Nayara Nishimuta
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About
Brazilian professional downhill longboard skateboarder known for being a two-time professional downhill champion and an 11-time South American gold medalist. She is also known for sharing her riding clips, competition footage, and training sessions with fans on Instagram and TikTok under the handle @nayaranishimuta.
Before Fame
She fell in love with skateboarding at a young age and was drawn to downhill longboarding. She began competing in Brazil and sharing skating content online in the late 2010s. She won the Longboard Professional category at the Brazilian Championship in May 2022.
Trivia
She regularly posts extreme downhill videos with some filmed on Brazilian mountain roads where she reaches speeds over 35 miles per hour. She is known to ride a wood-light deck longboard setup. She was one of the skaters featured in Apple's Brazilian TikTok campaign #SkateTbConta in 2022. She has been featured by ESPN Woman via Longboard Girls Crew Brazil. She has been involved in women's skate clinics and outreach.
Family Life
She grew up in São Paulo, Brazil. She is of Japanese descent.
Associated With
She and Letícia Bufoni are both female professional skateboarders from Brazil.
