{"id":172573,"date":"2025-08-06T13:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172573&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:49:35","slug":"skateboarding-world-tour-coming-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/skateboarding-world-tour-coming-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Skateboarding World Tour Coming To Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City will host the World Skateboarding<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tour <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025 tournament this November, marking the second time the event has been held in Japan. Around 200 elite athletes from 45 countries are expected to participate. At a press conference, Paris Olympic gold medalist <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koko <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoshizawa, 14, and world No. 3 Sora Shirai expressed their enthusiasm. The event will kick off on November 23 at the West Japan General Exhibition Center. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/wstjapan.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Skateboarding Tour 2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/city_kitakyushu\/status\/1952655769662615735\" 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\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_skateboading-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Skateboarding World Tour Coming To Kitakyushu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_skateboading-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_skateboading-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_skateboading-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_skateboading-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&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>Kitakyushu City will host the World Skateboarding Tour 2025 tournament this November, marking the second time the event has been held in Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172573","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\/172573","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=172573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}