REESE NELSON IS LIKE A LOT OF 11-YEAR-OLDS…
…She and her younger sister, Stassi, play with Barbie and American Girl dolls. Reese and her big brother, Nash, spend hours on Minecraft. She likes breakfast burgers.
She’s also the youngest-ever medalist at X Games and is poised to make more history at X Games Ventura 2024. THE Tony Hawk has taken Reese under his, um, wing. So much for being like a lot of 11-year-olds…
Hawk called Reese “the future of vert skating” and actively mentoring her since March 2021. Hawk’s youngest skate protégé, Nelson first joined his Birdhouse Skateboards team at just eight years old.
She’s now a full-fledged member of the Birdhouse amateur team, a near-daily regular at Hawk’s private vert training facility and a two-time Best Trick champion from his annual Vert Alert contest.
At X Games California 2023, Hawk watched from the commentary booth next to the Vert ramp as Nelson made her X Games debut. “Her trick selection is off the charts in difficulty!” he exclaimed as Reese skated to a silver medal, setting the record for youngest X Games medalist at age 10 years, 8 months. Nice to meet you, future.
Photo credit: Brett Wilhelm / X Games
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Colin Bane 