Skateboarders join the Queensland Academy of Sport, keeping up with the 'big shift' in the Olympics

Chloe Covell, 12, trains at Pizzey Park on the Gold Coast. (ABC News: Heidi Sheehan)

At an Olympic-standard skate park, four athletes have kickflipped over a milestone for their sport as the first to join the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS).

Chloe Covell, Haylie Powell, Rome Collyer and Tommy Fynn are at a training camp on the Gold Coast, preparing for an Olympic qualification event in Rome, Italy, next month.