Yuto Horigome won the Olympics' first skateboarding gold medal on Sunday, the 22-year-old Japanese scoring 37.18 points in the men's street final to write his name in the history books.After underwhelming initial runs on the Ariake Urban Sports Park course, including two falls in his second attempt, the Tokyo-born skater's four 9-point-plus "best tricks" gave him a gold medal-worthy total."Everyone in the final, they're world-level pro skaters. So I thought I have to be aggressive and do everything I can," Horigome said.The Los Angeles-based Horigome displayed a number of trick variations a…READ FULL ARTICLE
