"It wasn't until I went to the skate park I noticed how many kids I knew from school were there, [but] all of them were boys,"she said.
"Just the fact that they can connect with her so easily, then seeing her win a [Olympic] medal I think is just so inspiring."
"I like that it is not that big of a girl's sport so I can show that anybody can do it,"she said.
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