Des Moines skate shop takes award at Dew Tour while international stars head winners' board

Teresa Kay Albertson, Des Moines Register
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The Dew Tour Des Moines skateboarding competition held at Lauridsen Skatepark in Des Moines ended Saturday with local and international leaders toping the winning board.

Saturday's Battle of the Shops on the Dew Tour Skateboard Street course, featuring skaters representing local skateboard shops, was topped by Subsect Skateshop of Des Moines, according to dewtour.com. The shop was represented by local skaters Jacob Kelly and Mirza Jasarovic.

Subsect is less than one mile away from Lauridsen Skatepark.

Taking second place in the competition was Familia Skateshop from Minneapolis and third place went to Escapist Skateshop from Kansas City.

Subsect Skateshop in Des Moines won the Battle of the Shops on the Dew Tour Skateboard Street course July 30, 2022. The shop is located less than one mile from the Lauridsen Skatepark. Kevin Jones owns the popular hot spot for skaters.
Subsect Skateshop in Des Moines won the Battle of the Shops on the Dew Tour Skateboard Street course July 30, 2022. The shop is located less than one mile from the Lauridsen Skatepark. Kevin Jones owns the popular hot spot for skaters.

Individual and adaptive skateboarding results

Sky Brown, 14, won the Women's Park Final on Saturday with 89.66 points according to dewtour.com. Brown is a British-Japanese rider and surfer who competes for Great Britain. She defeated close friend Sakura Yosozumi, 20, of Japan, who racked up 83 points, and Cocona Hiraki, 13, of Japan, with 82.66 points.

Sky Brown and Sakura Yosozumi hug Kiss Nakamura after competing in the women's Park final during the 2022 summer Dew Tour competition and festival at Lauridsen skatepark Friday, July 29, 2022 in Des Moines.
Sky Brown and Sakura Yosozumi hug Kiss Nakamura after competing in the women's Park final during the 2022 summer Dew Tour competition and festival at Lauridsen skatepark Friday, July 29, 2022 in Des Moines.

The three top female athletes met again just one year after taking the first three spots at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. In Tokyo, Josozumi took gold, Hiraki took silver and Brown took bronze.

Gustavo Ribeiro, 22, of Portugal, won the men's Street final with 89 points. Yuto Horigome, 23, of Japan, took second with 87.33 points and Kelvin Hoefler, 28, of Brazil, took third with 86 points.

Yuto Horigome, of Tokyo, competes in the men's Street final during the 2022 summer Dew Tour competition and festival at Lauridsen skatepark Friday, July 29, 2022 in Des Moines.
Yuto Horigome, of Tokyo, competes in the men's Street final during the 2022 summer Dew Tour competition and festival at Lauridsen skatepark Friday, July 29, 2022 in Des Moines.

Ribeiro took eighth place in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics men's Street competition. Horigome took gold in the Tokyo Olympics and Hoefler took silver.

The women's adaptive Street final went to Tia Pearl, 32, of the United States, with 71.33 points. Kanya Sesser, 29, of the United States took second with 62.33 points and Darian Haynes, 22, of the United States in third place with 40 points.

Filipe Nunez, 22, from Brazil, took first place in the men's adaptive Street final with 95.66 points. Steven Breeding, 35, from the United States took second with 91.66 points and Justin Bishop, 35, of the United States took third with 88.66 points.

Teresa Kay Albertson covers crime, courts and local government in Ames and central Iowa for the Ames Tribune and Des Moines Register. Reach her at talbertson@registermedia.com or 515-419-6098.

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