Skateboarding is making its Olympic debut in Tokyo, and NBC will livestream every minute of it. The men's street competition -- featuring World No. 1 Nyjah Huston-- kicks things off on Saturday, July ...

Skateboarding was added to the Tokyo Games lineup as part of a wider initiative to grow the Olympics' appeal with younger audiences, by way of sports that are particularly popular in the host nation.

On the Olympic podium, three teenage girls — 13, 13 and 16 — with weighty gold, silver and bronze medals around their young necks, rewards for having landed tricks on their skateboards that most kids ...