Growing up on the third floor of a Tokyo apartment building, halfway across the globe from the skateboarding mecca of Los Angeles, Yuto Horigome quickly built himself up as one of the best street skateboarders in Japan. Not satisfied, he moved to Los Angeles as a teen all by himself to chase his dream of becoming the best in the world. But little did he know he would prove it not in the US, but back in his home country... at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games.

Script/Songs:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...

SOURCES:
Yuto Horigome’s autobiography:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234519040661
Thumbnail inspiration:    • Yuto Horigome | Play New | Nike  
Opening shot (BBC):   • Tokyo 2020 Olympics | Trailer - BBC  
Tony hawk words w/ visuals:    • “It all starts with a push” Tony Hawk...  
Fully Flared:    • Fully Flared - Lakai - OFFICIAL INTRO...  
Mr. Hayakawa’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisukehaya...
Tomo’s YT channel:    / @tomothehomeless  
[lots of great stuff here!]
New York Times articles:
On Nyjah (John Branch): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/sp...
On Yuto (John Branch): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/sp...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/sp...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/sp...
On Japanese Skateboard culture (John Branch): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/sp...
Additional visuals:
Flat Earth Trailer:    • THE FLAT EARTH - Official Trailer #2  
Yuto visuals before olympics:    • NIKE塾 | メディテーション with 堀米雄斗 | Study Br...  
Haiku before olympics by Takahama Kyoshi: https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-c...
Yuto monologue before TRICK 5:
   • Yuto Horigome | What Are You Working ...  
COMP FOOTAGE
SLS competition footage:    / @sls  
Olympic Competition footage: https://olympics.com/en/video/men-s-s...