Back in the 1980s, McFly would have needed a time-traveling DeLorean to forsee that the counterculture activity would be accepted into the Olympic extravaganza unfolding in Tokyo Bay.
Skateboarding starts Sunday (25JULY2021) with the men's street competition. AN OLYMPIC DEBUT AT THE TOKYO GAMES, SKATEBOARDING OWES A DEBT TO 'BACK TO THE FUTURE'Īlthough the name Marty McFly won't be on the start list for the first-ever Olympic skateboarding competition, the 'Back to the Future' character who inspired the immortal lines 'What's that thing he's on? It's a board, with wheels!' was a landmark personality for the sport in its groundbreaking journey to the Tokyo Games.
