Skateboarding: 11-year-old prodigy Sky Brown looking to make impact beyond Olympics

An 11-year-old skateboarding sensation with roots in Japan and Britain has her wheels pointed at loftier goals than purely being a part of history when the sport makes its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games.Sky Brown, who has an English father and Japanese mother, joined Great Britain's skateboarding team in January and has been grinding the rails of Olympic qualification toward a spot next summer alongside her Japanese peers.The child prodigy said in an interview with Kyodo News recently that she hopes to spark a new generation of female boarders via the sport enjoying new legitimacy si…READ FULL ARTICLE