Ept's Junior Skater Team
12/30/24Hello this is East Pacific Trade (EPT). Today we are introducing our Junior Skate Team.
Introducing EPT’s Junior Skate Team, full of limitless potential. Their shy expressions in front of the camera are charming and adorable, but their serious demeanor while skating leaves a striking impression.
This blog features photos of them skating and includes their honest thoughts about what skating means to them.
#YERIM (Born in 2010)
Q. What made you start skating?
A. I got hooked on skating after receiving a skateboard as a prize at a longboard competition.
A. I got hooked on skating after receiving a skateboard as a prize at a longboard competition.
Q. What are you most interested in these days?
A. Starting middle school and enjoying school life with new friends, as well as Japanese skaters.
A. Starting middle school and enjoying school life with new friends, as well as Japanese skaters.
Q. Who is your favorite skater?
A. Yuto Horigome.
A. Yuto Horigome.
Q. What’s a trick you’d like to try in the future?
A. Kickflipping and doing a B/S Lip Slide on a rail.
A. Kickflipping and doing a B/S Lip Slide on a rail.
#YEJIN (Born in 2010)
Q. What made you start skating?
A. My twin, Yerim, got a skateboard, and I wanted to ride with her. Around that time, my longboard team gifted me a skateboard, and that’s how I started.
A. My twin, Yerim, got a skateboard, and I wanted to ride with her. Around that time, my longboard team gifted me a skateboard, and that’s how I started.
Q. What are you most interested in these days?
A. Idol songs and dances, and wondering if I can succeed as an athlete in the future.
A. Idol songs and dances, and wondering if I can succeed as an athlete in the future.
Q. Who is your favorite skater?
A. Liz Akama.
A. Liz Akama.
Q. What’s a trick you’d like to try in the future?
A. F/S Tail Blunt Slide, B/S Lip Slide, F/S Lip Slide, and exploring switch tricks.
A. F/S Tail Blunt Slide, B/S Lip Slide, F/S Lip Slide, and exploring switch tricks.
#HAEWOO (Born in 2013)
Q. What made you start skating?
A. When I was seven, I saw a girl riding a longboard on her way to Taekwondo class in my neighborhood. I thought, “I want to try that too,” so I asked my parents to buy me one. The first weekend after getting the board, I went to a small park in the neighborhood with my dad and tried it out for the first time. It was so fun that ever since then, my mind has been filled with thoughts of skating.
A. When I was seven, I saw a girl riding a longboard on her way to Taekwondo class in my neighborhood. I thought, “I want to try that too,” so I asked my parents to buy me one. The first weekend after getting the board, I went to a small park in the neighborhood with my dad and tried it out for the first time. It was so fun that ever since then, my mind has been filled with thoughts of skating.
Q. What are you most interested in these days?
A. Watching videos of myself skating. While I enjoy skating at board parks, going out to real street spots with older skaters, challenging ourselves, and cheering each other on is incredibly exciting.
A. Watching videos of myself skating. While I enjoy skating at board parks, going out to real street spots with older skaters, challenging ourselves, and cheering each other on is incredibly exciting.
Q. Who is your favorite skater?
A. Lee Chang Kyu, Oh Jae Sung, Gustavo Ribeiro, Toa Sasaki, and Nyjah Huston.
A. Lee Chang Kyu, Oh Jae Sung, Gustavo Ribeiro, Toa Sasaki, and Nyjah Huston.
Q. What’s a trick you’d like to try in the future?
A. Increasing the success rate of my current practice trick, Kick Flip B/S Lip Slide on a rail. Also, Hard Flip, Kick Flip B/S Smith Grind on a handrail, and Kick Flip B/S Tail Slide.
A. Increasing the success rate of my current practice trick, Kick Flip B/S Lip Slide on a rail. Also, Hard Flip, Kick Flip B/S Smith Grind on a handrail, and Kick Flip B/S Tail Slide.
#IAN (Born in 2012)
Q. What made you start skating?
A. I started snowboarding with my dad, but when winter ended, I missed riding a board so much that I started skateboarding.
A. I started snowboarding with my dad, but when winter ended, I missed riding a board so much that I started skateboarding.
Q. What are you most interested in these days?
A. Flying paper airplanes.
A. Flying paper airplanes.
Q. Who is your favorite skater?
A. Baek Seung Hyun, Lee Chang Kyu, and Nick Holt.
A. Baek Seung Hyun, Lee Chang Kyu, and Nick Holt.
Q. What’s a trick you’d like to try in the future?
A. Hard Flip and Casper Flip.
2023.06 EPT JUNIOR SKATE TEAM
A. Hard Flip and Casper Flip.
2023.06 EPT JUNIOR SKATE TEAM