2 Encinitas Teens Compete In Debut Olympic Skateboarding

ENCINITAS, CA — Two teenage girls from Encinitas will make history this month as they travel to Tokyo to compete in the Olympic debut of park skateboarding, according to multiple reports.

Bryce Wettstein, 17 and Brighton Zeuner, 17, will compete for Team USA in Park Skateboarding. The Encinitas duo, who are also best friends, will compete on the women's team, KXAN reported.

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Bryce told the station that she started skating when she was just 5 years old.

"I think I first knew that I wanted to be a skateboarder when I finally realized that every day I could go on, pretty much embark on, a new excursion to find little bits and pieces of myself, and so I finally had all the Jenga pieces to make me who I was," she told KXAN.

Bryce competed at the Summer X Games as a lead-up to the Olympics on July 11-18, the Encinitas Advocate reported.

The Olympic street and park skateboarding competitions will start July 25 and end Aug. 5.