
Liz
Akama
Place of birth: Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Skateboard
3
Silver
Medals
Medals
3
Bronze
Medals
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
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Monster Energy Women's Skateboard Street |
3rd
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Monster Energy Women's Skateboard Street Best Tric |
3rd
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Women's Skateboard Street |
2nd
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Women's Skateboard Street |
2nd
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Women's Skateboard Street Best Trick |
3rd
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Women's Skateboard Street |
9th
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Women's Skateboard Street |