Skateboard Showdown
Story Quest – Stories for Kids
Fun Kids
4.2 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Twelve-year-old Jay enters a local skateboarding competition using a mysterious, hand-me-down rosewood board that seems to possess a strange, humming energy.
When his talented but smug rival’s expensive gear fails during the finals, Jay is faced with a difficult choice between an easy victory and true sportsmanship.
In a climactic final run, Jay discovers that the secret to winning lies not just in the "magic" of his vintage deck, but in the character of the rider who steers it.
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| 0:00.0 | This is StoryQuest. Today's story is... |
| 0:05.0 | Skateboard Showdown. |
| 0:08.0 | On the first Saturday of the summer holidays, 12-year-old Jay Keating woke up with one thought fizzing in his brain. |
| 0:19.0 | Today was the Riverside Ramp Jam. |
| 0:22.5 | He shot out of bed, smacked his head on the shelf with a massive bump, yelped, and heard his sister laughing out, |
| 0:29.1 | "'Broken yourself already! |
| 0:31.0 | I thought you were saving that for the competition!' |
| 0:34.0 | Jay ignored her. |
| 0:35.3 | He dragged on yesterday's hoodie, grabbed his skateboard and ran his hand across the grip tape. |
| 0:41.3 | Big day, he muttered. |
| 0:43.3 | For a split second, the board seemed to hum. |
| 0:47.3 | Jay blinked. |
| 0:49.3 | No, no, no, no, no, just nerves. |
| 0:51.3 | Downstairs, his mum handed him toast. Sun cream? Water? Have you got your helmet? Yes, yes. And then a pause as he looked at the helmet. Some of the kids didn't wear them, but he'd never got away with that. She raised an eyebrow. He sighed and picked up the helmet from the chair. Fine. He didn't really mind because let's face it, |
| 1:12.8 | brains are better inside our heads than outside. By half nine, he was heading to the skate park |
| 1:18.3 | with Mela, his best friend. He clutched his board tightly in his hand. He felt a bit glum. His |
| 1:24.9 | board wasn't a shiny modern one with anime or superhero designs. |
| 1:29.1 | It was kind of old. Just plain wood with a reddish gloss. |
| 1:33.3 | Rosewood, apparently. It was polished to a high shine. |
| 1:37.0 | It had the faintest outline of a fox on it, and it glittered in the sun-like stars. |
| 1:42.1 | But he couldn't get around the fact that it was old. |
| 1:46.1 | They'd found it in the shed when they moved in. |
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