Liz
Akama

Place of birth: Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Liz Akama

Skateboard

3 Silver
Medals
3 Bronze
Medals

About Liz Akama

Liz Akama finished 9th in her X Games debut in Chiba in 2022, and hasn’t missed the podium since, collecting 2 silver, 1 bronze in Skateboard Street and 1 silver, 1 bronze in Street Best Trick. She’s been a podium regular outside of X Games on the Street League and World Skate circuits, and earned silver in her Olympic debut in Paris in 2024. Known for rare and difficult tricks like the Barley grind to fakie (a frontside 180 to switch Smith grind), she’s been pushing progression in women’s street skating.

Liz Akama Highlights

Monster Energy Women’s Skateboard Street Best Trick | Ventura 2024
Monster Energy Women’s Skateboard Street Final | Ventura 2024
Monster Energy Women’s Skateboard Street Elimination | Ventura 2024
Women’s Skateboard Street Elimination | X Games Chiba 2024

Liz Akama History

2nd
X Games Ventura 2024
Monster Energy Women's Skateboard Street
3rd
X Games Ventura 2024
Monster Energy Women's Skateboard Street Best Tric
3rd
X Games Chiba 2024
Women's Skateboard Street
2nd
X Games California 2023
Women's Skateboard Street
2nd
X Games California 2023
Women's Skateboard Street Best Trick
3rd
X Games Japan 2023
Women's Skateboard Street
9th
X Games Chiba 2022
Women's Skateboard Street