The countdown has begun!
This June, the Eternal city of Rome will play host to the World Skateboarding Tour as the pathway to the 2028 Olympic Games begins in earnest.
Every skateboarder in attendance will be seeking to garner maximum possible points on the World Skateboarding Ranking to improve their chances of qualifying for the LA28 Olympic Games.
The Spot Skatepark in Rome’s waterfront district of Ostia will greet hundreds of skateboarders from around the globe on June 7th for the WST Rome Park World Cup, before the action switches to the shadow of the Colosseum one week later for WST Rome Street in the Colle Oppio park overlooking the world-famous landmark.
Both WST Rome World Cup events offer free entrance to spectators- where else can you say that?- and, given that it will be foot to the floor for every skateboarder involved between now and Los Angeles, this is a perfect opportunity for you to get yourself along and watch many of the greatest skateboarders of their generation do battle in front of your very eyes!
If you can’t make it to Rome in person this June, fear not- because we will, as always, be beaming all the action worldwide in real time online, including from the Qualifier and Quarterfinal rounds, too!
So this is it: the Road To LA28 and the biggest skateboarding contests in the history of the culture begins in earnest this summertime in the Italian capital.
If you are curious as to how the LA qualification system works, what the function of the World Skateboarding Ranking system is, or how Rome has become a youth-cultural epicentre thanks to the city’s ongoing relationship with the World Skateboarding Tour just follow the links for more background on the significance of this WST Rome World Cup 2026.
Join us however you can this June, and follow us for every twist and turn of what you know is going to be a wild ride all the way to Los Angeles two summers hence.
From the Eternal city to LA28, the World Skateboardiing Tour forms the sole pathway to the Olympic Games- that starting gun has just been fired, so now let’s all enjoy every minute of skateboarding history being written all over again!