Podcast: Felipe Gustavo on skateboarding, his dad, and the Olympics

About this episode

Legendary Brazilian skateboarder Felipe Gustavo joined the Olympic Channel Podcast to talk about his career, the full story of his dad selling his car to fund a first big contest entry, and why staying humble is so important. Published on 14th April 2021, with 100 days to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Gustavo also shares what it would mean if he could qualify to compete at the Games in Japan.

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What is the Olympics podcast?

It's another exciting year of Olympics.com podcasts. We are looking forward to offering you another season of the best Olympic stories, with the Paris Games being the big highlight of 2024. The show will have great guests, the episodes will dig deep into the topic, the Olympics, Olympians, and sports. We’ll, of course, be truly global. Touching all 5 continents with our content. We’ll pay close attention to all the key events, updating stories and backstories on and off the field of play. It’ll be an all-encompassing conversation and we will signpost you to some of our outstanding original feature programming across all our Olympics.com platforms. So much to see, so much to enjoy. Be prepared to be entertained and inspired!