The ultimate backyard practice facility just might be the United States’ secret weapon in this summer’s Olympics
Tate Carew Gavin Bottger and Tom Shaar will represent the United States in skateboard park at the Paris Olympics. PARIS — If you want to see the best park skateboarders on the planet, you can visit any of the dozens of public skateparks across San Diego County. On any given day, Tom Schaar or Tate Carew or Keegan Palmer or Jagger Eaton might appear at Poods in Encinitas or Prince Park in Oceanside or Krause Family Park in Clairemont.
But it’s more than that. The ambitious project in North County, and their journey there to nurture Gavin’s prodigious talent, has come to symbolize the region’s stature as the sport’s global epicenter. Tom Schaar, who was No. 5, needed to finish first or second in the qualifier to pass Eaton and claim the final spot on the U.S. team with Bottger and Carew. He finished second with a couple scintillating runs. Eaton dropped from No. 2 to 5 in the world rankings and fell just short in his bid to become the first person to qualify for an Olympics in both park and street disciplines.
When Gavin Bottger was 5, Scott arranged a trip down the mountain with another family to a skatepark in Carson City. On the way home, Gavin asked his dad if they could do it again sometime. Scott shrugged. Sure.
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