‘I don’t feel pressure’: Sky Brown on her skating glory and surfing dream

Sky Brown displays her dazzling repertoire of tricks on a half-pipe between two London buses. Photograph: PR handout

Over a breathless hour on Tuesday morning Team GB’s 15‑year‑old skateboarding star, Sky Brown, lit up the London skyline with her dazzling repertoire of tricks – all from a floating half-pipe on the River Thames overlooking Tower Bridge.

Commuters gawped. Schoolkids pointed. And while a drone buzzed constantly around her, capturing all her handplants, aerials and trademark Japan Air trick for a new campaign for Tag Heuer, she never missed a beat.