Women's skateboarding soars in Brazil after Tokyo Olympics

I am very excited by the (to me sudden) rush of interest in skateboarding here in Japan!

Growing up a skater (*and trying to skate in an increasingly skateboard-hostile environment outside of the then-rare skate parks like Pipeline, or else in the odd pool discovered behind abandoned houses), I didn't really think about how we teens used to interact as buds, joking around but also helping each other, impressed by each others' runs regardless of gender.

I hope the Japanese take skateboarding, particularly street skating, and "tweak" it better in the way the Japanese are oh-so-famous for doing to electronics and cars. I can honestly see the world's next Rodney Mullen or Elissa Steamer bursting out of Japan!