang at X Games in Ventura, CA with the Women's Skateboard Street Elimination

The Women's Eliminations had 16 skaters put down their best 45-second run, in attempts of being among the top eight moving on. The Street course features stair sets, banks, manual pads, ledges, rails, and quarterpipes and boasts a design with Ventura High School vibes. 

X Games 2022 gold medalist Momiji Nishiya took the top spot for the women. Newcomer, 14-year-old Shiloh Catori surprised the crowd, qualifying in second place ahead of Chloe Covell and Liz Akama.  

Shiloh Catori ~ ©Mark Kohlman/X Games

These are the eight women who will move on to the finals this morning:

1. Momiji Nishiya (JPN) 85.33

2. Shiloh Catori (USA) 78.33

3. Chole Covell (AUS) 77.33

4. Liz Akama (JPN) 76.33

5. Mariah Duran (USA) 73.66

6. Paige Heyn (USA) 71.66

7. Leticia Bufoni (BRA) 70.00

8. Hina Maeda (JPN) 69.00

You can watch the Women’s Street Finals unfold LIVE on ——-> YOUTUBE or on ABC

Today (Saturday) at 10 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET

X Games Ventura, CA Course overview

This weekend looks like an exciting one! With the X Games back in California and the addition of women’s Vert, we can’t wait! If you are not seeing it all go down in person - we have the full schedule so you can watch the women’s events live, no matter where you are!

The athlete lists for the women’s comps are solid and it’s going to be a showdown in everything from women’s street finals, to women’s street “best trick”, to women’s vert and park!

You don’t want to miss this!!!

You can watch the competition unfold LIVE on ——-> YOUTUBE

Skateboard Street Overview

Saturday, July 22

Women’s Skateboard Street: 1:00pm ET | 10:00am PT

Athletes TBD

Pacifico Vert Ramp

Saturday, July 22

Pacifico Women’s Skateboard Vert: 7:00pm ET | 4:00pm PT

Athletes Competing:

Asahi Kaihara

Ruby Lilley

Grace Marhoefer

Juno Matsouka

Reese Nelson

Lilly Stoephasius

Arisa Trew

Dora Varella

Raicca Ventura

Bryce Wettstein

Sunday, July 23

Women’s Skateboard Street Best Trick: 12:00pm ET | 9:00am PT

Athletes TBD

Women’s Skateboard Park: 1:00pm ET | 10:00am PT

Athletes Competing:

Lizzie Armanto

Jordyn Barratt

Yurin Fujii

Mizuho Hasegawa

Cocona Hiraki

Ruby Lilley

Grace Marhoefer

Minna Stess

Mami Tezuka

Arisa Trew

Raicca Ventura

Bryce Wettstein

INFO BELOW TO WATCH ON ABC TV

Saturday July 22

1:00pm - 6:00pm ET (ABC)

Women's Skateboard Street, Thayers BMX Dirt, Pacifico Men's Skateboard Vert (Replay), Moto X QuarterPipe High Air, Men's Skateboard Park, Thayers BMX Dirt Best Trick, Women's Skateboard Vert

Sunday July 23

1:00pm - 6:00pm ET (ABC)

Women's Skateboard Park, Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick, Men's Skateboard Street, Skateboard Vert Best TrickWomen's Skateboard Park, Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick, Men's Skateboard Street, Skateboard Vert Best Trick

Yurin Fujii during Women's Skate Park Final at 2023 X Games Japan at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan. ©Brett Wilhelm/X Games

Section Z + X Games to Introduce Young Females to Skateboarding

Ventura, CA - June 14, 2023 - X Games California 2023 will celebrate women’s skateboarding in several ways during the event July 21-23, highlighted by the addition of the first-ever Women’s Skateboard Street Best Trick competition and the return of Women’s Skateboard Vert for the first time since 2010. X Games will also celebrate women’s day on Saturday, June 22.

Over the past decade, women’s skateboarding has progressed exponentially, with stars like Sky Brown, Rayssa Leal and Leticia Bufoni gaining global fame. With Skateboard Park and Street joining the Olympic roster for Tokyo 2020, more qualifying events have been added to the competition season, which has only pushed the level even higher.

