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Straight from the streets of Jaguariúna, Brazil, Tiago Lemos is your favorite skaters favorite skater. Tiago grew up dreaming of one day being a Pro skater. In 2008 after winning some local contests he got on DC Brazil which helped him travel to places like Barcelona, Spain where he started to make a name for himself and having appearances in US skate videos. This led him to California in 2012 where he started filming with legendary skateboard filmmaker Ty Evans. In 2013 and 2014, he was voted Am of the Year by Brazilian skate magazine CemportcentoSKATE. In 2015, Tiago gained worldwide recog- nition through being one of the main characters in Ty Evans’ We Are Blood movie, as well as having a jaw-dropping last part in DC Shoes’ De La Calle / Da Rua. He landed on the cover of the September issue of Transworld Skateboarding and was voted CemportcentoSKATE Magazine’s 2015 Skater of the Year. In 2016 he turned Pro for Boulevard Skateboards and qualified into SLS through the Pro Open in Bar- celona. Tiago had a strong rookie year, making it to the Finals and placing 5th at his first official SLS stop in Munich as well as winning the #DIAMONDBESTTRICK in New Jersey. He closed out 2016 with a phenomeal solo video part “Press Play”, and continued his run of epic street skating into 2017 dropping another heavy part in the DC promo, as well as another solo part for Independent. Tiago brought that momentum into the arena, making it all the way to the Super Crown, where he finished 8th, and 5th overall for the year. We don’t expect Tiago to slow down one bit! BORN: April 26, 1991 in Jaguariúna, Brazil STANCE: Goofy SPONSORS: Boulevard Skateboards, DC Shoes, Independent Trucks, Crupiê Wheels, Andale Bearings, Active Ride Shop, Skate Sauce Wax Co, Grizzly Griptape, Murk Co. INSTAGRAM: @tiagolemoskt

Nyjah Imani Huston (born November 30, 1994) is an American professional skateboarder and was the overall champion at the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) competition series in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2019, 2020. He is also the highest paid skateboarder in the world. As of May 19, 2013, Huston has won more prize money than any other skateboarder in history. In 2014, Huston ranked #5 on FoxWeekly's 'Top 15 Most Influential Skateboarders of All-Time'. BORN: November 30, 1994 in Davis, CA STANCE: Goofy SPONSORS: Element Skateboards, Nike SB, Monster Energy, Diamond Supply Co., Ricta Wheels, Mob Grip, Hawkers INSTAGRAM: @nyjah

The women's skateboard from Brazil has reached the stage of excellence that it has today, known as one of the powerhouses of the sport in the world, much because of Letícia Bufoni. She broke the boundaries of the sport for women, when they still said they could not skate. At the age of nine, seeing the street kids skateboarding where he lived, in the East Zone of São Paulo, he asked for one for his father, Jaime. At first, he was against it, because that "was not a girl's sport", as he said at the time. With persistence, Letícia managed to convince him otherwise. Two years later, when she won an amateur championship in São Paulo, Letícia found the boost she needed to start a successful career in international skateboarding. The borders were definitely opened in 2009, when she won her first competition abroad, the Maloof Money Cup, in Orange County (USA). That same year, she was elected “Personality of the Year” by Época Magazine. In 2010, he made his debut at the X Games in Los Angeles (USA), ending with the runner-up. On the other hand, she ended the season as a world champion in skate street with the World Cup of Skateboarding. By the way, in the following three seasons (until 2013), only Letícia Bufoni led the World Cup ranking. With her talent, the Brazilian has become a frequent figure on the podium of the main competitions in the last decade. In addition to joining the Guinness Book as the skater who won the most medals in X Games - there were 11 in total, between 2010 and 2019 - Letícia also holds another historic mark: the one with the most victories in the World Cup of skateboarding. It became so iconic that in 2015 he became a character in the cult game Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5. The chance to represent Brazil at the Tokyo Games will mean for Letícia another barrier to be overcome. “This would be one of the big dreams for my career, even because it was the skateboard debut at the Olympics. It will be something very special ”, he says. BORN: APRIL 13, 1993 in Sao Paulo, Brazil STANCE: Goofy SPONSORS: Plan B, Nike SB, TNT Energy Drink, Oakley, Nixon, GoPro, Bones Wheels, Crail Trucks, B4BC INSTAGRAM: @leticiabufoni

