Above: Aori Nishimura competes in the 2019 X Games in Minneapolis
POPSUGAR: Do you have any tips or advice for other girls looking to start skateboarding?
"If you want to do it, you've just got to try. There's no secrets."
Lizzie: For anyone looking to get into skateboarding, I would say don't be afraid to try, and if you learn how to fall, that's the key to not getting injured. If you want to do it, you've just got to try. There's no secrets. You will get injured to some level. If you're just cruising down the street, there's going to be a rock and you're going to hit it at some point. It doesn't matter who you are; the best skateboarders in the world, they will slam because a rock will stop their board.
Aori: I'm not going to lie: skateboarding is tough at the beginning, but I just don't want them to give up. Of course there's a fear of getting hurt. It's scary, but I just want people to realise the joy you get from not just skating by yourself, but also with friends. Enjoying it with your friends and the feeling of landing a new trick, it's incomparable to anything that I've felt and that feeling overcomes the fear of falling. I just hope that everyone realises that and doesn't give up halfway through.
Elissa: I think the only advice that I'd give is that it's going to hurt, you're going to fall down, but it's something that you can do by yourself. You don't really have to rely on anybody else to do it, so if you want to do it, you have to want to start learning.
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