Skateboarding to become Olympic sport — to the delight of one Capetonian
Jean-Marc Johannes is the first skateboarder to receive special recognition from the Cape Town Sports Council, but his sights are set on the Olympics in 2020
Skateboarding will feature at the Olympic Games for the first time in 2020‚ and Capetonian star Jean-Marc Johannes is dreaming of being there. Johannes will become the first skateboarder to receive special recognition at the Cape Town Sports Council awards on Wednesday‚ but his dreams are firmly fixed on Tokyo. "It’ll be the fulfilment of a lifelong dream to represent my country‚" Johannes told SportsClub Magazine. "So I’m going to work hard on performing well around the world and hopefully qualify." The Cape Town Sports Council awards honour athletes in all sporting codes that fall under the Western Cape cultural affairs department‚ and Johannes is being recognised as SA’s most decorated skateboarder and a world record holder. He snagged the record by performing 14 "nollie heelflips" in one minute at the Shred Skatepark in Paarden Island‚ Cape Town. The trick involves using the front foot to push the nose of the skateboard down while the back foot slides backwards‚ spinning the boa...
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