Luan Oliveira is a skating survivor. Born in the favelas of Porto Alegre, Brazil, his parents gave him up just after birth, leaving him to be raised by his grandmother. He came of age in a cluster of shanty homes where violence was a way of life, and skateboarding was about as welcome as outsiders. “Where I grew up, there were very young kids that carried around guns,” he says. “If anyone tried to get into our neighborhood, these kids would stop them at gunpoint and make sure they belonged.” Still, at the age of nine, Oliveira received a small plastic board as a gift. It sat unused for months, until Oliveira caught a glimpse of someone shredding on a skateboard. Almost immediately, something clicked. Oliveira dusted off his board and spent each day practicing at a local concrete skate plaza. It didn’t take long before the young prodigy had amassed an arsenal of tricks, and began developing an extended family – of skateboarders. Full of passion but penniless, Oliveira convinced his local skate shop to pay for his bus ticket and entry fee to compete in a street contest. He took second place in the competition, then sold his product prizes in order to pay for more bus tickets, contest fees and food. Oliveira’s skate life continued like this for several years. After each competition, he and his friends would skate all night at bus stations until the first bus arrived to take them back to Porto Alegre. Then in 2005, tragedy struck twice. Oliveira’s grandmother and his father passed away in the same week. Skateboarding became his one true family... BORN: Sept. 22, 1990 in Porto Alegre, Brazil STANCE: Regular SPONSORS: Flip Skateboards, Nike SB, Matriz Skateshop, Beats By Dre, Independent Trucks, Diamond Supply Co., Spitfire Wheels, Bronson Speed Co. INSTAGRAM: @luanomatriz

In 2016, Japanese-born Yuto Horigome was the best kept secret in skateboarding. Then he came to America, and after two years of non-stop traveling and intense shredding, the secret is out. All it took was two hard-hitting video parts, a plethora of magazine coverage, and a victory at the 2018 Street League Pro Open in London. Now he is one of the most in-demand skaters around the world, after signing with Nike SB and turning pro for April Skateboards. If all goes according to plan, Yuto will be at the Olympics in 2020, debuting skateboarding in his hometown of Tokyo, where his father taught him how to skate when he was seven-years-old. The only question is, which event does he skate? He can make the finals in a pro street or park contest, so only time will tell. When Yuto isn’t skating, he enjoys video games, working on his English, and trying to figure out how to use his newfound fame in Japan to meet his celebrity crush, Tsubasa Honda. Sponsors and Shouts : Nike SB, April Skateboards, Venture, Spitfire, Andale Bearings, Diamond, X Flag, Murasaki, Raizin Insta : @yutohorigome

THE BEST OF TRICKS ( New 2020 VIDEO ) It’s no surprise that Chris Joslin was the most demanded pro by fans to be a part of the SLS Nike SB World Tour in 2016. His raw talent is undeniable. Joslin made his debut in 2014 in Plan B’s long-anticipated video TRUE. He opened the video with a jaw dropping part that had everyone talking. After going pro in 2015, Joslin has only made a bigger name for himself. He’s been nominated for Thrasher’s Skater of the Year, dropped several video parts and got voted into SLS as a Pick in 2016. Joslin was on fire all year last season. He placed 8th at the Pro Open, 2nd in New Jersey, and was the first SLS Pick to ever compete in a Super Crown World Championship where he placed 7th. In 2017 Chris finished the year 13th overall, with an exciting 4th place finish in Munich. Regular, Age 23, Cerritos USA United States, Americas Region istagram:@crisjoslin_ Plan B, etnies, Active, Grizzly Grip, Bones Wheels, Independent, Arnette, Bones Swiss, , Rockstar