Sky Brown | Photo: Trevor Brown, Jr. / X Games Rayssa Leal | Photo: Brett Wilhelm / X Games

In 2023, Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert will serve as a qualifier for the X Games California 2023 Vert competitions, with the podium finishers earning an automatic invite to Ventura. The women’s field for the June 23-24 Vert Alert includes many familiar faces like Bryce Wettstein, Arisa Trew and Grace Marhoefer who all compete in the Park discipline at X Games as well. A longtime Vert skater and proponent of women’s Vert skating, Sky Brown will also be invited to compete at X Games.

After hosting Men’s Skateboard Street Best Trick competitions since 2019, the Women’s discipline will be added for the first time in 2023. Athletes like Rayssa Leal, Olympic gold medalist Momiji Nishiya and trick master Yumeka Oda will compete in the discipline.

Since 2007, all women’s skateboarding disciplines receive the same prize purse as the men’s disciplines. 

 

X Games and Section Z will partner to help grow the sport of skateboarding among women by providing access and exposure for a diverse group of local females at X Games California. Section Z’s mission is to expose young female athletes to live sports by reserving a dedicated section at professional sporting events. At X Games, they will bring 200 female high school students from the LA area to X Games where they will take in live competitions, participate in learn to ride sessions and interact with female athletes and executives to show them what is possible for women in sports.

X Games will celebrate Women’s Day at the event on Saturday, June 21 with female athlete autograph signings, female-only learn to ride sessions, gift bags for the first 300 women entering the event and more.

 

X Games California 2023 tickets are available now at XGames.com. In addition to general admission tickets, X Games offers several hospitality and experiences which include meet and greets, behind the scenes access and more.

Ventura, CA - X Games California announces the first wave of Skateboard, BMX and Moto X athletes who have received their invite to the world’s premiere action sports competition, taking place July 21 - 23 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds & Event Center. Among the invited athletes are gold medalists from X Games 2022 and X Games Chiba 2023 as well as world-class action sports athletes from around the globe.

It’s also exciting to see that after many, many years Women’s Vert is coming back! No word on who will be competing but stay tuned as we will be updating as info becomes available!!

 

X Games California 2023 tickets are available now at XGames.com. In addition to general admission tickets, X Games offers several hospitality and travel packages which include meet and greets, behind the scenes access and more.

The first wave of X Games California 2023 invited athletes includes: (athlete list subject to change)

Women’s Park:

Sky Brown

Yurin Fujii

Cocona Hiraki

Ruby Lilley

Kisa Nakamura

Minna Stess

Mami Tezuka

Arisa Trew

Bryce Wettstein

Sakura Yosozumi

Women’s Street:

Rizu Akama

Leticia Bufoni

Chloe Covell

Rayssa Leal

Funa Nakayama

Aori Nishimura

Momiji Nishiya

Yumeka Oda

Keet Oldenbeuving

Poe Pinson

Lizzie Armanto

Huge thanks to photographer, Joanne Barratt, for covering X Games Chiba for us! We love the mix of action and portrait images she captured while there. We also love seeing Lizzie rocking a red jumpsuit, Bryce in floral and Arisa Trew in bright pink accents. Skaters have a unique fashion style that is all their own - we love that!

Scroll on to enjoy the images!

Bryce Wettstein

Cocona Hiraki

Arisa Trew

Minna Stess, Jordyn Barratt, Bryce Wettstein, and Cocona Hiarki waiting to skate

Grace Marhoefer

Jordyn Barratt

Ruby Lilley, Cocona Hiraki and Yurin Fujii on the podium for Women's Skateboard Park Final 2023 X Games Japan at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan. ©Brett Wilhelm/X Games

WOMEN’S PARK PODIUM RESULTS

Gold - Cocona Hiraki - Japan

Silver - Ruby Lilley - USA

Bronze - Yurin Fuji - Japan

We can’t say that this X Games was an uneventful one. From a 5.4 earthquake that struck Chiba, Japan in the early morning hours (while the skaters were still sleeping) to a rain delay that ultimately forced the women to use the prelims as their finals. There was a lot to contend with. As per usual, the skaters did it with style and grace. Pushing their hardest for great runs and cheering each other on. If you were up in the early morning hours - it was a great contest!

