00:01There's a lot of things I can do.
00:04There's a lot of things I want to do.
00:07Whatever it is, whether I'm skating or surfing,
00:12I do it with love and happiness.
00:25My name is Skye, and I'm nine years old,
00:31and I'm from Miyazaki, Japan.
00:35I first started skateboarding when I was 203.
00:39We have to do this side too.
01:02Oh my gosh!
01:06My name is Bod Boyle.
01:08I think I met Skye three years ago now, I think it was.
01:12I heard of Skye before I knew her, actually,
01:15because I'd seen her popping up on some social media channels.
01:18This young, small girl with this brother they were ripping.
01:27Venice Beach is pretty wild,
01:29but it's one of my favorite places in America.
01:33Excuse me?
01:34Yes, ma'am.
01:35Does he ever bite?
01:36No, ma'am.
01:38Skye.
01:39Skye.
01:41Don't cry now.
01:44I'm really scared of animals, just so you know.
01:48It gets me more excited if I'm, like, scared of it.
01:52Like, it pushes me to be like,
01:54oh, I need to do this.
01:56What's your number?
01:58What's your number?
01:58Hey, I went once.
01:59What's your number?
02:00What do you want?
02:02What do you want?
02:25What do you want?
02:25Like, if you feel like you're gonna fall, you're gonna fall.
02:28If you don't think that you're gonna fall, you're not gonna fall.
02:33Oh, no!
02:35Oh, no!
02:40Oh!
02:40Oh, that's crazy!
02:43Oh, my God!
02:45Oh, my God!
02:45Oh, my God!
02:45Oh, my God!
02:58But that's the point. I want to inspire girls that even if you're like three or four, you can still
03:05do it. Just believe in yourself.
03:09I have not seen someone quite like Sky. Not only is there a lot of raw talent there, but there's
03:16also this little excited, kind of having fun person in there.
03:22You really see it when she skates, just as far as she's enjoying it, and it's really rad to see
03:27that.
03:32I know. I like skating with people. I like surfing with people.
03:40I really want more girls to skate, and I really want girls to have fun and just do it for
03:48yourself.
03:59I started surfing since I was like four, probably. A little later.
04:09I love to be in the water. Then I love surfing, and it makes me feel like I'm in the
04:15air. It makes me feel like I'm spraying like a mermaid.
04:24At lowest, you've got a kind of battlefield, even like the boys trying to compete with me.
04:31Sometimes it's annoying. Sometimes it's like funny.
04:35There was this boy. He pushed me in once. He tried to. It didn't work.
04:44Because he told me he didn't catch me, and he felt bad for me.
04:57Tomorrow, I will go back to Japan.
05:02I don't know when I'm coming back to America, but when I'm here, I have so much fun.
05:10Wherever I am, I try to focus on what I love because it makes me feel alive and happy.
05:16My motto always is be brave, be strong, have fun, and do it because you love it.
