Out There: Rayssa Leal 

You're awesome Rayssa. And to all parents out there look at this. Support your children, whatever they want to try out.

one of the most life changing heelflips ever done

I LOVE hearing that her parents got her a psychiatrist at that age to help her handle all of the pressure. That's amazing to hear. So sick that she's getting a good education as well. Her parents rock.

iconic fairy heelflip

Vi um pedaço de uma entrevista onde ela conta que o primeiro campeonato no Brasil que participou (e acabou ganhando), foi realizado em São Paulo. São Paulo é muito longe de Imperatriz - Maranhão (a cidade da rayssa). Os pais dela não tinham condição de comprar uma passagem de avião, por isso, ela e a mãe foram de ônibus, 2 dias de viagem até chegar em São Paulo. Ela ganhou peças de skate como premiação e elas não tinham dinheiro para voltar de ônibus. Isso mostra o tamanho do sonho da rayssa e o apoio incrível de seus pais… imagina ser a mãe e o pai da rayssa, pessoas que eram obviamente muito humildes, e aí vc comprar uma passagem de ônibus, abraçando e acreditando no sonho da sua filha, viaja por 2 dias em um ônibus por estradas que acredito serem bem ruins, chegando em São Paulo depois de 2.288km, sabendo que vai ter de se virar para comprar passagem para voltar! Total admiração pelos pais da Rayssa.

I'm a Brazillian young girl and I always wanted a skate since I was child, and my parents always said: "No, this a thing for boys" then I grew up with this desire. The Olympics in Tokyo changed everything, thank you to Rayssa! Because, my dad fall in love to watch her doing her tricks at skateboarding, and felt so guilty to not purchased a skate for me sooner. I don't really know if Rayssa knows her HUGE impact at Brazil right now, she changing a culture, a idea, and the brazilian skate scene itself too. We so proud of her! ❤ Hoping this year we get a gold medal at France 🇧🇷❤🥇

This girl rules. Definitely a good role model for the youngins of Brazil too

What a humble, extremely talented and intelligent little young lady she is! Wish her nothing but happiness, safety and success!

So awesome for her do this interview in English, alway give props to international skaters who do this. Also glad she's staying in school it sets great example for the kids (even though shes still a kid lol) Shes got GOAT potential 🇧🇷

That Senna helmet when they panned at the dad though! Two legends in one household. SICK!

Man this was so dope to watch.. As crazy as she is in skateboarding, I think we forget she's still very young. When she needed a hug from her mum it brought it back. So stoked for her to get her own shoe!

so happy you guys put Nyjah in here, because Rayssa has reminded me of him since the come up. She is currently, and going to continue changing the entire standard of womens skateboarding.

I can't imagine the amount of pressure she must be under. I don't want to take away from how incredibly blessed she is to be in this position but it's gotta suck to miss out on your childhood and be such an important piece of many peoples livelihoods. Strong ass kid, shes gonna be greater than she already is

Rayssa, in Russia we love you so much! Keep it up!

Feels sort of weird to say this about a person but she genuinely is one of the best things for the skateboarding ecosystem

It's cool to see the town support her but also speaks for her character taking the time to smile and make the effort for every photo. Hope she stays her humble self.

Best female skater in history, easily, by far, no doubt. Maybe some of y’all don’t realize that because you haven’t been in skating for decades. There is no contest. What she represents is more than anyone is even saying. Rayssa is real proof that women can skate at an equal level to men. Skateboarding is more like dancing than it is like football in the sense that men and women can play on same team in dancing.

A Rayssa é um dos frutos de muita luta da galera aqui de imperatriz que lutava apenas por um espaço. Parabéns Rayssa 👏👏👏

From changing your life, to your families life. Young GOAT 🙌🔥

Her first full video part is going to be monumental

16 and already a legend

What an inspirational, humble, talented young woman. I can't imagine what 10 years will bring.

She is so awesome. Her foot position on every trick is insane.

