Yuro Nagahara

Yuro Nagahara stunned the crowd, the judges and his homies at the first-ever Rockstar Energy Open. Yuro not only won the event and the hearts of everyone, he also won a dog from a fan in the crowd! Did he take it? We actually aren’t sure, but what we do know is that we are forever fans of this guy. His skating is with precision, a precision that we’ve seen where off after hours once the stakes are gone. But put him in a pressure-cooker situation and watch him get cooking. Turned pro for H-Street in 2021 and now skates for a new Japanese brand, Tanabata. His parents are both skaters and snowboarders, and he grew up skating the Hakuba True Players skatepark in his hometown. Today he skates wherever he wants. Why? Because he can. Watch out for what he will do next.