Sao Paulo – Disabled Brazilian skate boarders obtained collectively at Brazil’s first Paraskate Tour occasion on Saturday the place, buoyed by the success of skateboarding within the Tokyo Olympics, they labored towards inclusion within the Paralympics as quickly as potential.
“Paraskate gained’t be in Paris (in 2024), we’re working to see if we will make it to Los Angeles (in 2028), however my hope is that Paraskate will likely be included in Australia in 2032,” stated Eduardo Musa, president of the Brazilian Skateboarding Confederation.
His hopes are backed by the disabled skate boarders who delighted digital spectators with a variety of daring maneuvers on the Corinthians skate park in Sao Paulo.
“Skateboard is a really improbable sport as a result of everybody can follow in their very own means, everybody has their very own fashion,” stated Vinicius Sardi, a 24-year-old skater who was a kind of behind Saturday’s occasion, the primary of three that will likely be held this 12 months.
“It doesn’t matter if the man has one leg or no legs, he’s skating — and that’s skateboarding! Skateboarding is about having a superb time.”
The occasion was transmitted stay however with out spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however blind skater Fernando Araujo agreed.
“Skateboarding, being on prime of this board, for me it’s all the things,” stated Araujo. “It’s my cause for residing. Being an tailored skater I overlook all my issues, all of the prejudices that I’ve to stay with.”
Skateboarding is massively well-liked in Brazil and the South American nation has produced among the sport’s best exponents.
Brazilians gained three silver medals on the Tokyo Olympics, a tally higher than all bar Australia and host nation Japan.
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