WILLIAMS Melissa

Surfing, music. (omny.fm, 21 Sep 2019)

Husband Leon Bester

English

She took up skateboarding while growing up in Cape Town, South Africa. (omny.fm, 21 Sep 2019; Session Magazine, 04 Jan 2017)

"There was this old concrete snake run at a park right near my house. All the kids would go hang out at the park after school and I would hang out with the boys in the snake run. It was inevitable that I would get a board of my own, and that's where it all started." (omny.fm, 21 Sep 2019; Session Magazine, 04 Jan 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 10 Jun 2021)

"Skateboarding is about the freedom, the fun, the independence, all the rad music, videos, brands and culture that come with it. In the beginning it was something I could do without needing friends and with time I connected with some incredible people through it and it formed some kind of love triangle that kept it all going." (Session Magazine, 04 Jan 2017)