Oakley Follows Chloe Covell Through an SLS Training Session

Chloe Covell won the women's final at SLS Paris on October 3, 2026, scoring 31.9 at Roland Garros to finish 0.4 ahead of Coco Yoshizawa. Oakley's film of her Street League Skateboarding training session, shot through her eyes and its own, was already public on October 2, the day before that final. It was her second SLS Paris title after 2024, and it put Yoshizawa, the Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist, in second and Liz Akama, the Olympic silver medalist, in third.

Covell Landed a Trick at Roland Garros She Could Not Land in Practice

Covell's 31.9 included an 8.5 for her run and an 8.5 in the single trick section, while Yoshizawa's 31.5 leaned on a hurricane that scored 8.2. Akama finished third on 30.5, and Rayssa Leal, the Paris 2024 bronze medalist, missed the final because of an injury.

The practice detail is the one Covell volunteered afterward. "I could not land the nosegrind nollie flip to save my life in practice," Covell said in Street League's recap of the final, adding that she was happy to pull it through in the end. Project X Paris reported that she faced five Japanese finalists and that the event drew nearly 10,000 spectators. Nyjah Huston won the men's title the same day with 36.4, ahead of Toa Sasaki on 35.4.

Oakley had the preparation public before the result existed, and the result turned on a trick that practice had not delivered.

Covell Finished Eighth in Paris at 14 and Has Since Beaten the Medalists

Covell was 14 when she placed eighth in the Olympic women's street final on July 28, 2024, at Place de la Concorde, after ranking fourth in the semifinals. Yoshizawa took gold that day, Akama silver and Leal bronze, and on October 3, 2026 Yoshizawa and Akama again filled the podium places behind her.

She was born on February 8, 2010, in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, so she is 16 now. Nike reported in April 2024 that she skates almost every day, takes Fridays off to fish, is coached by her father, and started skating at six after watching Nyjah Huston land a stair jump on television. At 13 she won women's street gold at X Games California on July 22, 2023, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, and ESPN reported that she became the youngest winner in the X Games street discipline. In 2026 she took third at SLS Sydney on February 15 and, by April 28, led the Women's Takeover standings two events into the season, according to Street League. The Boardr lists first place finishes for her this year at X Games Chiba, X Games New Orleans, the Rockstar Open and World Skate Rome, and it ranks her first in women's street on its two year list.

Oakley Keeps Putting Team Athletes in Front of the Camera

Oakley's recent campaigns have each been fronted by an athlete. Jaylen Brown, Kylian Mbappe and Trinity Rodman fronted Artifacts From The Future, which introduced the Reserve collection on May 15, 2025. Alexia Putellas fronted the MUZM reissue of the 2004 FatCat in July 2026, and Justin Jefferson fronts Cactus Jack x Oakley Chapter 001, which Nicolas Winding Refn directed and which went on sale on September 25, 2026.

Covell's place on the roster is older than most of that. Nike SB's team page listed Oakley among her sponsors when she was 14 and aiming for the Paris Olympics, beside Independent Trucks, Bones, Red Bull and Fast Times, and The Boardr's current profile adds Mob Grip to the list. The training session film is a different kind of piece from a campaign, a rider at work before a contest rather than a product shot.

Matthew Williams Arrived in March and the Clothes Arrived in August

Oakley named Matthew M. Williams creative director of apparel, footwear and accessories on March 26, 2026, working alongside Travis Scott, its Chief Visionary Officer. The FW26 apparel followed on Oakley.com and in select stores in August, and the Reserve and Latitude range carries the Utility Jacket, Momento Vest, Momento Cargo Short, Spacer Pants and Utility Bag, with Team Oakley snowboarders Rene Rinnekangas and Annika Morgan attached to the look development.

The Williams hire and the August range are the apparel half of Oakley's year, and Covell's film arrived after both, one day before an Oakley athlete beat the Paris 2024 gold and silver medalists.

Oakley now holds a film of the preparation and a result to go with it: 31.9 at Roland Garros, 0.4 clear of the Paris 2024 gold medalist, a second SLS Paris title for a skater who finished eighth at the Olympics in the same city.