Barcelona Skateboarder-
The fact that he is about half the height of most skateboarders does not trouble him – he slides his board on the same ledges and jumps the same high stairs.
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The fact that he is about half the height of most skateboarders does not trouble him – he slides his board on the same ledges and jumps the same high stairs.
“I am aware that I have a problem, but we all have problems … we are all equal,” Stewie, who has a form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, told Reuters.
Rather than focusing on problems, however, he has a recipe to happiness: “Be free to choose to do what you love.”
Stewie, who speaks four languages and has more than 105,000 Instagram followers, works a customer service night job for a motorcycle-renting app, which sustains his skateboarding passion.
“I admire him, because for us the ledge reaches our knees, while for him it is at the height of his waist, so he makes double the effort. As a skater, he is capable of anything, he is an incredible person,” said Pablo Perez, a fellow skateboarder.
Stewie started skating 10 years ago in Italy where his family had moved when he was seven. He moved to Europe’s skating hotspot Barcelona three years ago and can often be seen whizzing across a large square next to the MACBA Contemporary Art Museum.
“Many people think he might have less capabilities, but the truth is that he has the same if not more capabilities than anyone else because he has motivation and a mentality to do things with consistency,” said Chilean skateboarder Cata Diaz.
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