Skateboard betting online at Stake Sportsbook

Skateboarding originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s among surfers in California. What originally began as something to do when the waves were flat quickly developed into its own sport. Skateboarders began designing their own boards and wheels to be faster and more manoeuvrable, which led to the development of tricks. Today, the sport is practised by millions of people, including professional skateboarders.

The best skateboarders compete in major tournaments, including the X Games and the Olympics. All of these events are available to bet on here at Stake Sportsbook.

There are three main types of skateboarding competitions: Park, Street and Vert. In each event, athletes are judged based on trick difficulty, execution, style, course use and overall flow. Run and trick scores are combined for the final standings.

Discover more about how to bet on skateboarding and the available tournaments, betting markets and athletes in this complete guide to skateboarding betting at Stake.

How to bet on skateboarding on Stake.com?

To start betting on skateboarding at Stake, you’ll first need to create an account and add funds. You can also find helpful articles on the Help Center .

After setting up your account, follow these steps to place your first skateboarding bets at Stake:

1. Choose a cryptocurrency to bet with or make a local currency deposit to fund your account.

2. Search for skateboarding or the skateboarder you want to bet on.

3. Select the event and look through the available betting options.

4. Choose any bet to add to your bet slip.

5. In your bet slip, you can enter your stake before confirming to place the bet.

Most popular skateboarding tournaments to bet on?

There are lots of major skateboarding events you can bet on at Stake, including:

X Games

Stake is partnered with X Games, where top athletes compete in Summer and Winter seasons. Skateboarding at X Games includes Street, Park and Vert events. A panel of judges assign a score to each run based on the difficulty of the tricks, originality and how well they’re executed. Depending on the event, athletes compete for medals, prize money or points that rank them and their teams in the X Games League.

Street League Skateboarding

Street League Skateboarding (SLS) is the top Street skateboarding tournament series. It features a global tour of events where the best men’s and women’s skateboarders compete on Street parks for the biggest prizes in the sport. A points system is used to rate tricks based on difficulty, execution and flow. The SLS also awards the trick of the year to the skateboarder who lands the most impressive trick.

Summer Olympics

Skateboarding was added to the Olympic Games for the first time in Tokyo 2020 and returned in Paris 2024. The Olympics are held every four years, giving athletes a chance to represent their country as they attempt to win medals. Qualification for Olympic events is through World Skate rankings of Olympic qualifiers. Skateboarders compete in Street or Park disciplines, where runs and tricks are awarded scores by judges.

World Skateboarding Championship

This annual competition features men’s and women’s Park and Street skateboarding. Events are organised by World Skate, with athletes receiving medals based on the judging criteria. Judges evaluate each run and trick attempt, with scores awarded according to the event format.

What betting options are available for skateboard betting

When betting on Skateboarding at Stake, you have many options. Some events also offer live betting markets. The most popular skateboarding betting markets include:

• Outright winner - This is a standard bet on which skater you think will win the event with the highest score.

• Podium finish - Bet on any skater to finish in the top 3 of the event. Provided they finish on the podium, your bet wins.

• Head-to-head matchups - This market lets you bet on a specific matchup, predicting which skater will come out ahead of their rival.

• Prop bets - Prop bets may also be available on some skateboarding events, such as the highest judging score achieved or whether a certain trick will be landed.

Who are the top skateboarding athletes to bet on?

It’s impossible to name all of the amazing skateboarding athletes currently competing in skateboarding sports leagues, but these are some of the top skaters right now:

Street

• Nyjah Huston - Stake Global Ambassador and one of the most decorated and dominant men’s Street skaters in history. Nyjah Huston has multiple SLS titles and a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games.

• Ginwoo Onodera - Onodera became Japan’s national champion at just 12 and was part of the Street skateboarding team for the 2024 Olympic Games. He won a gold medal at the 2023 X Games and, at just 15, won the SLS Men’s Super Crown World Championship in 2025.

• Rayassa Leal - The Brazilian skater has impressed from an early age, finishing 3rd in her debut SLS Championship at age 11. She won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics and a bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She has multiple gold medals in the SLS and World Championships.

• Chris Joslin - Stake Global Ambassador and top street skateboarding competitor, Chris Joslin has won multiple medals in the X Games and Street League Skateboarding. He also represented the US at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Park

• Keegan Palmer - Palmer won the inaugural men’s park skateboarding competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics and went on to secure gold in Paris 2024, too. He has multiple gold medals at the X Games and a bronze medal at the Skateboarding World Championships in 2018.

• Sky Brown - Brown has already won 2 Olympic bronze medals at just 17. In addition, she has multiple medals at the X Games and World Championships.

Vert

• Gui Khury - Khury became the youngest person to ever land a 900 at the age of just 8 years old. In addition, he holds the record for being the youngest person to compete at the X Games, having been invited to his first X Games event in 2019. Since then, he’s gone on to appear in multiple events, winning 15 medals, including 9 golds.

• Tom Schaar - Schaar became the youngest ever X Games gold medalist after completing the first 1080 at the 2012 Games in Shanghai. He’s also competed in the Olympics as a Park skater, winning a silver medal in Paris.

Skateboard betting tips, strategies & sports promotions

While betting on skateboarding, it’s important to focus on the following:

• Event rules and judging format - Understanding the rules and event formats is crucial when making your bets. For example, SLS places greater emphasis on individual trick scores, while Olympic events use a 2-run and 5 best tricks format. SLS events are more fast-paced, although they use the same judging criteria and point scale.

• Pre-event form - Look at recent event results and past performance, including the level of competition each skater has faced. Make your picks based on athletes who consistently land clean runs under competition pressure rather than those who look to land greater difficulty moves. You should also consider the course design and how much it differs from other events the skaters have excelled in.

• Injury reports and career history - Skateboarding can be very tough on the body, leaving athletes with serious injuries that take a long time to recover from. Check the injury history of each skater and whether they’ve suffered any recent sprains that may affect their chance of pulling off a trick successfully.

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