Australian skateboarder Arisa Trew admires her gold medal at the Paris Olympic ceremony. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) X Games Declares 2024 ‘The Year of Arisa Trew’ and Highlights Her Many Achievements From landing a 900 to countless contest wins, the Olympics and more, Arisa Trew had a monumental year. https://t.co/eDuWD3wJG2 “Skate parks now are all full […]

X Games Declares 2024 ‘The Year of Arisa Trew’ and Highlights Her Many Achievements From landing a 900 to countless contest wins, the Olympics and more, Arisa Trew had a monumental year. https://t.co/eDuWD3wJG2
“Skate parks now are all full of girls,” he said.
“I hope I’d be a role model here in Australia because it’s super cool to see a lot of younger girls getting in to it.
“Australia’s skateboarding scene is booming so we will probably be dominant in skateboarding definitely up to Brisbane (2032 Olympics) – maybe even longer because everybody is so hooked on it.”

Simon said the impact of his daughter went deeper than her feats, which include being a five-time X-Games gold medallist, world and Olympic champion, and the first female skater to land the 720 and 900 aerial tricks in competition.
“Definitely since the Olympics, life has changed,” said Trew, who turns 15 in May.
“When she started, she was the only girl so it’s kind of amazing that skate parks in Australia are so full of girls.
“But all the young girls now just look at her skateboarding and see her as just being normal and that is what they have to do, so they’re all following her really fast.
“In the rest of the world, it’s slowly changing but not like in Australia.
“I feel like more people kind of know me now and recognise me and want to take photos which is pretty cool, I don’t mind that.
“Just overcoming fear pretty easily,” Trew told AAP.
“And the other girls on the tour are stepping up and following her as well so it’s really exciting.
Trew’s father Simon has noted the influence of his daughter.
The 14-year-old Queenslander is a skateboarding trailblazer who has revolutionised the sport.
“Everybody in the skateboarding world is so excited about what she is doing and what the other girls are doing.”
Arisa Trew, Australia’s youngest Olympic gold medallist, reckons it’s the secret to her success.
At last year’s Paris Olympics, she became the nation’s youngest gold medallist with victory in the women’s park event.
“And giving everything a try and putting in a lot of work.”
“What the girl is achieving is absolutely amazing,” he told AAP.