Skylah MacAskill isn't your typical skateboarder.

For one thing, she's four years old – and, when she hits the park, she wears a dinosaur onesie or a tutu.

With her dad Jay and older sister Ava in-tow, the family has found a new way of connecting — as a "skate family". A long-time skater who had drifted away from the sport for the last eight years or so, Mr MacAskill dusted off his old board after a park was built near his daughter's daycare.

"I put Skylah on the board. She was scared at first, but once she rolled down the ramp she didn't want to stop," he said.

"Within a week I was buying her a proper skateboard. That's where it all began," he said.

Soon, his eldest daughter Ava swapped her scooter for a skateboard, and the family discovered Skate Mates – also known as Sk8 M8s. Now b

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