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After 8 successful tour stops this summer all across Europe, the Best Foot Forward Tour is slowly approaching its grand finale in the famous Innsbruck Skatehalle.

This is one of the last two qualifying tour stops on 2021 Blue Tomato X Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe tour before the big finals in Innsbruck on October 2: Tour stop #9 in Wels, Austria on September 4.

25 Aug 2021   |  

The eighth Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe stop took place last Saturday at Alaia Chalet in Lens, Switzerland. Surrounded by the majestic Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais, the contest at Alaia Chalet was a very special one.

Rafa Bocanegra is the men's winner at the Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe stop at Alaia Chalet in Lens, Switzerland on August 21, 2021.

23 Aug 2021   |  

Yet another epic Simple Session crowned their kings of skate and BMX street. The skateboarding podium belonged to Ivan Monteiro (BRA), Rišo Tury (SVK), and Alex Decunha (UK). In BMX, the first three places were awarded to Broc Raiford (USA), Courage Adams (ESP), and Reed Stark (USA).

Ivan Monteiro earned the top spot on Simple Session 2021 podium, followed by Rišo Tury (L) with Silver and Alex Decunha with Bronze. Congrats!

21 Aug 2021   |  

Together with Girls Shred we will give out two wildcards for the big finals of the Best Foot Forward Europe tour. Get the chance to compete with the best girls from each tour stop and get a fully paid trip to the heart of the Alps.

Alisa Fessl during the Innsbruck stop on 2021 Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe Tour, at Skatehalle Innsbruck, Austria, August 7.

20 Aug 2021   |  

Red Bull Paris Conquest delivered new obstacle layouts and fan pleasing tricks. Letícia Bufoni and Trevor McClung rolled out their best tricks to delight the raucous crowd right at the foot of the Eiffel Tower to win 2021's Red Bull Paris Conquest.

Leticia Bufoni competes at the Red Bull Paris Conquest at the Trocadero in Paris, France on August 18th 2021.

20 Aug 2021   |  

The seventh Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe stop took place last Saturday in Düsseldorf. In the largest skate park in Germany, the Skatepark Eller, a total of 86 skateboarders gathered to take part in the contest. That is a new tour record!

Düsseldorf stop on 2021 Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe Tour welcomed record numbers so far, 84 skaters took part on Saturday August 14 at Skatepark Eller.

15 Aug 2021   |  

The sixth Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe stop took us to the beautiful Innsbruck city. The contest went down with 27 participants and some thrilled spectators in the Skatehalle Innsbruck, which is also known beyond the borders of Austria.

2021 Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe Tour stop #6 at Skatehalle Innsbruck was a blast with 27 riders participating, in Innsbruck City, Austria, on August 7.

9 Aug 2021   |  

For the first time in the history, World Rookie Tour skate contest is coming to Hungary! From 14th to 15th of August the Rookies have their chance to qualify for the World Rookie Final in Innsbruck, Austria. All the podiums will be qualified. Best Girl and Best Boy will be invited for free to the finals, where they can win incredible prizes like a ticket to the Simple Session in Tallin or the Mystic Sk8 Cup in Prague. * Registration are open! * Entry criteria * Location details * Event format * Age Groups & Prize info * All essential Registration details are listed - Pre-registration as well as Registration on site * Entry fee and its very cool alternative! * All important contact details * Event schedule / Program * Current World Rookie Tour Skateboarding Calendar & how to keep in touch

Szentendre Skatepark will be the first Hungarian skatepark to host World Rookie Tour's skateboarding event: Szentendre Rookie Fest 2021, August 14 - 15.

6 Aug 2021   |  

The thing most likely to linger in the memory from Men’s Park skateboarding final in Tokyo is not an image but a sound. The sheer speed of the skating in the final sessions was right on the edge of possibility, tribute not only to the skaters themselves but to innovations in park design which made the concrete sound as fast as riding on glass. The park construction was essentially perfect, and the skating sounded like a rocket ride thundering throughout it: fantastic and exhilarating.

Men's Park Podium at Tokyo 2020, L-R: Pedro Barros (BRA) with Silver, Keegan Palmer (AUS) with Gold & Cory Juneau (USA) with Bronze medal, at Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan, August 5, 2021.

6 Aug 2021   |  

Among everything written and said about skateboarding’s inclusion in the Olympics, there has certainly been a sense that whatever the real or imagined drawbacks might be, they didn’t apply to the nascent women’s scene.

Women's Park Podium at Tokyo 2020, L-R: Kokona Hiraki (JPN) with Silver, Sakura Yosozumi (JPN) with Gold & Sky Brown (GBR) with Bronze, at Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan, August 4, 2021.

5 Aug 2021   |  

Black Yeti: "Dear skateboarders, partners and friends, Black Yeti is proud to remember that the World Rookie Tour and Blue Tomato are working together to support all the amateur and youth skateboarding scene in Europe."

Best Foot Forward Europe 2021 Tour Stop in Maribor, Slovenia.

4 Aug 2021   |  

After five awesome Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward European tour stops in Hamburg, Helsinki, Berlin, Maribor and Utrecht, the contest series has now reached the half-way point at which the Blue Tomato has so far counted in total more than 260 participating skaters and over 1,500 spectators. Wow! Therefore here's a very happy announcement of the next tour stops coming up this month:

30 Jul 2021   |  

If there was ever an event in which the stories ran well beyond the podium then today’s Women’s Street final was surely it.

Women's Street Podium at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, L-R: 2nd Rayssa Leal (BRA), 1st Momiji Nishiya (JPN) & 3rd Funa Nakayama (JPN), at Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Japan, July 26, 2021.

27 Jul 2021   |  

So, in the end, there was perhaps something written about Yuto Horigome’s victory in Men’s Street skateboarding here in Tokyo. Already at only 22 years old and one of the greatest of all-time, those pundits who claimed the gold medal was Nyjah Huston’s to lose clearly had not followed the Japanese prodigy’s trajectory, including that World Championship victory in Rome just a month previously.

Men's Street Podium at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, L-R: Silver Kelvin Hoefler (BRA), Gold Yuto Horigome (JPN) & Bronze Jagger Eaton (USA), at Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Japan, July 25, 2021.

26 Jul 2021   |