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Brian Anderson is a badass.
He's won Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year award and won the World Cup of Skateboarding back in 1999. His video parts are legendary, and not surprisingly, he's a hero to many kids who skate.
And now there's even more reason to like and respect him - he publicly came out as gay.
Many of the people close to him have known for a while, but it wasn't until recently that BA felt like it was safe to share with the public.
In this clip from Vice, he describes how one of his main motivations for coming out was to make it easier for other kids who are in the closet.
What's most shocking are the comments in the YouTube comments section. Usually the comment section is a cesspool of the worst of humanity, but in this case, the comments are consistently supportive and positive. How rad.
If you've got the time to watch the clip (and you skate), it's worth it.