A new destination for the Junior Pan American Games this year, as Paraguay proves to be an ever-bigger draw for organised international events of this scale. As with the previous edition of the Junior Panam Games (2021 in Cali, Colombia and won by Lucas Rabelo and Pamela Rosa respectively), both Men’s and Women’s winners of the ASU 2025 (current edition) win a spot to the Panam Games 2027 in Lima, Peru.
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In a skateboarding culture where every success is hard-fought, every win counts and World Skate were honoured to help officiate the continental- level event, which was run under WSK rules, including the oversight of a World Skate specialist Technical Delegate and Judging Panel.
From August 9th to the 23rd, 2025, the second edition of the Junior Pan American Games went off in Asuncion, the Paraguayan capital.The event is one of the most important projects of Panam Sports, and one which aims to discover and support stars of the near future.The Cali 2021 Pan American Games represented a starting point for many new stars of international sport to go on and excel in Santiago 2023 and recently in the Paris Olympic Games.
The second edition of the Junior Pan American Games featured 4,206 athletes from 41 countries and skateboarding, internationally huge throughout the Americas as it is, brought skateboarders from across the hemisphere to Paraguay for a new contest experience at the Olympic Park Skate Park in Asunción.
Adhering to the 3/3/2 Run/ Best Trick format debuted at WST Rome Street in June this year, Brazil’s Marina de Camposwon with a score of 151.21, USA’s Poe Pinson took silver with 143.31, while Argentina’s Morena Domínguez took a well-deserved bronze with 113.81!
In the Men’s division, meanwhile, Brazil’s Filipe Mota took gold with 173.05 points, USA’s Lazer Crawford claimed a close second with 168.32- while Brazilian newcomer MJ de Almeida Mendes claimed bronze with 165.64 points.
World Skate would like to thank both our staff for their hard work, and our hosts for their hospitality in what seems to be the start of big things for all wheeled sport enthusiasts in Paraguay and beyond!
