Brett Wilhelm/ESPN - Skater Yndiara Asp
X-Games has updated the list of the
women's skateboard park invited athletes, and there are a few new faces on it! This year the newcomers to qualifiers are;
Kisa Nakamura
Grace Marhoefer
Sabre Norris
Kody Tamanaha
Sakura Yosozumi
This will be the first time we've seen Sabre Norris compete here in the USA, and after what we saw from her at Bowl-A-Rama in Bondi - including 540's that were SO dialed in - it will be interesting to see what tricks she throws down in park.
Skateboard Park is the discipline going to the Olympics in 2020 (along with Street) so that is the event all these girls - who normally skate bowls/vert - need to focus on mastering - if making the Olympic team is on their agenda.
Road to X: Boise Qualifier, taking place June 15 - 16 at Rhodes Skate Park. The Park events serve as an official qualifying event for the X Games Minneapolis Park competitions.
The top four Women’s Skateboard athletes, not already invited, will qualify into the X Games Minneapolis Park competition.
Here are the girls who received invites to Boise, Idaho for X-Games qualifiers.
SKATEBOARD PARK WOMEN
Lizzie Armanto
Nora Vasconcellos
Nicole Hause
Allysha Le
Kisa Nakamura
Yndiara Asp
Arianna Carmona
Hanna Zanzi
Bryce Wettstein
Grace Marhoefer
Sabre Norris
Minna Stess
Kihana Ogawa
Dora Varella
Kody Tamanaha
Hunter Long
Sakura Yosozumi
Shanae Collins
Julz Lynn
Zoe Safanda
(Automatic invites to X Games Minneapolis 2018: Brighton Zeuner, Jordyn Barratt, Poppy Starr Olsen)
Female Athletes to watch include:
* Lizzie Armanto (Santa Monica, California) – The first female skater to be featured on the cover of Transworld Skateboarding and the first female in 24 years to land a Thrasher cover, Armanto turned pro with Tony Hawk’s Birdhouse team in 2017. Armanto is a two-time X Games Skateboard Park medalist with gold and silver in three appearances.
* Nicole Hause (Stillwater, Minnesota) – After narrowly missing the X Games Minneapolis podium with a fourth place finish in Skateboard Park 2017, Hause is on fire this season. She will come into Boise hot off wins at the Vans Combi and Vert Attack competitions.
While the events at Rhodes Skate Park are free and open to the public, tickets for bleacher seating to view the Park competitions at Rhodes Skate Park will be sold separately. Visit
cityofboise.org/XGames for more information in the coming weeks.
The schedule of Women's Events is as follows:
Friday, June 15, 2018
9 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Women’s Skateboard Park Practice
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Women’s Skateboard Park Elimination
Saturday, June 16, 2018
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Women’s Skateboard Park Practice
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Skateboard Park Final
The event will also be streamed live June 15 – 16 through the X Games Facebook page and YouTube channel.
In addition to the live stream, fans can catch the Boise Park Qualifier coverage on ABC as part of the World of X Games content on June 23, as well as coverage across X Games digital and social platforms.
STREET
The final list of the invited athletes for women's skateboard street is now up as well - these ladies go directly to Minneapolis to qualify and compete.
Qualifiers are on Friday, June 20 in Minneapolis
Finals are on Saturday, June 21 in Minneapolis
WOMEN'S SKATEBOARD STREET
Lacey Baker
Samarria Brevard
Julia Brueckler
Leticia Bufoni
Mariah Duran
Meagan Guy
Candy Jacobs
Gabi Mazetto
Aori Nishimura
Pamela Rosa
Alexis Sablone
Alana Smith
Hayley Wilson
Jenn Soto
