With records broken in both Men and Women’s divisions at WST Rome Park last month, the World Skateboarding Ranking has been shuffled once again as the Road To LA28 begins the long journey toward California.
Let’s take a look at how the fortunes of war favoured both established names and newcomers during a week of aerial combat in flaming June!
All photos: Bryce Kanights
Issei Sakurai sails into 6th with a masterful hi-octane performance
The Japanese 17-year old’s rocket-ride into and through his first World Skateboarding Tour finals in four attempts saw him post not one but four all-time top-ten WST scores along the way. A new shooting star on the World Skateboarding Tour is born!
Italy's Guglielmo Marin breaks into the Top 20 after first finals berth
Although he may not have had the Finals he wanted, Guglielmo was the only Sunday night newcomer in Ostia- and the 16-year-old Italian National Champion from Turin has broken a psychological barrier in so doing. Italy now have two WST Park finalists in their ranks.
USA's Tate Carew drops to 26th
A rare blip in form for the OQS Shanghai winner saw him unable to progress beyond Open Qualification for the first time on the World Skateboarding Tour. With a declared intention to make waves at LA28, expect him to come roaring back in Paraguay!
Luke Kahler makes his case for Team USA selection
Having not made selection for the US Park team since WST Dubai back in March 2024, Luke’s deserving 10th place and first semifinals berth in Ostia will have done his future prospects for selection no harm at all. A mightily-impressive stealth performance for the man from Huntington Beach.
Hikari Satake comes in hot!
Another high-impact debut from the Japanese production line as the 13-year-old became the highest-ranked semifinalist at WST Ostia at the first time of asking. When you consider that current number one Mizuho Hasegawa only came in 48th in her own WST debut, every other nation on the Tour should be concerned about the new-wave of the Japanese new wave.
Yi-Fan Lin sugarcanes it into 22nd position
Coming in just behind Hikari in a Tour-best 10th place (and by less than a single point at that) is the ever-stronger, more consistent and more powerful 13-year-old Yi-Fan Lin from Chinese Taipei.
Although only her second WST semifinals appearance, her previous was also here in Italy, at a Park which suits her strengths.
Mizuho Hasegawa steals march on Sky Brown to stay top of the table!
Not so much a ranking hop as a consolidation of her pole position, Mizuho’s record-breaking Golden Run of 96.33 sees her go 44,000 points-more than a World Cup second place score- clear of the pack in Women’s Park. Somebody stop her!
Misugu Okamoto returns from a 5-year hiatus to take 33rd spot on the WSR
Rome saw a semifinals berth for the Tokyo Olympian who temporarily retired from skateboarding to focus on academia after crashing out tearfully in Japan back in 2021. 14th may not be the greatest result of the event (she was fully seven points off making finals)- but what a comeback, nonetheless.
Heili Sirvio leapfrogs up into 13th
Having sat out the 2025 WST season, Heili logged her best-ever WST result by bagging 5th in Rome. 10 points clear of the remaining field, this may only have been her second finals on the Tour (she came 7th at OQS Budapest)- but as the daughter of a former professional snowboarder she has the boardsports pedigree to go far.