Twelve Skateboarders Named to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team for the Paris Games

USA Women’s Street - Mariah Duran, Poe Pinson, Paige Heyn Photo Hayden Sahli

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – Following the last stop of the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest, Hungary, last week, Team USA athletes for skateboard park and street filled all 12 allotted roster spots to comprise the 2024 U.S. Olympic Skateboard Team. Skaters on the team range in ages from 16-29. 

Each of the four events—men’s park, women’s park, men’s street, and women’s street—will feature 22 athletes at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, for a total of 88 skateboarding athletes overall. For qualifying, the points are allocated into three parts: one-third of each athlete’s points are allocated from prior World Skate competitions from June 2022 - March 2024 - one-third from the Olympic Qualifying Series (OQS) stop in Shanghai, China, and one-third from the OQS stop in Budapest.

"This group of talented skaters has been through a journey on this quad and worked so hard through all the changes and challenges,” said Whitney Carter, director, internally managed sports, at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. “I’m just really proud of this team, and supporting them through this process has been an honor.”

USA Women’s Park - Minna Stess, Bryce Wettstein, Ruby Lilley Photo Hayden Sahli

The team is comprised of the following athletes: 

Men’s Park                                            Women’s Park 

Gavin Bottger (Vista, CA)                    Bryce Wettstein (Encinitas, CA)

Tate Carew (San Diego, CA)               Minna Stess (Petaluma, CA)

Tom Schaar (Malibu, CA)                    Ruby Lilley (Oceanside, CA)

Men’s Street                                          Women’s Street

Jagger Eaton (Mesa, AZ)                     Poe Pinson (Fernandina Beach, FL)

Nyjah Huston (Davis, CA)                    Paige Heyn (Tempe, AZ)

Chris Joslin (Hawaiian Gardens, CA)  Mariah Duran (Albuquerque, NM)
 

Skateboarding debuted at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, which were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. brought home its first Olympic skateboarding medals when Jagger Eaton and Cory Juneau earned bronze medals in street and park, respectively. In addition to Eaton, Nyjah Huston, Bryce Wettstein, and Mariah Duran will return for their second Olympic Games.

In Paris, park skaters will have three runs of 45 seconds each. Winning runs usually feature between five to eight tricks. Runs are judged on five criteria: difficulty and variety of tricks performed, quality of execution, use of the course, flow and consistency, and repetition. The score of the highest run counts. The top eight athletes qualify for the final, which will follow the same format. 

For street in the qualifying rounds, skaters will have two runs of 45 seconds each. Winning runs usually feature six to seven tricks. The final round consists of the trick portion. Athletes are allotted five trick attempts for two scores. One run score (100 points maximum) and two trick scores (each worth 100 points) will make up a total score of up to 300 to determine the winner. The top eight athletes qualify for the final, which will follow the same format. 

Olympic skateboarding coverage will be live-streamed on Peacock, NBC, CNBC and USA Network. Visit NBC Olympics for the full schedule. 
 

Men’s Street Prelims and Final - July 27

Women’s Street Prelims and Final - July 28

Women’s Park Prelims and Final - August 6

Men’s Park Prelims and Final - August 7