The Street Skateboarding quarterfinalists have been confirmed! But who’ll rise to the top? 🛹 Don’t miss all the #skateboarding# action this weekend at the World Skate Games 2026 in Asunción! #Olympics# #RoadToLA28# #WorldSkateGames# #wsgasu26ing#

This robot is skateboarding completely blind. And yes... It’s autonomous. No vision or markers. Just proprioception, joint torques and some very clever state estimation. Aditya Bhatt (PhD at IAS / DFKI under Jan Peters) just dropped one of the wildest robot demos of the year. People in the comments are already losing it over the same questions: How the hell does it know where the deck is? Pure IMU? Contact models? What observations is the policy actually getting at inference time? They only trigger the tricks like a real-life video game. This is coming straight out of @Jan_R_Peters’ lab, @ias_tudarmstadt. The same Jan Peters who just sat down for a long, unusually honest interview about how German red tape cost the field a full five-year head start on humanoids. If you’re into real robot learning (not just pretty videos), both are worth your time. Skateboarder demo and work by @aditya_bhatt. Podcast: Ep 105 | Red Tape Cost Us a 5-Year Lead in Humanoid Robotics (w/ Jan Peters) Huge thanks to Jan Peters for the rare honesty, his humour and insights into the world of robotics and his own! Full Conversation: On Spotify: On YouTube:

The most meaningful words, right before heading to the Youth Olympics! ✨ Jacen Yactayo and #Tokyo2020# Olympian Angelo Caro shared a special conversation at the World Skate Games 2026. 🙌 #Olympics# #YouthOlympics# #Skateboarding# #wsgasu26#

In L.A., there are some landmarks that fly under the radar even though they are a historic site for an entire culture. One of those is the Hollywood High 16, which has been skated by almost every skateboarding legend - and changed the evolution of skating. Let’s get into it!

IN WAVES, the Cannes Critics' Week animated feature from director Phuong Mai Nguyen, is coming to Netflix. Starring Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu. In Los Angeles, AJ, a shy teenager, meets Kristen. She lives for surfing; he loves skateboarding and drawing. They fall madly in love. But everything changes when Kristen faces a sudden illness. Written by Fanny Burdino and Samuel Doux. Based on the graphic novel by AJ Dungo.