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Skateboarder Sky Brown, 11, takes bronze at worlds with eye on Olympics | Sport
Sky Brown, the 11-year-old British skateboarding prodigy who is on track to become the youngest female to compete at the Summer Olympics in 50 years, won bronze at the world championships in Brazil on Saturday. Japan’s Misugu Okamoto, who is 13, took first at the skateboarding park world championships in Sao Paolo with a score …
Skateboarding while blind: When technology replaces sight
LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Justin Bishop was on track to become a professional skateboarder when a rare disorder left the Las Vegas native visually impaired at the age of 25. Bishop was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at the age of 8. “It’s a degenerative eye condition where you’re slowly losing your vision,” said Bishop.”I …
