Skateboarding is the activity that has come to define urban cool. Since its creation in 1960s California, skateboarding's simplicity and accessibility has seen it flourish around the world. Through highs and lows of popularity, skateboarding has become a multi-billion dollar industry whose leading practitioners are famous throughout the world via the mediums of video, gaming and huge brand endorsements. Meanwhile, 2021 saw skateboarding cross a huge cultural threshold when it debuted on the greatest athletic stage in the world in Tokyo, Japan.