She’s said she’d like to try and compete in both sports at the Olympics. And if that’s not enough, the skater is also pretty impressive on a surfboard. Lakey Peterson competes at the 2018 Beachwaver Maui Pro in Honolua Bay. Slater, 48, and Lakey Peterson … …while you were sleeping, our eyes stayed open.The True Ice Bucket Challenge With Griffin Colapinto, Eithan Osborne And Co.It's Time Surfers Get Sponsored By Cannabis Co's.Do You Surf When The Waves Are Worse Than Terrible?Jack ‘Three-Hundo’ Robinson Wins Surf100 North Point,How to Win 3 Free Surfboards By Watching Surf100,Stab Writer Publicly Chastised By Veteran Tour Surfer,The Pick-Up: Kolohe Picks John For The Olympics, Mason's Beloved 6'9, And Nate Fletcher Can't Handle His Lunch,Stab In The Dark Starring Mick Fanning, Jordy Smith, And Dane Reynolds Coming 12.02.19,Stop What You're Doing And Watch: Chippa Wilson's Epøkhe Part.Watch: Is URBNSURF Melbourne The Best Wave Pool In The World?Watch Now: "Stab In The Dark" Starring Mick Fanning In Japan,Watch: Go Easy On The Zambezi Starring Harry Bryant, Michael February, And Dylan Graves. She started climbing when she was four after watching a film about French free climber Catherine Destivelle with her dad and asking whether she could try it. In 2009, Peterson landed the first-ever aerial in NSSA women's competition history and won the title. "Coming second it's lit...almost more of a fire in me," she told us. In 2016, she was awarded an OBE for her services to climbing.The fact that skateboarding is becoming an Olympic sport is one thing, but for 17-year-old Aori Nishimura, the chance to represent her country in her hometown of Tokyo next year is a once in a life time opportunity. The Inertia . For the Olympics, she’ll need to train for all three climbing disciplines including speed climbing (a 15m ascent against the clock) and lead climbing (where athletes have to climb to the highest point in a set period of time). Lakey Peterson reveals how she will prep for Tokyo 2020. We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article.Surfing, climbing and skateboarding are all Olympic sports now. She also entered last year's Maui Pro ranked second, also with a shot at becoming the world champion, but a … Surfer Lakey Peterson Rides High On Pro Tour With 2020 Olympics In Sight. By Jim Caple | Nov. 27, 2018, 11:25 a.m. (ET) Lakey Peterson competes at … 'I've always hated the guy': Inside the feud between Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley,Lowe: How the Celtics survive, in two not-so-easy steps,Berry: QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs I love -- and hate -- for Week 2,Big Ten football schedule release: Analysis, predictions and team-by-team breakdowns,Mascots, uniform reveals and the best from Week 3,Stanley Cup Final preview: Lightning vs. Stars matchup, series pick,Lightning vs. Stars: The lapsed fan's guide to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final,Guide to every Week 2 NFL game: Picks, matchup nuggets, more,The NFL got through Week 1 ... now what?

To be in the running, just answer a few questions for us. In short, what’s this whole show about?Big ideas and the endeavour to execute ‘em. The Tokyo Games is starting in a year's time and with new sports including surfing, climbing and skateboarding officially added to the line-up, here are the new faces you’ll need to know about.On August 5 2020, the opening day of the Olympic skatboarding event in Tokyo, Sky Brown will be just 12 years old. But is it actually true?Maybe, maybe not. news. Wanna win a new surfboard? Laura Louise "Lakey" Peterson (born September 30, 1994) is an American professional surfer.She has been ranked as high as #1 by the World Surf League, the highest professional level of women's surfing, and #6 on the ASP Women's World Ranking. A world title race at the last event of the season? “Great job to Carissa and Caroline. The Olympic debut of surfing at Tokyo 2020 is a big deal for her: "It adds a different element of pressure." I think it made me more hungry than ever to come back better. When Lakey was just five years old, her family set out on a year-long, around-the-world adventure. One of the world’s best skateboarders, her hopes for gold are looking good after she won the Street League World Championships in Rio de Janeiro earlier this year. ",Now in the middle of yet another tight title race, Lakey said she's nervous, but also excited and confident. Lakey Peterson has a natural instinct for competitiveness -- something which she just can't wait to display at the Olympics in 2020 now that surfing is a sport. And one of her biggest mentors isn’t another climber but the actor Ansel Elgort, who used to be a climbing buddy when they were younger. ",For more photos, videos and behind-the-scenes moments from the 2019 Body Issue, check out,Behind the scenes of Lakey Peterson's Body Issue shoot (3:03),Surfer Lakey Peterson has always felt a connection with the ocean,Astros' Verlander: I need Tommy John surgery,FSU coach Norvell tests positive for coronavirus,Sources: Celts optimistic Hayward to be active,Ohio St. faces Nebraska as part of Big Ten start,Remember me? than wondering. Win on Saturday,Bracketologists speak: What NCAA tournament forecasters expect from odd 2020-21 season,Same as it ever was? Peterson was eliminated from Olympic contention after she lost in the round of 16 — and Marks advanced to the quarterfinals — at the Championship Tour finale in Maui on Sunday. . Remember.

Bale rejoins Tottenham on loan,Djokovic loses his cool again, advances in Italy.Will an inspired Tyron Woodley show up vs. Colby Covington? Face.For the first time in Olympic history, twenty women surfers will be competing at the Tokyo Games. "It's sort of just a game of inches. It's familiar territory for Lakey Peterson.