She's taking women's skateboarding to another level. Most of the time when people talk about female skaters and say "she's not just good for a girl, she's good for a skateboarder", they're just being nice because the reality is that, in general, women's skateboarding isn't on the same level as men's. That's just a fact. When they say that about Rayssa, though, it's the truth. She's doing stuff that some male pros wouldn't even try, and she's still only 16. Gonna be crazy to see what she's doing in another 5-10 years. Really wanna see a proper video part from her.

The attitude is everything!

Wow! She is, without a doubt, going to be one of the greatest female skaters ever. I'll put money on it! This is what we need in this sick world. It's a pure hearted heathy story:) Good job guys!!

I remember that fairy video from years ago... Im so happy to see her still killing it. Her family and country must be so proud of her. Im rooting for her and her future success!

She is the best and awesome. No BS hype. Skateboarding needed this right now.

Watching a legend grow up! So awesome

OMG! That's me and my homie! Wow I can't believe we were there 11:13 and watched her in real life... She is amazing... out of this world! Go Rayssa you are so awesome... #legend

Yeah Thrasher! What an outstanding young person to represent skateboarding

Rayssa your hometown of Imperatriz looks amazing, seeing you grow up from an amateur skater into a World Champion skater has been an awesome journey. Thanks for putting Women's skateboarding on the map. You are lucky to see the world in what you do and I can't wait to see you in the Paris Olympics street skate events as I will be cheering you on all the way to the gold medal 🛹🇧🇷🥇

Why is this such a tearjerker? Go RAYSSA LEAL

La primera vez q la vi fue en un video vestida de hada azul tirando ese flip, y dije va a ser profesional ....años después aqui esta, puede decir q es la mejor skater professional q hay a dia de hoy enhorabuena raysa a seguir subiendo

I've been watching this girl for years, she's so special. Watching the parts with her family choked me up for real.

As you can see mom and dad doing a good job. 👏

I remember seeing her at least 10 years ago on RU-vid killing it! She is and will be a GOAT! Bravissima!

This was a dope piece. I remember showing her heel flip to my daughter and since then she’s been loving skateboarding. Shout out to girls and women coming up in the game!! Very awesome. 👏🏽

Awesome. Crazy talent AND charismatic AND humble. And it's good to see Nyjah steer away from his juvenile macho attitude...

So much pressure on her shoulders and shes taking it in stride, true champ i hope she continues to take care of her mental

Literally learned Nollie heels by watching her regular heel flips! It worked somehow lol, and she's been a shredder since she first picked up a board 🤘 thank you for showing anything is possible through skateboarding

I dead ass just shed a tear on that one. Seeing the progression of my favorite sport is a dream.

Rayssa is only getting started! can't wait to see how far she takes it!

She is really incredible ! Much respect for this young lady ! 🛹🏆👏👏👏👏

I remember seeing this heelflip years ago, probably when it came out. Blew me away! Couldn't wait to see more of that talent, and boy has this woman been delivering.

What a back story! Superhero!

It was really cool to see a bit of insight into Nyjah and how parallel his life is to Rayssa. It was therapeutic for me as a viewer to see Nyjah talk about that. They both deserve awesome life's. Enjoy dorking around with your skills and forget about stressing over contests.

She’s so rad!

Turned Hollywood into a casual session. This girl's going places.

I remember back in the day seeing her in her fairy outfit "fairy flip" and thinking, damm this girl is so young and could really push girls skating forward. Look at her now and it's just a natural progression. Keep ripping Rayssa Leal!

Rayysa has a great spirit, and it's great to see all her success.

