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New Zealand Olympic Committee commercial director Sharon van Gulik said skateboarders Bowman Hansen and Matthew Markland were taking Eke Tahi on a 41-day tour around 45 New Zealand towns and cities, joined by the Black Sticks men’s and women’s hockey teams, to celebrate the news and promote New Zealand’s Tokyo 2020 team. The roadshow began at Kaikohe West School and would travel down to Invercargill before heading back to Auckland for its final stop in June. The skateboard was in Palmerston North for one day only. David Unwin/Stuff Olympic skateboarding prospects Bowman Hansen and Matthew Markland ride the giant board with Manawatū rugby player Selica Winiata, who is attending the Tokyo Olympics as a sevens referee. ....
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Future Olympic hopeful’s Matt Markland and Bowman Hansen standing on the giant skateboard, Eke Tahi. Photos. John Borren/SunLive. ); } else { // }
New Zealand’s Olympic Committee is hoping Kiwi’s will go goofy for skateboarding ahead of the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
The Great Olympic Skate Roadshow is trucking around Aotearoa, visiting 45 towns in 41 days, aiming to subvert the general public’s preconceptions of the new sports entering this year.
To do so, the roadshow has the aid of a giant, 800kg, 12-metre long skateboard, which they are hoping will soon be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest functioning board. ....