Respect hasn't always flowed to skateboarders, especially from people who buy into some of the unkind stereotypes around the sport. Olympic hopeful skateboarder Andy Anderson at the Leeside Tunnel Skatepark in East Vancouver on Thursday. Adam Hopkins CBC News BC 0:39 Canadian national team member and Olympic skateboard hopeful Adam Hopkins at Hastings Skatepark in East Vancouver. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)Some purists aren't keen on the Olympic "sportification" of skateboarding, with its unavoidable emphasis on rules and judges and structure. Andy Anderson CBC News BC 0:36 Canadian national skateboard team member and Olympic hopeful Andy Anderson at Leeside Tunnel in East Vancouver.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2021 12:56 UTC