Sora Shirai

Sora Shirai
	Shirai in 2023
Personal information
Native name	白井空良
Born	3 November 2001 (age 24); Sagamihara, Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Skateboarding
Position	Goofy-footed
Rank	2nd – street (August 2024)
Medal record
Men's street skateboarding
Representing Japan
World Championships
X Games

Sora Shirai (白井空良, Shirai Sora; born 3 November 2001) is a Japanese professional skateboarder who lives and skates in Kanagawa, Japan. In 2019, at the age of 17, Shirai released his first full length professional skateboarding skate part in the Blind Skateboards video Time Change.

Skateboarding career

Skate video parts

2019: Time Change - Blind

Competitions

2019

Damn Am Japan: 1st
Skate Ark Japan: 1st
Dew Tour - Long Beach (street): 2nd
X Games Minneapolis (street): 3rd

References

↑ "SHIRAI Sora". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
↑ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Male". World Skate. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
↑ "Sora Shirai – Time Change Part Raw Cut". www.vhsmag.com (in Japanese). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
↑ "Sora Shirai Highlights | 2nd Place Men's Street Winner". Dew Tour. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
↑ Hopkin, James (June 19, 2019). "Why is no one is talking about Sora Shirai?". Hopkin Skate. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
↑ "Sora Shirai drops his full length skate part for Blind Skateboards "Time Change"". Elevator. 3 September 2019.
↑ "Blind Skateboards Sora's 'Time Change' Part". Salad Days Magazine. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
↑ "Tomorrow: Sora Shirai's 'Time Change' Part". The Berrics. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
↑ "'Time Change': Sora Shirai's Blind Skateboards Part". The Berrics. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
↑ "2019 Damn Am Japan: How Sora Shira Won – SPoT Life". TransWorld Skateboarding. 14 April 2019.
↑ "Skateboarding: Yuto Horigome wins street title at X Games, Shirai 3rd". Kyodo News. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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[1] "SHIRAI Sora". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

[WSOlyRank-2] "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Male". World Skate. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[3] "Sora Shirai – Time Change Part Raw Cut". www.vhsmag.com (in Japanese). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[:0-4] "Sora Shirai Highlights | 2nd Place Men's Street Winner". Dew Tour. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[5] Hopkin, James (June 19, 2019). "Why is no one is talking about Sora Shirai?". Hopkin Skate. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[6] "Sora Shirai drops his full length skate part for Blind Skateboards "Time Change"". Elevator. 3 September 2019.

[7] "Blind Skateboards Sora's 'Time Change' Part". Salad Days Magazine. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[8] "Tomorrow: Sora Shirai's 'Time Change' Part". The Berrics. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[9] "'Time Change': Sora Shirai's Blind Skateboards Part". The Berrics. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[10] "2019 Damn Am Japan: How Sora Shira Won – SPoT Life". TransWorld Skateboarding. 14 April 2019.

[11] "Skateboarding: Yuto Horigome wins street title at X Games, Shirai 3rd". Kyodo News. Retrieved 5 August 2019.