Image Poe Pinson, Paige Heyn and Mariah Duran, left, are Olympic qualifiers in street skateboarding. Pinson won her age division at the Rocky Mountain Rampage skate event held in Colorado Springs, Colo., when she was 11 years old.
Pinson competing in Budapest, Hungary. Pinson on her first board at age 4. “If it had wheels, she rolled,” including in-line skates, said Pinson’s dad, Kenny.
Body She did it. Poe Pinson, 19, is heading to Paris next month. The Fernandina Beach skateboarder qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Budapest, Hungary, and is a member of the U.
S. women’s Olympic skateboard team. The team also includes Tokyo Olympians Bryce Wettstein (park) and Mariah Duran (street) and Olympic rookies Ruby Lilley and Minna Stess (park) and Paige Heyn and Poe Pinson (street).
The competition runs from noon to 5 p.m. July 28 and will be aired on NBC.
Pinson came close to qualifying in 2021, the first year skateboarding was an Olympic sport; COVID-19 canceled the 2020 games. “I was the fourth American, and they take the top three,” Pinson said. But she’s in the top three this year.
“I didn’t even know it was possible to go to the Olympics,” Pinson said. “It’s never really been a goal of mine, which is kind of insane. I kind of just always liked skating contests.
It somehow kind of happened. “It was never like, goal set in stone, Paris 2024, that’s where I’m going. There were a few contests where I was skating Olympic qualifiers, and I didn’t even.
