This 8-Year-Old is the Youngest Girl to Skate in the Vans US Open Pro Series

''Sky Brown is an unexpectedly raw skater from Miyazaki, Japan who just became the youngest female to skate in the Vans US Open Pro Series. While not even having reached double digit numbers in terms of age, she shred harder and larger than plenty of people twice, and even three times her age. The youthful athlete has been causing an online stir on YouTube as of lately, with a legion of videos posted showing her — and not to mention her equally gnarly, now 5-year-old little brother Ocean — showing some skilled skateboarding know-how and refined trick execution.

Sky broke out after a clip of her attacking a miniramp near her home in Japan was posted on Facebook. Ben Mondy of GrindTV points out that Sky is following in the footsteps of other incredibly young, talented skater girls such as 6-year-old Quincy Symonds, a.k.a. the “Flying Squirrel,” and Sabre Norris, the 9-year-old whose video of her completing a 540 has had over a million views globally. You can OD on the goodness of this young 8-year-old female phenom below and keep up with the gnarly board sport loving family on Instagram and Youtube...''

by Kimberly B. Johnson