Ko Hyojoo

Skateboarder

Birthplace Goyang, South Korea

#332,122 Most Popular

About

South Korean longboard dancer and content creator known for her content focusing on gliding, pirouette-like footwork and a fashion-forward skating style that has helped popularize longboard dancing worldwide and amass her a large following of over 500,000 followers on Instagram. She has also skated for fashion brands and advertisements.

Before Fame

She earned a degree in Fine Art and Visual Communication Design. She worked as a UI designer at Naver before she became a content creator. Her design work included the selfie app B612. She started longboarding in 2014 to decompress from intense office hours. She began posting content on Instagram in 2015. Her big break came when Kero One reposted a clip of her riding to his song "So Seductive" in 2016. She then appeared in a Vogue Japan short film in 2017.

Trivia

She opened the Concept Korea presentation at New York Fashion Week by skating down the runway for the avant-garde label BESFXXK in 2023. She filmed a commissioned spot at Incheon International Airport and became the first person allowed to ride a board on the airstrip in 2023. She has been profiled by Vogue and Harper's BAZAAR Singapore.

Family Life

She is from Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Hyoyeon

Associated With

She and Kim Hyo-Yeon were both notable attendees of the Concept Korea and BESFXXK show at New York Fashion Week in 2021.

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