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World s biggest skateboard tours Northland to promote Tokyo 2020 Olympics
11 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Skateboarder Matt Markland performs a trick on the giant skateboard during a visit to Kaikohe West School. Photo / supplied
Skateboarder Matt Markland performs a trick on the giant skateboard during a visit to Kaikohe West School. Photo / supplied
What s 12.5m long, has a set of dragster tyres and weighs 800kg?
The answer is the world s biggest skateboard, which is currently touring Northland to promote the Kiwi skateboarding team competing at the Tokyo Olympics in July.
This year will be the first time skateboarding has been accepted as an Olympic sport since the games were founded by the ancient Greeks in 776BC (although, to be fair, skateboarding was only invented around 1950AD, more than 2700 years later).
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