From left to right: Kate and Greg Nigon on a break mid-match in Croquet IV, Luke Yarnall getting gnarly in Skateboarding I Olympians,   With the Tokyo Olympic Games starting this week, it's no wonder that Our Olympics is charging forward, full steam ahead. July began with mountain biking, shifted to croquet, and wrapped up with skateboarding. Just Finished: SKATEBOARDING I: STREET N ew to the Olympics this year is Skateboarding, both park and street. To match the Games, Our Games held a skateboarding competition in Williston, VT on the same day the Olympics started in Tokyo. Luke Yarnall flew in from San Diego just for the event and came prepared with a board to share. After about 20 minutes of warming up, the 45 second sessions were jump started by a thunder clap. Gustave Sexauer laid down the first run of five tricks, followed by Yarnall, Maddy Suender, and Katrina Sexauer. After incredible stunts including attempted kick flips, attempted ollies, attempted ground-to-hand b...

  Dan Nigon-Kirgis, David Nigon, and Gustave Sexauer at Cycling V Olympians,   After a grueling eleven year wait, Greg Nigon finally got his wish: a mountain bike Olympic event. It  was indeed overdue, as it's our fifth cycling event, but the first since 2013. With a stacked field of six determined bikers and 2.5 mountain bikes, today's event was turning heads at Upper Hixon in La Crosse, WI. Just finished: CYCLING V: CROSS-COUNTRY MOUNTAIN BIKING T he best weren't saved for last, as we sent them out in the first wave of our 1.5mi time trial course. Wave one saw Dan Nigon-Kirgis on a borrowed Specialized, David Nigon on his own mountain bike, and Renee Nigon on a "mountain bike" with no suspension, standard brakes, and a ripped up seat. Offset by a minute at the start, Dan led the way and avoided being passed as he projected himself across the finish line and his breakfast into a trash can. David sped past turn one, blaming the course setters' signage, but som...