Sky at Venice Skatepark - Photo Ian Logan

Sky helping the kids at Salvation Army Program - Photo Heidi Lemmon

If you have been wondering where young skate phenom, Sky Brown has been these days (her Instagram has been unusually quiet we have been told) and people expecting to see her, along with Tony Hawk at the recent Jackalope Festival or competing at the Asian Games were disappointed & confused as to where she might be. Well, here's your answer.

It looks like the pint-sized mini shredder is talented at more than just skateboarding, and will soon be one of the twelve celebrity dancers on the new TV show, Dancing With the Stars: Junior - Season 1. Rehearsals and filming have been going on for a awhile now so Sky was tied up in that which explains missing Jackalope and the Asian Games. Usually, when you sign up to be on one of these shows you can not do other sports that may put you at risk for getting injured while filming is taking place. That would be no skateboarding.

The twelve young celebrities chosen to be on the show have been a closely guarded secret, but photos of some them, including Sky, coming out of rehearsals at the DWTS studios started speculation which led to a full list being published on underground DWTS blogs.

Sky will be competing with young professional ballroom dancer,  JT Church from Arizona, who has been on previous dance & lip sync shows.

Other celebrity contestants Sky will be competing against include; Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson from Toddler & Tiara's fame, Tripp Palin who just happens to be the grandson of Sarah Palin,   Sophia Pippen, who is former NBA player, Scottie Pippens, daughter and a bunch of kids who star on TV shows or are known dancers. It's a pretty tough group of seasoned pros.

Tune into ABC on October 7 to watch the first episode of Dancing With the Stars: Junior - Season 1 and cheer Sky on!