Skateboarder Sky Brown, who will be Britain’s youngest ever summer Olympian, is excited to be participating in her maiden Olympics in Tokyo.
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Skateboarder Sky Brown may just be thirteen years old, but she is already drawing attention with her eye-catching performances ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The 13-year-old, who will be Britain’s youngest ever summer Olympian, is excited to be participating in her maiden Olympics in Tokyo. She will be competing in skateboarding, one of the five sports making its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 alongside surfing, sport climbing, karate, and baseball (men)/softball (women). Speaking ahead of the launch of ‘Reaching the Sky’ on discovery+ which is streaming now in India, Sky Brown wants to inspire young girls to take up skateboarding after seeing her in Tokyo Games.
Sky Brown has opened up about her ambition to win an Olympic gold medal for Team GB in the women’s Park discipline, which takes place on 4th August at Ariake Urban Sports Park. “I was really young for the last Olympics and I didn’t really watch it, so I’m so excited for Tokyo. I want to be in the Olympics to inspire girls to get out there. I hope when they see me, a tiny girl just like them, going high, they’ll think they can do it too. I hope to get gold, that’s the dream, but if not, I still got in the Olympics and that’s really cool,” Sky Brown added.
‘Reaching the Sky’ charts the 13-year-old’s journey from baby boarder to Olympic gold medal hopeful. The 45-minute film includes footage of the family time, skateboarding training, and surfing practice sessions. It gives viewers an insight into the life of this talented young athlete, whose skill, resilience, and ambition belie her years. It also documents Sky’s battle back to fitness after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a training accident in May 2020.
Sky Brown, also an accomplished surfer, reveals in the documentary that she plans to compete in two disciplines at Paris 2024 Olympics. She adds, “I love surfing as much as I love skateboarding. In the Paris 2024 Olympics I want to be doing surfing and skateboarding.”
The discovery+ Original documentary was shot in the USA at Sky’s West Coast home and a series of other locations across California and Texas. In the documentary, she speaks candidly about her life, the training accident, among others. Sky is currently ranked third in the world overall and will be Britain’s youngest ever summer Olympian.
Sky Brown said, “I’m so excited that people in so many countries are going to watch Reaching the Sky on discovery+. It was so much fun to film and I got to do some really cool stuff. Training with Nyjah Huston was crazy as he’s so amazing, and surfing with Rob Machado was unreal, he’s so stylish and so good.”
‘Reaching the Sky’ features famous names from the world of skateboarding and surfing, including world number one street skateboarder Nyjah Huston and legendary surfing pro Rob Machado. They share their thoughts on the achievements and potential of the inspiring young skateboarder.
