By: Hanna Qian

Since the pandemic started, all sports have had a big surge of participants. One

sport that had a big boost was skateboarding and surfing for the Aussies.

Skateboarding and surfing weren’t the only sports that had extra participants.

Basketball was the fastest growing team sport. There are many other sports that have

grown as well. According to Kidsnews, “The report found “exergaming”– using game

consoles* like Xbox or PlayStation to do exercise – was also on the rise, soaring* from

fewer than 10,000 participants in 2019 to 935,000 in 2021.” Not only has sports surged,

but also game stations that do exercises.

With women most active, Ella Smit from Gippsland said she fell in love with

skateboarding when watching the professionals do it. “I saw girls skating and doing

tricks on TV and YouTube and wanted to give it a go,” Ella said. As this time is perfect

for trying new things, it also is the surge where other kids can try it too.