With seven of 15 skaters hailing from Japan, the Women’s Skateboard Park Elimination saw X Games Chiba 2022 silver medalist Cocona Hiraki from Tomakomai, Japan earn her first-ever X Games gold medal. Hiraki’s run bested the rest of the field by more than 10 points, with a run that focused on speed, style and technical difficulty. The only skater to hit the flat bar rail feature, Hiraki’s backside nosegrind was the best in the competition. American Ruby Lilley earned her first X Games medal with silver and Chigasaki, Japan’s Yurin Fujii rounded out the podium in bronze position. Fuji’s opening trick was the best of the competition, a backside 360 over a huge box jump

Watch the full X Games women’s park comp above

Momiji Nishiya, Rayssa Leal and Rizu Akama on the podium for Women's Skateboard Street Final at 2023 X Games Japan at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan. ©Brett Wilhelm/X Games

WOMEN’S STREET PODIUM RESULTS

Gold - Rayssa Leal - Brazil

Silver - Momiji Nishiya - Japan

Bronze - Rizu Akama - Japan

Brazilian superstar Rayssa Leal opened the day by successfully defended her X Games Chiba 2022 gold medal. Her first run score narrowly beat out X Games 2022 gold medalist Momiji Nishiya, who hails from Osaka, Japan. Both Leal and Nishiya landed backside lipslides down the 14-stair handrail, the biggest rail on the course. Both just 15 years old, the two have combined to win eight of the last nine major women’s street contests around the world. X Games rookie Rizu Akama from Aomori City, Japan earned a bronze medal with technical tricks that impressed the judges, including a Barley grind which is almost never seen in women’s competition. 

Watch the full X Games women’s Street Comp above

Sakura Yosozumi~ Photo Garth Milan for espn

X Games Japan is almost here, so get ready to tune in and watch women’s park and street. This is the second year that the event will be held at Chiba's ZOZOMarine Stadium. The event hasn’t even started and the biggest news so far is that Sky Brown has pulled out of the event and we hear rumblings that Japanese sensation, Sakura Yosozumi has as well? But don’t worry! There are plenty of rad women to watch, including our own team rider, Minna Stess!l

Read on for all the details of who was invited and when/where to watch LIVE!!!

Women’s Park - Invited Skaters

Lizzie Armanto

Jordyn Barratt

Yurin Fujii

Mizuho Hasegawa

Cocona Hiraki

Hinano Kusaki

Ruby Lilley

Grace Marhoefer

Kisa Nakamura

Kihana Ogawa

Isadora Pacheco

Minna Stess

Mami Tezuka

Arisa Trew

Bryce Wettstein

Sakura Yosozumi

Women’s Street - Invited Skaters

  Rizu Akama

Chloe Covell

Paige Heyn

Rayssa Leal

Secret Lynn

Hina Maeda

Grace Marhoefer

Christiana Means

Funa Nakayama

Aori Nishimura

Momiji Nishiya

Yumeka Oda

Keet Oldenbeuving

Haylie Powell

Wenhui Zeng

HOW TO WATCH LIVE!

X Games is live all weekend May 12-14 from Chiba, Japan, available to watch your way globally across XGames.com, YouTube and Twitch

May 12th - USA TIMES (starts in the middle of the night - so dont get confused here)

Women's Skateboard Street Elimination: 3:30am ET (5/12) | 12:30am PT (5/12)

Women’s Skateboard Park Elimination: 6:30am ET (5/12) | 3:30am PT (5/12) |

Women’s Skateboard Park: 11:45pm ET (5/12) | 8:45pm PT (5/12)

Women’s Skateboard Street: 1:10a ET (5/13) | 10:10pm PT (5/12)

Rayssa Leal competing in Women’s Skateboard Street during X Games Summer 2022. Photo by Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images

Starting off the day in Women’s Skateboard Street, Japan’s Momiji Nishiya upgraded her X Games Minneapolis 2019 silver medal to gold on Sunday – earning her second Skateboard Street medal in three X Games appearances. Nishiya secured the win with her first run, landing a bigspin frontside boardslide, Suski grind on the ledge, backside disaster on quarterpipe, frontside feeble grind on the eight-stair handrail, heelflip, Smith grind on quarterpipe, frontside 5-0 to front-shuv it, frontside salad grind on the five-stair handrail. Australian Chloe Covell took home silver in only her second X Games appearance and as the youngest competitor at this year’s competition at just 12 years old. Yumeka Oda won her first-ever X Games medal, taking bronze back to Japan, respectively.

