She first caught the eye of the skating world as a 16-year-old in 2002 as the only female featured in a famous video entitled “P.J. Sablone is a queer artist from Brooklyn and the rare athlete who can justifiably claim that making the Olympic squad is only one of several fascinating aspects about her life.
Alana Smith and Alexis Sablone are leading the charge for LGBTQ representation in skateboarding for the United States at the Tokyo Olympics, which debuts the sport at the Summer Games this year.