| Sky Brown Skateboarder 18:15 - Aug 4 with 758 views | KeithHaynes |
Wonderful achievement for such a young person obviously has huge parental support, finance, etc.
I think Japan are pretty annoyed though, she was born and raised there, her mother is Japanese etc.
And her name is Sukai. Lives in the USA six months a year.
Leaving the patriotic stuff to one side she is obviously destined through very pushy and financially capable parents for stardom, entering her in to dances with stars etc in the USA. I just think it’s all too young, where’s the childhood ? I didn’t have one at all, but she has had full opportunity to have one but it seems her parents have planned her own life route by proxy.
But maybe I’m wrong and she’s just very privileged and as a result become extremely talented. |  |
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| Sky Brown Skateboarder on 18:49 - Aug 4 with 735 views | Whiterockin |
Apparently signed a sponsorship deal with Trade Centre Wales. |  | | |
| Sky Brown Skateboarder on 19:31 - Aug 4 with 685 views | jackharris |
Her Dad is British and Japan has a shed load of skateboarders. Japan were first and second in the Skateboarding. Team GB were very supportive of her quest to appear in the Olympics. Her brother is a little nutter too, Ocean Brown. She skateboards, dances (as you mentioned) and she is a very talented surfer by all accounts. She loves her life. |  |
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| Sky Brown Skateboarder on 19:50 - Aug 4 with 670 views | KeithHaynes |
| Sky Brown Skateboarder on 19:31 - Aug 4 by jackharris |
Her Dad is British and Japan has a shed load of skateboarders. Japan were first and second in the Skateboarding. Team GB were very supportive of her quest to appear in the Olympics. Her brother is a little nutter too, Ocean Brown. She skateboards, dances (as you mentioned) and she is a very talented surfer by all accounts. She loves her life. |
It seems so.
I’m pretty impressed with UK skateboarding supporting her as the Japanese system can be brutal.
But still interested in people’s observations. | |
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| Sky Brown Skateboarder on 10:27 - Aug 5 with 578 views | Catullus |
| Sky Brown Skateboarder on 19:50 - Aug 4 by KeithHaynes |
It seems so.
I’m pretty impressed with UK skateboarding supporting her as the Japanese system can be brutal.
But still interested in people’s observations. |
I agree with you Keith, kids should be allowed a childhood without all the pressures adults face. I think the Olympics should only allow adults to compete. We've seen the adults collapse under the pressure.
I had a disturbed childhood in many ways, I wasn't pressured to succeed, in fact the opposite. I didn't do many of the things I wanted to because my parents were too busy doing their own thing. As a result (and my wife 100% agrees) we don't push our son into anything, we talk to him, see what he wants to do and support that. If he decides to do something, or to not do something, we support that as long as it's safe and affordable. Even with schooling, we encourage a lot, we are always telling him how important school is but what subjects he takes, what path he chooses is his choice. If he were clever enough to go to Uni but chose to leave school to get an apprenticeship, we'd support that.
We don't want to be pushy parents, the type who live their lives through their kids and are still pushing when their kids are 30 somethings.
We want our son to be his own person but to know that when he needs us, we're always there.
If these kids are at the Olympics mostly because their parents want it then it's wrong. If these kids fall apart under the pressure or have troubles in adulthood as a result, the parents need to take a look at what they did and accept their part in it. |  |
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