A pint-size star - Issaquah Press
His parents watch as their 6-year-old performs “railslides’’ at a Bellevue outdoor skateboard park. Fox Rio Brunner tumbles on the concrete, dusts himself off and gets back up to try the same move. He’s still a little boy, but Brunner just put on a skateboarding demonstration in Shanghai at the Kia World Extreme Games and soon will head to South Africa, where he’s again been invited to show off what some call prodigal skills. Though he has barely been skateboarding for a year, the kid’s meteoric rise not only has him traveling overseas, but rubbing shoulders with legends Tony Hawk and Steve Caballero. His mom and dad, Meagan and Jamie, have to screen calls at their Issaquah home from agents, would-be sponsors and even the Walt Disney Company, all seeking business with a child fresh out of kindergarten. “This has all been one big blur for us,’’ Meagan says. He shyly gives yes or no answers in an interview until he’s asked about how he stumbled into skateboarding while he and his dad were shopping for a snowboard. “I saw a skateboard hanging up by the wall,’’ Fox says. His parents couldn’t believe how quickly he took to the sport. The Brunners travel regularly to California, where Fox competes in a monthly amateur circuit. Source: www.issaquahpress.com
