Chloe Covell isn't your average teenager.
Like many 13-year-olds, she's busy balancing school and as much sport as she can fit in.
"Every day or every second day I get out here [at a southern Gold Coast park], it's my local skate park," she said.
But her skating isn't limited to the local skate park — Chloe's on track to become one of Australia's most promising young skaters.
She recently returned home after competing at the World Championships in the United Arab Emirates, where she picked up a silver medal.
"Coming back with the medal is great, really exciting and [I was] very proud," she said.
"I did swift flip down a drop, front side flip down a drop and crook nollie flip."
The competition was one of several qualifying events for athletes on the way to the Paris 2024 Olympics, which Chloe has her heart set on.
"It would be crazy, like obviously I would be super proud obviously for my country, it would just be very exciting," she said.
'Kid who couldn't sit still'
Chloe first jumped on a skateboard at six years old after watching skating competition The X Games with her dad.
"I saw [pro skateboarder] Nyjah Huston and once I saw him, I just wanted to start skating," she said.
"I found a board in my garage and just started rolling around."
Chloe's dad, former NRL player Luke Covell, said she picked it up straight away.
"She's never been a kid who could sit still," he said.
"Whatever it was at home, whether it was cricket, soccer, skating, tennis — if there was some equipment out the back, she was out there hitting it around or playing with it."
Mr Covell said he's proud of how his daughter handled the balance between school and sport.
"She's taken it all in her stride and is handling the situation really well and juggling what she has to with school and just being a kid as well," Mr Covell said.
"We couldn't be more proud."
Skating isn't the only sport Chloe has her eyes set on.
Between skating and school, she also finds time to play soccer.
"I also do soccer excellence at school, which is a program," she said.
"I want to play for the Matildas one day."
Skating gaining followers
Last year, Chloe marked a milestone as one of the first skaters to be inducted into the Queensland Academy of Sport.
She said she'd seen more people at skate parks since the sport was featured in the Tokyo Olympics.
"It's great to see all young kids and basically anyone skating, especially young girls," she said.
"I'm a girl and I'm proud to be a girl skater because there are not many, but it's definitely growing for sure."
