Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport — skateboarding. Fifteen-year-old Chea Sophanit    1   (skate) for about six months. “When I see the different skaters, I just want to be like    2    .” he says. Sports like boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia,    3    Chea says skating has already become his favourite sport.

   4    nongovernmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes    5   (week) programs at the park. Skateistan Cambodia started its work in Afghanistan. Rory Burke works with the group,   6    expanded to Cambodia later. He says learning to deal    7    difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.

Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha began skateboarding more than a year ago. “Sometimes I don’t do well    8    subjects like math,” he says. “I feel bad when I find    9    hard to keep up with my lessons.” Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt a lot from falling off.   10   (learn) skateboarding has taught him to face difficulties and challenges.