FILE PHOTO: Nyjah Huston of the United States competes during the men's street finals of the Dew Tour Skateboarding Championships in Long Beach, California, U.S., June 16 2019. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen
TOKYO (Reuters) - In exactly a year from Friday, skateboarding will make its Olympic bow at the Tokyo 2020 Games with top skaters hoping the global exposure will help take the sport to the next level of popularity.
What started with surfers attaching rollerskate wheels to wooden slats in 1950s California is already a professional sport, of course, but the Olympics offers skaters the chance to do their thing on the biggest sporting stage of all.
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