World Skate Adds Age Requirement to Skateboarding at Olympics.

Team USA Announcement 2022 Olympics - Photo Ian Logan

We had a feeling that this would happen at some point.

World Skate has laid down some new rules that are rolling out this year and culminate in an age requirement for the Olympics in 2028.

Skateboarders keep getting younger and younger at each Olympics (and Qualifiers), and the podium reads like a middle school/high school honor roll. We absolutely love seeing the progression in women’s park and street and it is a fact that the younger girls are now leading the way. The women who came before them paved the way and now these pre-teens know that anything is possible - and they are going for it!

So, here is how the new age requirement reads in a nutshell.

If you are turning 11 years old this year (2025) you will then be age 14 during the year 2028 for the next Olympics in Los Angeles. Fourteen is now the new minimum age requirement to compete in skateboarding at the Olympics.

There is NO ruling saying you must be 14 by the date of the actual games (as in some other Olympic sports) just that you turn 14 during 2028. So realistically we could still have a 13 year old on the podium!

This year any skateboarder who is not 11 years old in 2025, will be removed from the World Skate Ranking and not allowed to participate in any World Skate sanctioned events.