SKATEBOARDING SENSATION SKY BROWN SOMERSAULTS ONTO DISCOVERY+ WITH AN EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTARY AHEAD OF TOKYO 2020

An exclusive discovery+ Original Series documentary featuring skateboarding star Sky Brown is available to stream from today (6th July) on discovery+ as the Road to Tokyo draws ever closer.

Reaching the Sky charts the 12-year-old’s journey from baby boarder to Olympic gold medal hopeful. The 45-minute film includes never-before-seen footage of family time, skateboarding training and surfing practice sessions, giving viewers a unique insight into the life and personality of this talented young athlete, whose skill, resilience and ambition belie her years. It also documents Sky’s battle back to fitness after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a training accident in May 2020.

The discovery+ Original documentary was shot in the USA at Sky’s West Coast home, and a series of stunning locations across California and Texas.

In the documentary, the exuberant prodigy speaks candidly about her life, heritage, the training accident, and her ambition to win an Olympic gold medal for Team GB in the women’s Park discipline, which takes place on Wednesday 4 August at Ariake Urban Sports Park. Sky is currently ranked third in the world overall and will be Britain’s youngest ever summer Olympian.

Reaching the Sky features famous names from the world of skateboarding and surfing, including world number one street skateboarder Nyjah Huston and legendary surfing pro Rob Machado who share their thoughts on the achievements and potential of the inspiring young phenomenon, who Huston declares is the future of skateboarding.

On making the exclusive discovery+ documentary, Sky Brown said: “I’m so excited that people in so many countries are going to watch Reaching the Sky on discovery+. It was so much fun to film and I got to do some really cool stuff. Training with Nyjah Huston was crazy as he’s so amazing, and surfing with Rob Machado was unreal, he’s so stylish and so good.

“I was really young for the last Olympics and I didn’t really watch it, so I’m so excited for Tokyo. I want to be in the Olympics to inspire girls to get out there. I hope when they see me, a tiny girl just like them, going high, they’ll think they can do it too. I hope to get gold, that’s the dream, but if not, I still got in the Olympics and that’s really cool.”

The medal hopeful will be competing in skateboarding, one of the five sports making its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 alongside surfing, sport climbing, karate and baseball (men) / softball (women). 

Sky, also an accomplished surfer, reveals exclusively in the documentary that she plans to compete in two disciplines at Paris 2024. 

She says in Reaching the Sky: “I love surfing as much as I love skateboarding. In the Paris 2024 Olympics I want to be doing surfing and skateboarding.”

Scott Young, Head of Sports Production and Content, Discovery Sports, said: “Sky Brown is a supremely talented young athlete whose breath-taking skills, fearlessness and personality make her a true star, with an amazing dream. Her story is captivating, and we are so excited to have been able to collaborate with Sky on the hugely entertaining discovery+ Original Series documentary Reaching the Sky, as part of Discovery’s Road to Tokyo programming. 

“The unique documentary charts Sky’s incredible rise to success and includes exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of her challenging road to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Viewers will be able to follow Sky’s progress in Tokyo on Discovery, the Streaming Home of the Olympics in Europe, which will broadcast every unmissable moment of every sport throughout the Games."

Reaching the Sky complements Discovery’s existing Road to Tokyo content that includes the brilliant Head to Head series comparing and contrasting some of the stars of yesteryear and the Essential Stories presented by Bridgestone format which tells some of the most thrilling stories in Olympic history.

Discovery’s coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be broadcast on multiple platforms, including discovery+, Eurosport and the Eurosport App. Discovery is the Streaming Home of the Olympics in Europe and is the only place where viewers can access every unmissable moment of the action from Tokyo.

Head to discovery+ to watch the Original Series documentary Reaching the Sky. A series of five episodes will also be available to watch on Eurosport.com from Monday 19 July.

Sky Brown Biography
Born in Miyazaki, Japan, Sky Brown is the youngest professional skateboarder in the world. Sky, who turns 13 on 7 July, has a Japanese mother and British father and the family splits their time between Japan and the United States. Having been selected to represent Team GB at Tokyo 2020, Sky Brown will be the youngest ever British Summer Olympian. Sky is also active on social media, boasting over 800,000 followers on Instagram and 53 million views on YouTube.

*Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be available to watch on discovery+ in Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain and United Kingdom. In all other European markets, except Russia, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be available on Eurosport.