the Summer Olympics are coming to Tokyo
in 2020 and the city is spending about
12 billion dollars to stage the event
but as of late the Olympics have been
struggling to attract a younger audience
at the last Summer Games in Rio TV
viewership among 18 to 35 year olds fell
more than 25 percent so Olympic
organizers made a controversial decision
the 2020 games are in Tokyo
skateboarding is coming to the game
personally my view is it's about time
they need that young viewership in their
Summer Games the way that snowboarding
brought that young viewership to their
Winter Games and one skater in
particular may be the savior the
Olympics need to draw in more kids
because she is one
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sky Browne is 10 years old and very
excited about skating it will always be
my favorite toy like I'll claim the
house you're sitting on my buck I didn't
really know what it was like I was just
like I thought just like your fun toy
but that like once I was like hey guys I
wasn't learning how to really do it I
like I have to do this but that was ages
ago you know when she was 3 7 years
later and she maybe had it to the
Olympics
Samri really cooling it's gonna be like
people doing like super gnarly trick
gonna really fun to watch and hopefully
it inspires like kids still like think
that they can do to their hiccups
assuming she can remain hiccup free and
her team qualifies sky will be competing
on the UK team in 2020 as she's a dual
citizen of both England and Japan well I
chose England the kids like we weren't
even gonna do the Olympics because we
chose my old my parents thought I was
too much better for me you know I really
wanted to do it but about the
skateboarding Association like the boss
she like she said that there's no
pressure just get out there and have fun
and I feel like that's the most
important part about it it's just to
have fun part of the fun for Sky also
comes from seeing the impact she has on
other young girls usually a couple girls
a co-opting asking of house Tyrell and
stuff and can you take a photo with me
and it makes me like really happy to
know that I like inspiring people and
stuff
to just get out there and this really
cool like see more girls skating since I
was born I feel like and that's what I
wanted to do to like inspire people
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although sky is aware of the pressure
she faces it doesn't seem to faze her no
it doesn't make me nervous but it does
make me feel well like it's like a bunch
of good skaters they're watching himself
and I love people and make me want to
try like he's good like new tricks and
stuff but not really but even if the
skateboarding experiment doesn't help
draw younger viewers to the event in
Tokyo it won't be the end of the Olympic
Committee's search for street cred the
2024 Olympics in Paris is considering
adding breakdancing and since guy
actually won ABC's Dancing with the
Stars juniors competition who knows
maybe one day she'll wrap her country on
the linoleum as well
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