OF
OF US
OF US WILL TURN OUR FOCUS MORE THAN FIVE- THOUSAND MILES TO THE
WEST... FOR OPENING
CEREMONIES OF THE 2021
TOKYO OLYMPICS.
OUR EXCITEMENT LIKELY
PALES IN COMPARISON TO
THE ATHLETES IN FOUR OF
THE OLYMPICS' NEWEST
SPORTS.
LAST NIGHT-- WE
HIGHLIGHTED BOISE'S
GROWING SURFING
COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT-- JAY TUST IS
BACK ON DRY LAND... BUT
HE'S BRINGING THE
BOARD WITH HIM TO
RHODES SKATE PARK IN
DOWNTOWN BOISE.
HIDDEN IN THE SHADOWS
OF THE I-84 CONNECTOR...
...IT ONE OF THE BEST
SKATEPARKS YOU WILL
FIND IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST.
RHODES PARK IS TOUGH
AND CHALLENGING -- YET
INVITING AND CARING...
...IT CONNECTS WITH
YOU... JUST AS MUCH YOU
CONNECT WITH IT.
THESE RAMPS, RAILS AND
RUNS BEG RIDERS TO
EXPRESS THEMSELVES THE
BEST WAY THEY KNOW
HOW: TO PUSH AND
GRIND TO BOARD LINE OF
IMPOSSIBE...
...THEN PROVE THEY'RE
CAPABLE OF MAKING THAT
JUMP.
RENOVATED IN 2016...
...THIS PARK HAS STOKED
THE LOCAL
SKATEBOARDING SCENE.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE ISN'T
AS MUCH A COMPETITION
AS IT IS COMMUNITY.
WHETHER
SKATEBOARDING IS AN
ART FORM OR FORM
ATHLETICS IS A BIT OF
SKETCHY TOPIC THOUGH.
AND NOW THAT IT'S
BEING INTRODUCED TO
THE OLYMPICS, SOME
HAVE CEMENTED THEIR
STANCE, WORRYING
ORGANIZERS WILL BEGIN
TO THINK WITH THEIR
HEADS AND NOT THEIR
HEARTS.
BOISE SKATEBOARD
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
JOHN DAVIS BELIEVES
THERE IS A BALANCE
THOUGH.
HE ENCOURAGES HIS
LIFE-LONG LOVE TO
EMERGE FROM SHADOWS,
IN ORDER FOR OTHERS TO
FEEL THE FREEDOM THAT
HE FELL IN LOVE WITH
LONG AGO.
DAVIS ISN'T THE ONLY ON
JUMPING ON BOARD...
...17-YEAR-OLD ELLIOT
SAXTON IS LEADING A
NEW GENERATION OF
BOISE BOARDER THAT
CONNECTS
CONNECTS WITH HIS DECK -- BUT ALSO SEEKS TO SHRED COMPETITION.
HE'S HUMBLE... BUT
QUALIFIED... AND HIS
RESUME IS BUILDING. A
TOP 20 FINISH AT THE X-
GAMES TWO YEARS
SHOWED HIS POTENTIAL...
...AND HE'S HOPING TO
REPRESENT BOISE ON THE
BIG STAGE... ESPECIAL
NOW THAT ANOTHER
SPOTLIGHT IS AVAILABLE
AT THE OLYMPICS.
NOW
NOW THAT
NOW THAT ANOTHER SPOTLIGHT IS AVAILABLE AT THE OLYMPICS.