Monster Energy's Toa Sasaki Takes Second Place In Men's Skateboard Street at WST World Cup Rome 2025

• 18-Year-Old from Mie, Japan, Takes Podium Spot in Competition Sanctioned by World Skate

ROME, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- What a final! Monster Energy congratulates team rider Toa Sasaki on taking second place in Men's Skateboard Street at the World Skateboarding Tour (WST) World Cup Rome 2025 on Sunday. In the official event organized by World Skate, the 18-year-old from Mie, Japan, claimed his podium spot in a heavy final full of high scores and never-been-done tricks.

Sanctioned by World Skate, the official governing body for skateboarding in the Olympics, the WST World Cup Rome featured the world's best park and street skateboarders from June 1-15. After crowning winners in the park discipline this past weekend, Sunday culminated a week of street skateboarding competitions at Colle Oppio Skatepark overlooking the world-famous Colosseum.  

The Men's Skateboard Street final featured eight of the world's best street skateboarders, including Olympic gold medalists and X Games champions. In this elite field, 18-year-old Toa Sasaki from Mie, Japan, dropped in as a podium contender after claiming an upset victory in the World Skate Games Italy 2024 contest.

As trick levels in Sunday's final escalated, Sasaki put together a perfect line in the Run section on his second attempt to rise to the top of the leaderboard. Standouts including bank to rail backside noseblunt slide, 360 kickflip the bump, frontside kickflip the quarter pipe, and huge backside 360 the centerpiece to flat earned Sasaki one of the weekend's highest Run scores at 92.86 points.

Maintaining his focus in the Best Trick section, Sasaki finessed a gap-out Caballerial to fakie nosegrind on the Hubba ledge for 95.07 points on his first attempt. When all was said and done, Sasaki took home second place with a total score of 187.93 points amidst an all-Japanese podium in this season opener of the 2025 World Skateboarding Tour (WST).

Also skating at the highest level in the final, 24-year-old Giovanni Vianna from Santo Andre, Brazil, commanded a spot in the top three for the majority of the session. Building on an 83.88-point Run score, Vianna earned a strong 95.06 points on his first Best Trick attempt.

Next, Vianna stoked the crowd with a never-been-done trick: A gap-out Caballerial to switch backside Smith grind on the tall Hubba netted 96.93 points, marking the fourth-highest trick score ever awarded in WST competition. When the session wrapped, Vianna walked away in fourth place with a total score of 180.81 points.

The previous weekend, the Men's Skateboard Park event at the WST World Cup Rome 2025 saw 14-year-old Monster Army team rider Egoitz Bijueska from Spain claim first place. In Women's Skateboard Park, 15-year-old Monster Army team rider Arisa Trew from Palm Beach, Australia, took second place, and 16-year-old Cocona Hiraki from Hokkaido, Japan, finished in third place.

What's next on the World Skateboarding Tour (WST)? Stay tuned for the WST 2025 World Championships in Washington, DC from September 19-28. Also, make sure to catch the Monster Energy team at X Games Osaka 2025 this coming weekend from June 20-22!

For more on Toa Sasaki, Giovanni Vianna, and the Monster Energy skateboarding team, visit www.monsterenergy.com. Follow Monster Energy on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok for exclusive updates as the action sports season continues.

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