Chloe Covell's stranglehold on Street League Skateboarding's takeover format shows no sign of loosening. The 16-year-old from the Gold Coast won the women's final at SLS DTLA 2026 to make it three takeover wins in three appearances, beating Spain's Daniela Terol into second and rookie Paige Heyn into third.
Covell led from her opening attempt and never trailed. The Australian opened with a frontside blunt slide up and over the smaller of the two competition rails — the same trick that earned her a 7.0 and an immediate top spot — then locked in a 50/50 on the contest's intimidating 20-stair big rail to push her cumulative score out of reach. Her final tally of 22.9 was the best total of any women's competitor across the day.
"This has to be easily in first place," the SLS commentary said after Covell's opener. "Definitely. That was perfect. Up and over that rail front blunt." Later, watching her cross-stair 50-50, the booth added: "Chloe got a 6.9. Then that pushes Paige Heyn down into third."
The Australian's win continues a run that has seen her cement herself as the dominant force in the takeover format alongside more traditional arena wins from Brazilian world champion Rayssa Leal. With three takeover events in 2026 and Covell undefeated in all three, her path to a top Super Crown seed is increasingly secure.
Terol's silver medal was hard-earned. The Spaniard, who had impressed at the recent Phoenix Am, locked in a backside feeble grind on the 20-stair rail late in the contest to overtake Heyn for second. "Big feeble grind, 7.5 — Daniela now in second place, just like that," the SLS broadcast confirmed when her score posted.
Heyn, the 18-year-old from Chandler, Arizona, came agonisingly close to a podium upgrade with a switch flip down the big stairs on her final attempt that she very nearly rode away from. Filipino skater Margie Didal, Tampa's Shiloh Couttori and 16-year-old Chloe Covell rounded out a final featuring four nationalities and three teenage competitors.
The 2026 SLS season now heads back to its arena format, but the takeover events have already delivered a clear message: contest skating's centre of gravity has shifted toward street-style rails over manicured park courses, and Covell is the woman best built for it.
