Skateboarding
Records, firsts and iconic moments
11 documented moments (2026) — every world record, historic first and title win in Skateboarding the ICNX desk has covered, in the order they happened. Each entry links to the full story with sources.
Records and firsts
World records and never-been-done moments in Skateboarding.
SkateboardingTrew Lands First Switch McTwist in Competition for Gold
At 16, Arisa Trew became the first person to land a switch McTwist in competition, scoring 92.66 for X Games Park gold. A day later she claimed her tenth X Games gold, tying Lindsey Jacobellis's record.
SkateboardingFilipe Mota Lands NBD Best Trick for Silver and a Fourth X Games Medal
Filipe Mota landed a nollie backside bigspin heelflip to backside tailslide to backside bigspin out, scored as an NBD, taking silver in Men's Street Best Trick for his fourth X Games medal.
SkateboardingJuni Kang Lands Two NBDs to Take X Games Chiba Street Best Trick Gold
Juni Kang won Men's Street Best Trick at X Games Chiba, with both landed tricks scored as never-been-done. It was his second straight Best Trick win and made him Korea's first Summer X Games gold medalist across the events.
SkateboardingMomiji Nishiya Lands X Games First for Street Best Trick Gold in Chiba
Momiji Nishiya won Women's Skateboard Street Best Trick gold in Chiba with a crooked grind nollie heelflip, ruled an X Games first, earning the $10,000 MoonPay NBD Award in her first X Games medal in three years.
SkateboardingKretzer, 11, Lands First Women's One-Foot 540 for Gold
At 11, Mia Kretzer became the first woman to land an alley-oop one-foot 540 in vert competition, taking Best Trick gold at X Games Chiba 2026 and standing as the youngest gold medalist in X Games history. One boot kicked free at the peak, the board spinning beneath her, before both feet slammed back down on the ramp.
SkateboardingWard Lands World-First Backflip Double Front Flip
Jack Ward landed the first-ever backflip double front scooter flip to win the debut Scooter Park Best Trick at X Games New Orleans, marking a world-first in the event's opening running.
SkateboardingLeon Lands Aerial at the Moment of Totality
During Spain's first total solar eclipse in 27 years, Olympic skateboarder Danny León landed a perfectly timed aerial at the exact moment of totality. The year-in-the-making shot passed 120 million views within 24 hours.
Timeline
All 11 moments, oldest first.
- 2026Trew Lands First Switch McTwist in Competition for GoldPioneer26 June 2026 · MoonPay X Games Sacramento 2026 — Women's Skateboard Park · Cal Expo, Sacramento, USA
- 2026Bijueska Wins Spain's First X Games Skate Medal at 15Next Gen Star28 June 2026 · X Games Sacramento 2026 · Sacramento, USA
- 2026Kawakami, 11, Becomes Youngest X Games Gold MedalistNext Gen Star4 July 2026 · MoonPay X Games Chiba 2026 (XGL Chiba) · Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
- 2026Filipe Mota Lands NBD Best Trick for Silver and a Fourth X Games MedalNBD5 July 2026 · MoonPay X Games Chiba 2026 · Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
- 2026Juni Kang Lands Two NBDs to Take X Games Chiba Street Best Trick GoldPioneer5 July 2026 · MoonPay X Games Chiba 2026 · Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
- 2026Momiji Nishiya Lands X Games First for Street Best Trick Gold in ChibaNBD5 July 2026 · MoonPay X Games Chiba 2026 — Women's Skateboard Street Best Trick · Chiba, Japan
- 2026Kretzer, 11, Lands First Women's One-Foot 540 for GoldNBD5 July 2026 · X Games Chiba 2026 · Chiba, Japan
- 2026Ward Lands World-First Backflip Double Front FlipNBD24 July 2026 · MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026 — Scooter Park Best Trick · New Orleans, USA
- 2026Kretzer, 11, Lands Body Varial 720 for X Games GoldNext Gen Star25 July 2026 · X Games League Championship New Orleans 2026 · New Orleans, USA
- 2026Russell Wins SLS Rio on the Final Trick of the DayAgainst All Odds9 August 2026 · SLS Rio Takeover 2026 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2026Leon Lands Aerial at the Moment of TotalityPioneer12 August 2026 · Total Solar Eclipse over Spain · Novales, Huesca, Spain