Brendon Babenzien & Mike Cukr On Surf & Skate's Olympic Inclusion

For the first time since 1896, when the first international Olympic Games were held, skateboarding and surfing are officially part of the Olympics. A new sport or contest is always noteworthy at the Games — there are six in total at Tokyo 2020 — but given that both surfing and skateboarding lie very much at the center of streetwear and sneaker culture, their inclusion is especially important to Highsnobiety's community.