Capturing new angles like never before, the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s broadcast-ready capture transforms the way skateboarding is filmed, experienced and broadcast in real time.
LOS ANGELES, April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global partner of Street League Skateboarding (SLS), today announced that the Galaxy S26 Ultra was used to live-film the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) competition for the first time when it captured the SLS DTLA Takeover on April 4. The Galaxy S26 Ultra’s pro-grade camera redefines the role of mobile devices in sports, delivering a new visual experience of skateboarding that reflects the intensity of the sport itself.
Sports broadcasting is evolving, bringing fans closer to the experience by bringing cameras closer to the action. Samsung is driving this change with the Galaxy camera system and its ability to operate at broadcast-level performance through the combination of connectivity and mobility. Earlier this year, the flagship Galaxy device was used to broadcast the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, where Samsung worked alongside Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) to integrate Galaxy devices throughout the venue of one of the world’s biggest sporting stages. The result was a new layer of visual storytelling, capturing dynamic perspectives that complement traditional television coverage. These capabilities have extended to Galaxy Unpacked 2026, demonstrating its ability to deliver professional-grade video capture and transmission.
Today, Samsung is helping to lead this transformation within skateboarding competitions by integrating the Galaxy S26 Ultra directly into key course features – including rails, ledges and gaps – throughout the SLS 2026 season, fully scaling the Galaxy POV first introduced at the SLS Sydney 2026 stop.
“Mobile innovation opens up new possibilities for how sports are captured and experienced,” said Joshua Cho, Executive Vice President and Head of Visual Solutions Team, Mobile eXperience (MX) Business at Samsung Electronics. “At Milano Cortina, we demonstrated how Galaxy technology can complement traditional delivery systems. With Street League Skateboarding, we’re bringing that same approach directly into the classroom with our newest, most advanced camera, and using mobile POV to capture skateboarding from entirely new perspectives.”
Integrated throughout the course, the devices provide skater-level perspectives, providing angles that traditional broadcast systems often cannot capture. These images integrate directly into the live production workflow, enabling near-instant replay and providing viewers with a new visual experience that reflects the intensity of the sport itself.
From speed to the precision of each landing, skateboarding is defined by details that are often lost at a distance. With mobile cameras placed directly inside the course, Samsung is reinventing the way the sport is experienced, bringing fans closer to every mid-air move, board flip and landing. These new perspectives provide deeper insight into technique, timing and control, while strengthening the connection between fans, the sport and the athlete.
Featuring Samsung’s most advanced mobile imaging system to date, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is designed to perform in unpredictable and rapidly changing environments, just like athletes themselves. It delivers professional-grade camera performance and high-quality images in a wide range of shooting conditions with enhanced stabilization, intelligent processing and the ability to maintain clarity in low-light or high-speed conditions. This allows it to work alongside conventional cameras while maintaining clarity, stability and detail in spaces that traditional broadcast cameras cannot easily access.
The placement of Galaxy S26 Ultra devices follows the rhythm and flow of each race, revealing the style, speed and precision of each trick from the course itself. Galaxy features also expand creative production possibilities. Features like Super Steady with horizontal lock stabilization help maintain smooth, level footage even during high-speed moves, while Instant Slow-Mo allows detailed replay of tricks as they happen. Together, these capabilities allow production teams to capture skateboarding with greater clarity, stability and closeness, showcasing the precision, style and technical skill behind every move.
“Skateboarding is reaching more people than ever, especially as the sport continues to grow on the global stage,” said Brett Clarke, chief revenue officer at Thrill Sports, the parent company of Street League Skateboarding. “Collaborations like the one we have with Samsung help us evolve the way the sport is shared with fans while remaining true to the creativity and culture that defines skateboarding.”
The debut of the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s POV integration at SLS DTLA Takeover signals where sports broadcasting is headed next. As the SLS Championship Tour continues, Samsung will continue to explore how mobile technology can evolve into versatile broadcast tools. Looking ahead to major global sporting events and the road to Los Angeles 2028, this shift suggests a future in which the line between the smartphone camera and the broadcast camera continues to disappear, bringing fans closer to the action.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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About Street League Skateboarding
Since its inception in 2010, Street League Skateboarding (SLS) has taken street skateboarding from a collection of independent independent events to a renowned global series. As a pioneer of street skateboarding’s premium qualification system and competition format, SLS offers an amateur-to-professional pathway and creates exciting live events around the world. The SLS Championship Tour is recognized as the world’s premier professional street skateboarding competition. Events take place in custom-built, one-of-a-kind, SLS-certified plazas in major cities around the world, with the sport’s best competing for the highest stakes. For more information, visit StreetLeague.com.
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