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Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

author:People's Pictorial

July 2021,

Chinese skateboarder Zeng Wenhui

Skateboarding women's street competition at the Tokyo Olympics

Achieved a good result of sixth place,

It's happening again in China

A craze for skateboarding.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

On July 22, 2021, Zeng Wenhui, a member of the Chinese skateboarding team, was in training. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yubin

Skateboarding

It belongs to the first of the world's three major extreme sports,

Currently divided into "street type" and "bowl pool"

Two competition formats.

Now, the sport is positive

Increasingly become the "new favorite" of today's young people!

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In Beijing Chaoyang Joy City

Between the open spaces between buildings,

A few young men dressed in trendy clothes pedal skateboards,

Sometimes jumping high, sometimes sliding fast,

A few thrilling moves

From time to time, it caused onlookers to exclaim.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Skateboarding coach Gao Zhengguang is completing the "dolphin jump" action. "Dolphin Jump" is the introductory action of skateboarding and the basis of all advanced actions.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Skateboarding coach Wang Yi often practices his movements in the U pool.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Wang Yi's most skilled is the right-hand grasping board jumping action.

Skateboarding, which is loved by young people,

In fact, it is a derivative of ocean surfing culture.

People want to experience the joy of surfing on land,

So shorten the surfboard, put on the wheels,

"Surf" in the streets and alleys.

Gradually, skateboarding evolved into a street culture,

It became popular in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s.

In the late 1980s,

Skateboarding began to spread to China.

In 1993,

China's first national skateboarding competition was held,

Since then, it has become popular among Chinese teenagers.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

The free-style and thrilling skateboarding is loved by young people.

With the advent of the Internet information age,

More and more skateboarding culture

with relevant information into China,

More and more people are learning skateboarding,

The stage of skateboarding in China is becoming more and more expansive.

2017 Tianjin National Games,

Skateboarding as a mass sport

Debuted at the China National Games,

More people know about this extreme sport;

October 2020, State General Administration of Sport

Awarded Wang Yibo the title of "China Skateboarding Promotion Ambassador",

It has boosted the learning of Chinese youth groups

and understand the passion for skateboarding;

July 26, 2010,

Zeng Wenhui, who is only 16 years old, at the Tokyo Olympics

Won the Skateboard women's street style competition

Good results in sixth place,

Let more people see it

The future of skateboarding in China can be expected.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Skateboard instructor Wang Yi (right) instructs students who are coming to the skateboarding experience class for the first time to familiarize themselves with the basic movements of skateboarding.

Nowadays, more and more people are falling in love with the sport.

A skateboard club in Chaoyang Joy City,

There are fifty or sixty students in a skateboarding coach.

The youngest of them is only 4 years old, the oldest is 35 years old,

And most of them are women.

According to the head of the club,

A player in the Chinese skateboarding team

At this year's Tokyo Olympics

Got good results,

This makes a lot of people come to the experience class,

Sign up to learn skateboarding.

People recognize that skateboarding is more than just that

As exciting and exciting as the Olympic games,

It's also easy and chic.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

8-year-old Wang Zengjia has been learning skateboarding for 4 years, and now he can complete a lot of high-speed moves on his own.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Zhang Jiyuan, a young student who has studied for a year, is familiar with the U-shaped pool under the guidance of the coach.

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Young students in the Burning Skate Park are practicing the "Dolphin Jump" movement.

Sun Yifei, who is only 10 years old this year

Already quite familiar with skateboarding,

She can do high-level movements such as ramp rotation.

"My favorite skateboarding is because

The action can be constantly changing,

Every turn, every jump

Can be different, there is a sense of freshness. ”

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Student Sun Yifei improved rapidly with the help of the coach, which was her outward turning on the learning slope.

Bones in the bones

Skateboarding with adventure, freedom and passion,

Skateboarders have long been used

Think of it as a whole new way of life.

Gao Zhengguang, 23, is a skateboarding coach.

In his opinion,

Skateboarding can not blindly pursue difficulty,

More importantly, learn to discover what you are good at,

And use it to express your inner thoughts.

"Skateboarding makes me happy, makes me confident,

It also taught me how to go

Accept yourself and recognize yourself. ”

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Skateboarding coach Gao Zhengguang (first from the left) and his colleagues said: "Skateboarding used to be a non-mainstream thing that parents did not let, but now it has become a new trend, and many parents still learn with their children. ”

"The reason why skateboarding is loved by people all over the world,

It derives from the skateboarding spirit of street art

is the most important. ”

Skateboarding for 18 years,

Has 7 years of experience in skateboarding teaching

Coach Wongnan of more than 3 years of professional skating career,

He has his own understanding of the love of skateboarding,

"Skateboarding is more than just a sport,

It's in the process of development

A continuation of the cultural and spiritual dimensions was obtained.

understanding and respect at the societal level,

It is also actively promoting the popularization of skateboarding. ”

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

On August 17, 2021, skateboarding coach Ou Nan completed the sliding of the front foot bridge in the bowl pool of the Beijing Burning Skate club.

What excites the majority of skateboarding enthusiasts is that

Following the Tokyo Olympics,

Skateboarding will also continue to act

One of the official events of the Paris Olympic Games.

From the streets to the Olympic arena,

More and more people are skateboarding

Slide out confidence, slide out happy!

Adventure, freedom, passion... This sport is the "new favorite" of today's young people

Content Source | People's Pictorial, No. 9, 2021

Photography | Zhang also

Written by | Zhou Chenliang

Video Production | Zhang also

Edited by | Wang Yiyi

Proofreading | Yuan Meng

Duty Review | Huang Liwei

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