International Skateboard Judging Commission to launch in 2022

Aiming to standardise and improve skateboard contest judging procedures, World Skate has announced that, building from the success of Tokyo 2021 Olympic cycle, 2022 will see the launch of the International Skateboard Judging Commission.

With the international nature of skateboarding for all to see in Tokyo, the need to establish a global judging system with internationally recognised certification is self-evident.

To this end, World Skate has released a new document outlining the formation of, and eligibility criteria for, our International Skateboard Judging Certification.

2022 will see the launch of a three-tiered judging certification based upon progress through seminar attendance (either in person or online) and subsequent evaluation through testing.

Level 1 certification is available to judges with at least two years’ experience judging at a recognised national/international level and will allow them to join the list of Certified International Judges permitted to judge international events held on their continent including Continental Championships.

Level 2 certification allows those judges who have already adjudicated on three World Skate- sanctioned events to serve on judging panels for qualifying events for World Championships, the Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games as well as act as Head Judge for events on their continent up to and including Continental Championships.

The third level of certification afforded by the ISJC will allow recipients to act as Head Judge at all levels of World Skate sanctioned events as well as the ability to act as an instructor for sanctioned judging courses.

All three strata of certification will contribute to a database accessed via the World Skate website and National Federations will be continually updated on relevant members’ current eligibility to judge and at which level.

With the Level 1 certification scheduled to begin in Spring 2022 and Level 2 following along in Autumn, the World Skate Academy has also announced its intention to start an additional course for those just starting out on the path beginning in January 2022. This course will offer a series of webinars under the name of ‘Skateboard Judging Fundamentals’ open to National Federations willing to kickstart or align their national judging program to the international standards.

For further reading on the formation of the International Skateboard Judging Commission, course information and application details go to skateboarding.worldskate.org/