CA Training Facility: Chloe Covell, Momiji Nishiya and Yumeka Oda at the medal ceremony for Women’s Skateboard Street during X Games Summer 2022. Photo by Gabriel Christus / ESPN Images

Results Women’s Skateboard Street

1. Momiji Nishiya (JPN)

2. Chloe Covell (AUS)

3. Yumeka Oda (JPN)

4. Rayssa Leal (BRA)

5. Funa Nakayama (JPN)

6. Aori Nishimura (JPN)

7. Poe Pinson (USA)

8. Leticia Bufoni (BRA)

9. Pamela Rosa (BRA)

Sky Brown ~ Photo Phil Ellsworth ESPN

Sakura Yosozumi ~ Photo Mpu Dinani ESPN

Cocona Hiraki ~ Photo Joshua R. Gateley ESPN

First off, with a field of just ten women competing in X Games Park and no prelims or semi’s, the pressure was ON. And the skaters rose to the occasion! But before we get into all of that and who ended up on podium…

We wanted to say how happy we were to hear Olympian skateboarder, Amelia Brodka, announcing Women’s Park. Amelia did a great job today, and we can only hope this is an ongoing situation - she brought a lot of her personal insight about the skaters, their lines and tricks to the broadcast. We have always said that we need knowledgeable female announcers and judges at the women’s events, so maybe the tide is turning! You can catch her announcing debut in the videos below. Congrats Amelia!

OK, now back to the comp.

(Top Image) Sky Brown GOLD, Sakura Yosozumi SILVER / Photo Gabriel Christus ESPN

(Bottom Image) Cocona Hiraki BRONZE. / Photo Phil Ellsworth ESPN

Last summer’s X Games gold medalist, Sky Brown, took the first gold medal of the day in Women’s Skateboard Park. Brown claimed first after her second run, which included a frontside 360 over the box, frontside stale air in the deep end, alley-oop over the gap, backside air, backside lipslide, frontside Ollie transfer, invert, kickflip Indy over the box, Crail, backside Smith, nosegrab 540 on the hip, Smith grind to frontside 540. Sky becomes the second athlete to win two X Games gold medals before the age of 15. X Games Chiba Park gold medalist Sakura Yosozumi took silver, and Cocona Hiraki rounded off the podium with bronze.

Sakura took a bad fall on her last run and was helped out of the bowl by medics, so we are glad to see she is doing OK and was able to be awarded her silver medal!

Minna Stess ~ Photo Mpu Dinani

Bryce Wettstein ~ Photo Rich Storry ESPN

USA Team riders Bryce Wettstein and Minna Stess solidly held onto their 4th and 5th place spots and were charging hard. The Japanese skaters who have dominated for a while now may want to watch their backs because Bryce was dialed in as usual, and Minna had a variety of tricks and combos that were very different than we saw just a few months ago at X Games Chiba. Add all that to her awesome style when she executes those tricks, and we don’t doubt that she will be on that podium soon!

Results Women’s Skateboard Park

1. Sky Brown (GBR)

2. Sakura Yosozumi (JPN)

3. Cocona Hiraki (JPN)

4. Bryce Wettstein (USA)

5. Minna Stess (USA)

6. Mami Tezuka (JPN)

7. Ruby Lilley (USA)

8. Lizzie Armanto (FIN)

9. Yurin Fujii (JPN)

10. Kisa Nakamura (JPN)

Women’s Skate Park, as well as women’s skate street, are happening this weekend at the X Games, and you can watch both LIVE!

Did we also mention that pro skater and Olympian, Amelia Brodka, will be one of the on-air analysts for the X Games? We can’t wait to hear Amelia’s perspective on the women’s events! Make sure you tune in and support!

Saturday, July 23rd - Women’s Skate Park

10:00 AM PT / 1 PM ET

On ABC and ESPN+

Sunday, July 24th - Women’s Skate Street

12:00 PM PT / 3 PM ET

On ABC and ESPN+

The women’s lineup for X Games park and street is looking like a packed field of shredders from all over the globe.

