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Sky Brown, the Nike sponsored skateboarder and Olympian, is not your average teenager. The British-Japanese athlete, now 15, became the youngest person to represent Great Britain at the Summer Olympic Games when she took part in the delayed Tokyo 2020 tournament a couple of years ago. It was a milestone moment both for the skater and the sport, marking the first time skateboarding featured at the Olympics.Samsung, one of Brown’s sponsors, recently joined forces with both the skater and with Skateboard GB – the sport’s governing body in the UK – to launch the Drop In with Samsung Flip Park, an activation space in Shoreditch, east London that's part skatepark, part immersive art, music and culture experience. It launched at the end of November and is going into its final weekend, open until ...

Our Legacy WORK SHOP has joined hands with Swedish-based slope-gear supplier Tur Snowboards to whip up the limited-edition "Bubo," a peak performance riding board inspired by mini mal surfboards. With Our Legacy's in-house artist Hank Grüner on the graphics, the Bubo is just as fresh as it is functional.Crafted from premium wood and blended with a wooden veneer top sheet for functionality and durability, the Bubo is described as an "experimental big volume board built for maximum float and buoyancy," that is well-equipped for any slope conditions, able to navigate "both deep powder and hard-packed days when the soft snow is nowhere to be found."  The Bubo features the same maximum stability offered by mini mal surfboards, making smooth and rapid turning the default option. View this post o...

Normally as January approaches, the conversation in golf is focused on whose driver looks the best. Callaway, TaylorMade, PING, Cobra, PXG? That's all you have to go off until the brands start releasing product details. 10 pixel photos that look they were taken with a Gameboy spread around the internet like wildfire with hooks such as "First Look" and "New for 2024." But this year has been a little different, because Costco decided to say to hell with the traditional new year release schedule.There were signs it was coming, starting in early November when a Kirkland Signature driver found its way onto the USGA Conforming List, a standard (and publicly visible) process that all manufacturers have to go through to get their equipment approved for competitive play. Out of nowhere though, the ...

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green won’t be seen on the court anytime soon. The power forward has been suspended indefinitely after hitting Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkić in the face.The incident occurred during the third quarter of the Warriors' loss to the Suns on Tuesday, December 12 at Phoenix’s Footprint Center. Green was served with a flagrant 2 foul, which defines conduct committed against another player to be “unnecessary and excessive.”The news was shared by NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations, Joe Dumars, who an outcome that “takes into account Green’s repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts.”Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. and agent Rich Paul are expected to meet Thursday to plan “a path of counseling and assistance for Green to move forward,” ...