Yuto Horigome is at the Top of Street Skateboarding Right Now

Yuto Horigome is at the Top of Street Skateboarding Right Now

uto Horome oh oh no no no and it’s official uto Hor with gold uto Horugi is one of the top street skateboarders in the world with two Olympic gold medals to go with five golds at the X Games hormile gold medal around his neck it all started 20 years ago in Japan i started sing 6 years old my dad always skating at the like local park it just like no not skate park just like park my dad friends always skating together and then I always follow my dad and then like sort starting you know skateboarding yutojo was a natural and started competing in America at the age of 15 in 2021 he won the first ever gold medal for Olympic skateboarding in his hometown of Tokyo olympic is very special because you skate for country but also you skating for myself it’s crazy and like it’s like really like dreams after Tokyo Olympic like Japan skateboarding like culture like skateboarding level got like higher uto now calls LA home having moved here in 2016 to further his career i moved to LA like me with like friends like pro skater so like I like understand more and like now I like uh fashion like skating making video i like that process like how do you wanted to make the video like how do you want to skate like how do you want to dress he has done deals with countless brands including Louis Vuitton and Nike which gave him his own shoe trying to get on Nike is like my dream too and then now I have a like on shoes i have ideas uh my backbone so like I wanted to put on the shoes now you hopes to continue to add to his resume at the 2025 X Games in Salt Lake City x Game is one one of my favorite contest and like when I was a kids always like looking for X games so like I’m very happy and I living like really dream life and like skating with uh like my favorite pro skater and like my friends still can believe it

The Summer X Games are heading to Salt Lake City later this month where Yuto Horigome will look to further his claim as the best street skateboarder competing right now!
Jaime Maggio sits down with Yuto to learn more about his journey from Tokyo to Los Angeles and the top of the skateboarding world.

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