{"id":171361,"date":"2025-06-02T10:54:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T01:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171361&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-06-02T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:55:20","slug":"world-skateboarding-tour-heads-to-kitakyushu-this-november","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/world-skateboarding-tour-heads-to-kitakyushu-this-november\/","title":{"rendered":"World Skateboarding Tour heads to Kitakyushu this November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The international World Skateboarding Tour will hold its third 2025 event in Kitakyushu, following competitions in Rome (June) and Washington D.C. (September). This marks the first time the city will host the event, and only the second time it will take place in Japan, after the 2023 Tokyo tournament. The \u201cWorld Skateboarding Tour Street 2025 KITAKYUSHU\u201d is scheduled for November 23\u201330 at the West Japan General Exhibition Center New Building in Kokurakita Ward. Spectator tickets will be available for the final three days: quarterfinals on November 28, semifinals on November 29, and finals on November 30. Approximately 200 elite street skateboarders from 45 countries are expected to compete. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp\/files\/001146730.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_world-skatebord_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"World Skateboarding Tour heads to Kitakyushu this November\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_world-skatebord_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_world-skatebord_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_world-skatebord_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_world-skatebord_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international World Skateboarding Tour will hold its third 2025 event in Kitakyushu, following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171361","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}