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Australia - Shane O'neil Tommy Fynn... Apparently
I read somewhere that Australia already gave Shane medal incentive.
Medal-ling Money can be used to "encourage" people to represent a country where they have citizenship, I believe Shane has now got citizenship in the US, so they offered him the money to compete for Australia, however he can (and apparently has) turn it down at any time.
As for Tommy, he has a trio, South Africa, New Zealand & Australia, but again according to inside sources he and Brad Saunders are tipped to be "Team Australia" for street unless anything else changes over the next year.
I'll also mention for those commenting on how a lot of countries don't have pro skateboarders of the caliber we see and know through skateboarding competition, not every country is guaranteed to have a rider in these comps, it still goes on world rankings from official events (VPS & Street League), yet their will be maximum amounts each country will have so it may filter down the ranks a bit as the countries meet their quota's, but not far enough that johnny kick-turn ends up against Nyjah or Pedro.
Only the host country is guaranteed 1 spot for the competition