WOMEN’S PARK INVITED ATHLETES (as of 7/12/22)

• Lizzie Armanto

• Sky Brown

• Yurin Fujii

• Cocona Hiraki

• Ruby Lilley

• Kisa Nakamura

• Minna Stess

• Mami Tezuka

• Bryce Wettstein

• Sakura Yosozumi

WOMEN’S STREET INVITED ATHLETES (as of 7/12/22)

• Samarria Brevard

• Leticia Bufoni

• Chloe Covell

• Rayssa Leal

• Funa Nakayama

• Aori Nishimura

• Momiji Nishiya

• Poe Pinson

• Pamela Rosa

• Roos Zwetsloot

Fans can also consume behind-the-scenes X Games content on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. On TikTok, fans can discover and stay tuned in to the X Games action by checking out #XGames and using the hashtag in their own content for a chance to be featured.

In addition to the content on ESPN’s U.S.-based media platforms, X Games 2022 will be televised globally in 192 countries and territories to more than 500 million homes.

X Games 2022 Returns to Southern California July 20-24 with More than 15 Hours of Live Coverage

• All X Games Competitions to Stream Live on ESPN+ for the First Time Ever
  
  

WOMEN’S SKATE SCHEDULE - TUNE IN!

Saturday, July 23rd - Women’s Skateboard Park

In this Final-only format, the eight to ten athletes will complete as many runs as possible within a 36-minute jam session, with their best run score counting towards final ranking. Competitors will be judged based on aggressive execution of maneuvers, degree of difficulty, variety, continuity of run, originality and style, amplitude (height of airs) and use of the course.

Women’s Competition Format
Final 10 (1 heat of 10) 36-min jam Best score per rider

1 PM ET / 10 AM PT (block of various events - but women’s park should come on first)

On ABC and ESPN+

Sunday, July 24th - Women’s Skateboard Street

The Street competition features a street-inspired course that consists of stair sets, banks, manual pads, ledges, rails and quarterpipes. In this Final-only format, the ten athletes will complete as many runs as possible within a 36-minute jam session, with their best run score counting towards final ranking. Competitors will be scored on degree of difficulty, variety, height, distance and execution of
tricks, along with continuity of run, originality, style and use of the entire course.

Women’s Competition Format

Final 10 (1 heat of 10). 36-min jam Best score per rider

1PM ET / 10 AM PT - (women’s street should come on right after BMX Dirt and Street Best Trick)

On ABC and ESPN+

This event marks the first time X Games content will stream live on ESPN+, in addition to more than 15 hours of the best action sports competition on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC July 20 – 24. X Games will once again collaborate with Instagram and TikTok to bring fans the most extensive coverage on social media.

In addition to the content on ESPN’s U.S.-based media platforms, X Games 2022 will be televised globally in 192 countries and territories to more than 500 million homes.

Social Media & Entertainment Platforms at X Games 2022

With a projected 1000+ posts from July 20-24, @XGames social media will be firing on all cylinders with behind-the-scenes content, viral-potential TikTok’s & Reels and athlete collabs of gold, silver and bronze medal runs. Fans can consume X Games content on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. On TikTok, fans can discover and tune in/watch alongside/stay tuned to the X Games action by checking out #XGames and using the hashtag in their own content for a chance to be featured.

A NEW FEMALE ANALYST JOINS JACK MITRANI!

It also exciting to hear that pro skater Amelia Brodka will be joining the team of play-by-play commentators and analysts! Gary Rogers returns with help from newcomers Renton Millar and Amelia Brodka, covering Skateboard Vert, MegaPark and Women’s events, respectively. Brodka is a two-time X Games competitor and represented Poland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Announcer for the Bondi Bowlarama and X Games Sydney 2018, Millar’s skateboarding career spanned more than 30 years and all facets of the industry.  

ESPN’s Victoria Arlen provides the week’s sideline reporting.

The women’s lineup for X Games park and street has been updated and it’s looking like a packed field of shredders from all over the globe.

WOMEN’S PARK INVITED ATHLETES (as of 7/12/22)

• Lizzie Armanto

• Sky Brown

• Yurin Fujii

• Cocona Hiraki

• Ruby Lilley

• Kisa Nakamura

• Minna Stess

• Mami Tezuka

• Bryce Wettstein

• Sakura Yosozumi

WOMEN’S STREET INVITED ATHLETES (as of 7/12/22)

• Samarria Brevard

• Leticia Bufoni

• Chloe Covell

• Rayssa Leal

• Funa Nakayama

• Aori Nishimura

• Momiji Nishiya

• Poe Pinson

• Pamela Rosa

• Roos Zwetsloot