Meet the 11-year-old record-breaking skateboarder with the Olympics on his mind
Even before he was born, Gui Khury owned a skateboard, and even before he could walk, Khury was learning to skate.
"I saw this mini skateboard made for kids and I went crazy so that was his first toy," Khury's father Ricardo tells CNN Sport. "He used to push from the table to the couch; since he was two years old, he could push himself."That perhaps goes some way to explaining why, at the age of 11, Khury is already breaking new ground in the sport.
11-year-old skateboarder makes history with 1080-degree turn 01:43"I felt like I was going to make it because the last two that I failed I got very close," says Khury. "And then when I dropped in, I just felt something in my head like, 'Oh my God this is it.' And I just landed it."As his wheels returned to the ramp, Khury had to squat out of the landing with his board drifting slightly to the left. He regained his balance and celebrations ensued.
Tony Hawk on the cultural impact of skateboarding 03:40Khury's first skateboarding lessons took place at the Y.M.C.A. in the beach city of Encinitas, California, and from there he has made steady progress through the sport's history books. At the age of eight he became the youngest skateboarder to complete a 900-degree turn on a vertical ramp, and last year he became the youngest athlete to compete at the X Games.
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