If you watched the Olympics this weekend, you may have caught the men's and women's street skateboarding events where the US men snagged some hardware and showed off some jaw-dropping tricks.

But skateboarding is more than just a cool sport to watch; in fact, one SDSU professor thinks the sport has the power to create huge social change and bring people from all walks of life together. He's gone all the way to Paris with the US State Department to advance that idea.

For more on this, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Dr. Neftalie Williams, Education Ambassador and Sports Envoy for skateboarding at the US Department of State, and Director of the San Diego State University Center for Skateboarding, Action Sports, and Social Change.

 Cameron Spencer / Staff / Getty Images

If you watched the Olympics this weekend, you may have caught the men's and women's street skateboarding events where the US men snagged some hardware and showed off some jaw-dropping tricks.
But skateboarding is more than just a cool sport to watch; in fact, one SDSU professor thinks the sport has the power to create huge social change and bring people from all walks of life together. He's gone all the way to Paris with the US State Department to advance that idea.
For more on this, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Dr. Neftalie Williams, Education Ambassador and Sports Envoy for skateboarding at the US Department of State, and Director of the San Diego State University Center for Skateboarding, Action Sports, and Social Change.
 Cameron Spencer / Staff / Getty Images

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