Right after announcing their banger staffing move (hiring former street team member Alexis Sablone as coach while OG Mimi Knoop remains on as “High Performance Director”) USA Skateboarding – the U.S. governing body for skateboarding – has announced their 2022 team and the lineup is firing!
2020 park slayer specialists, left to right: Minna Stess, Jordan Santana, Bryce Wettstein, Jordyn Barratt and den mother Alexis Sablone.
Nationally-ranked street rats: Poe Pinson, Paige Heyn, Mariah Duran, Samarria Brevard and best coach in Texas, Alexis.
Here’s the whole gang.
Will this year’s competition produce more heartwarming moments of camaraderie like when Bryce and the international crew hoisted Okamoto Misugu to their shoulders at the 2020 (2021) Olympic finals? Hell ya it will! Keep watching.