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WATCH: Sky Brown, 11-year-old skateboarder, wants to compete at Tokyo 2020

Despite her age, Sky is one of the best female skateboarders in the world.

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Published : Dec 29, 2019, 5:27 PM IST

USA: Meet Sky Brown, an 11-year-old skateboarder who is on course to become Great Britain's youngest Olympian in Tokyo next summer.

Interview of Sky Brown

Despite her age, Sky is one of the best female skateboarders in the world.

In 2019 she has already competed in Europe, Asia and South America as well as at the prestigious X Games, where she became the first girl to do a 'frontside 540' trick.

Sky currently trying to perfect a 'blunt flip', a 'frontside flip', and other tricks that have never be done by female skateboarders before.

Here are some interesting facts about Brown:

  • Sky Brown is a 10-year-old skateboarder from Miyazaki, Japan.
  • She is Anglo-Japanese. Her mother, Mieko, is from Japan and her father, Stuart, is from England.
  • She began skateboarding when she was three years old.
  • Her daily routine involves a 5 a.m. wake up to go surfing before school.
  • Brown skates and surfs with her 7-year-old brother, Ocean, who is also a rising star.
  • Brown became the youngest female to ever compete at the Vans US Open Pro Series in 2016.
  • Not only is Brown a skater and surfer, but she also won ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars: Juniors' in December 2018.
  • She became Nike's youngest athlete when she joined the company's "Dream Crazier" campaign in February.
  • If Brown qualifies for Tokyo 2020, she will become Great Britain's youngest summer Olympian.

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