A woman in her 20s rides a skateboard, long locks flying. She looks as if she’s dancing a waltz. She pirouettes on the board fearlessly. With a flip of her foot, she can make the board spin 180 degrees.
A minute-long video featuring Ko Hyo-joo, nicknamed the “longboard goddess” by fans, has been viewed around the world on social media. One video of her has more than 26 million views. On Facebook alone, the clip has been shared 225, 000 times.
The 28-year-old Ko is an average Korean salarywoman. She works as a user interface designer at LINE, the messenger unit of internet portal Naver.
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Lo’s skateboard is longer than normal, at around 110 centimeters (43 inches). Skateboarders call it a longboard. The longboard was used as a tool for dancing or acrobatic movements, and has now developed into an extreme sport.
Ko goes boarding every weekend in parks along the Han River in Seoul. She majored in fine arts and visual design in college.
“I was exhausted and swamped by work, ” Ko said. “I happened to watch a video clip of Ana Maria Suzano, a Brazilian longboarder. At that very moment, I felt, ‘This is it!’”
Hyojoo Ko Is Amazing At Longboarding, And She Can Even Dance While Riding
“Because I was not good at physical activities, I spent about a year acquiring techniques that others can learn in three months, ” she said modestly. “I thank my crew members who helped me correct my posture.”
For the first time, she participated in SYCLD, the biggest longboard competition in the Netherlands. Ko made it to final round of the tournament.
“I was quite stressed about three months after starting to learn the sport, ” she said. “For example, I really wanted to master the ‘shove it’ technique, and I kept repeating it. I fell down and got up hundreds of times. I even cried thinking, ‘Why can’t I do this?’
Korean Longboard Sensation Ko Hyojoo Featured In Vogue
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Now the Goyang native has been featured by Vogue’s online site with an exclusive interview and a short video titled “Longboarding through Seoul.” In the video, Hyojoo slides, twirls, and zips along the parks and neighborhoods of Seoul while showing off some chic skater fashion: an orange knit jumpsuit, a blue top with blue striped pants, and a pink skort paired with a T-shirt – sometimes with her signature striped tube socks.
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While Hyojoo has traveled to Barcelona, Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and Taipei to show off her signature moves, she maintains her day job in Seoul. She works as a user interface designer for the mobile messaging company Line, where she was part of a team that developed a selfie app called B612 (which we raved about last week). The team won the prestigious Red Dot Award for their achievements in design.
But of course, she’s best known as Korea’s most famous longboarders. On Instagram, she shares longboarding videos to her 265, 000 followers around the world.
In the interview, Hyojoo reveals that she’s a relative newcomer to the sport, having started only two years ago. Looking for an extracurricular activity to liven up her spare time, she purchased a board at her local skate shop, and was immediately hooked from her first ride. She discusses some of her favorite moves, such as the “nollie-shuvit” and the “nose-manual, ” but says that we should not expect her to turn pro anytime soon.
The Longboard Dancer
Hyojoo also addressed her newfound fame in a recent Instagram post. She wrote, “It’s really awesome[…] but I feel afraid too. I never expected it. It’s actually [a kind of] pressure on my longboard activity. But now I feel like I can enjoy it! See what I will be!”
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Now the Goyang native has been featured by Vogue’s online site with an exclusive interview and a short video titled “Longboarding through Seoul.” In the video, Hyojoo slides, twirls, and zips along the parks and neighborhoods of Seoul while showing off some chic skater fashion: an orange knit jumpsuit, a blue top with blue striped pants, and a pink skort paired with a T-shirt – sometimes with her signature striped tube socks.
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While Hyojoo has traveled to Barcelona, Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and Taipei to show off her signature moves, she maintains her day job in Seoul. She works as a user interface designer for the mobile messaging company Line, where she was part of a team that developed a selfie app called B612 (which we raved about last week). The team won the prestigious Red Dot Award for their achievements in design.
But of course, she’s best known as Korea’s most famous longboarders. On Instagram, she shares longboarding videos to her 265, 000 followers around the world.
In the interview, Hyojoo reveals that she’s a relative newcomer to the sport, having started only two years ago. Looking for an extracurricular activity to liven up her spare time, she purchased a board at her local skate shop, and was immediately hooked from her first ride. She discusses some of her favorite moves, such as the “nollie-shuvit” and the “nose-manual, ” but says that we should not expect her to turn pro anytime soon.
The Longboard Dancer
Hyojoo also addressed her newfound fame in a recent Instagram post. She wrote, “It’s really awesome[…] but I feel afraid too. I never expected it. It’s actually [a kind of] pressure on my longboard activity. But now I feel like I can enjoy it! See what I will be!”
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