A Rayssa e a família merecem tudo de mais lindo e incrível do universo, ainda mais por terem lidado com tantas adversidades pelo caminho. Quem é de Imperatriz, sabe… Foram muitas as tentativas públicas de fazer com que melhorassem a estrutura das praças com pistas de skate minimamente apropriadas e em um bom estado… Tudo o que ela conquistou é fruto de muita fé, confiança e trabalho. É bonito e importante crianças receberem apoio à prática esportiva, e os pais dela o fizeram sem repreendê-la por desejar um esporte “não muito feminino”. Esporte é esporte. Além disso, acreditaram no potencial da filha e a estimularam sempre de forma saudável. Enfim… Genuinamente merecedora de tudo! Gigante! 💜🧚🏽

Brazilian Jewel!!! We LOVE you Rayssa ❤️ Thank you for the inspiration 🇧🇷

3:40 so sick man. just browsing through pictures of her with her first board with 15 trophies in frame

"I bleed Brazilian blood". Christian Hosoi. That's the Northeast. The gnarliest region. The gnarliest people. It's in her blood. Thank youuu Thrasher Mag, thank youuu Jake Phelps - RIP. Rayssa you RULE.

This was so dope❤❤❤ young legend in the making

She's such a cool person!

Absolute Boss.

I love that it all came together for her!

I loved every second of this

She's so beast and it seems like she genuinely loves skateboarding!

She is amazing. Such a good ambassador for skating

Rayssa Leal is a really wonderful ambassador of her sport. I like how she encourages the next generation, realizes that education is important, and dedicates herself to her craft. She's really incredible!

She DID that. Loved how ABSOLUTELY clean the TWO BOARD slides were. . That they showed. The SMITH was of TODAY! SUCH A POWER MOMENT for women SKATERS!

She fuckin' rips, didn't realize how good she was when she was so young too.

She skateboards like Ronaldinho played soccer: easily, joyfully, such an inspiration.

Such a huge inspiration for so many! We have watched her skate journey and overall progression around the world. We are all extremely proud of you! ❤🥹😎🔥💯

And she’s just gonna get better.

All I have to say is respect to her and her parents

She’s got a bright future for sure! She’s fun to watch skate and progress!

She is a diamond, a very rare diamond.

Love watching her skate, so pumped to watch her accelerate over the years!

Never knew about her before, opened the SNKRS app to see some nice shoes that had her name on it, and I got them, then I researched about her and now I'm a fan!

Perfect timing! I just saw her in the Olympics and wanted to see and hear more about her! Cheers

Awesome person with a great history already. Always look forward to what’s in store for her.

True masteress of her skills!! Beautiful human being. So much more to come. Much Love

Bro! Safe to say if she continues throughout her adult years, she’ll go down as the greatest female to ever skateboard. She’s the truth. Wow.

so much potential in this girl, wishing well

Crazy I remember seeing heelflip fairy and see it become a champion is insane

Que incrível parabéns rayssa você merece muito 🎉🎉🎉 muito orgulho de ti Ameiiiiii parabéns sucesso sempre.❤❤❤

That’s awesome. Good for her. She deserves it with the hard work and dedication she has put into it.🔥🔥🔥

everybody loves Rayssa. Legend from br ! Vai CORINTHIANS

Imperatriz Maranhão bem representada pela Rayssa 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💎🔥Sk8 Sempre!

I can't wait to see her again in Paris.

No futebol temos o Imperador, no skate temos a Imperatriz ❤️

Representa demais! Com certeza, muitos jovens e crianças no Brasil se inspiram em vc! Tudo de bom fadinha!

I had NO IDEA that she was on April. They have the best female skater in the world AND the best male skater in the world. Her and Yuto is a hell of a team.

Little legend

Already goated

Que linda, torço muito por vc, que Deus continue abençoando sua vida e que Deus te proteja sempre!

Such an effortless style, need more street clips!

Quem diria que uma brasileira estrearia uma produção da trasher ? Nosso skate agora sim está no seu nível máximo. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

This was amazing to watch 🔥🔥

Young goat

O Brasil morre de orgulho da fadinha . Tanto talento, tanta simplicidade. Tanto carinho com os fãs.

Great video and thanks for sharing. Big compliment to the parents and support crew ♥️ Best wishes you stay well Rayssa and bring your uplift and good energies where ever you go 🍀💫✨️

Dope to have someone so humble pushing the progression, she's so rad

She’s killing it, and she still has so many good years ahead of her.

She's goated for this.

I remember watching this viral fairytale video... And I knew then that skateboarding was put on another level! She was already better than I would ever be! Rayssa all the way! 🥰