Bryce Wettstein, Brighton Zeuner and Jordyn Barratt are the U.S. Huston is joined by Jagger Eaton and Jake Ilardi on the men's street team, while Mariah Duran is teamed with Alexis Sablone and Alana Smith in the women's street competition. They’ve all competed at their sport’s highest level, and they're all eager to perform when competition gets underway July 25 at Ariake Urban Sports Park. Olympians, who range from smiling teenagers to accomplished 30-somethings of different races, sexual orientations and gender identifications. Huston is the most famous face among the 12 U.S. "It's the freedom, the love that brings us together, and then the nonstop challenge, the progression. “I love skateboarding because it's the funnest thing on Earth, not only if you're one of us getting ready to skate in the Olympics, or just a kid out there skating in your skate park,” Huston added. “But we’ve all been working for this from a young age, even before it was possible. “I don’t know if any of us imagined we would ever be up here getting ready to skate in the Olympics,” said Nyjah Huston, the five-time world champion and California native recognized as the highest-paid skater in the sport’s history. It was an appropriate introduction for a bunch of world-class skaters who will represent the best aspects of this American-born sport in Tokyo: No leaders, no followers - and plenty of love and support for the whole crew. Olympic skateboarding team stepped on their boards and skated through a corridor of tall American flags in a joyful pack, headed toward an outdoor stage to meet the world together. LOS ANGELES - The 12 members of the first U.S.
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