This survey project aims to generate new knowledge on the priorities, pathways, and gaps that skateboarders associate with skateboarding and the Olympic Games. This includes what impact skateboarders perceive their own work and the inclusion of skateboarding in the Olympics has on the promotion of gender equity, freedom to play and skateboarding as a social good, as well as improvements that can be made.

Between 14 May and 14 June 2026, 68 people from 56 social skateboarding organizations completed the survey to share their thoughts about skateboarding and the Olympics. Here is a first release and a snapshot into some of the most interesting findings from the report.

A full report will be published in 2027.

Project Lead: Dr Indigo Willing
Senior Research Assistant: Dr Emily Li
Research Assistant: Dr Nat Kassel
Funded by an Advanced Olympic Research Grant
Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Research Centre
University of Sydney in partnership with Skateistan