Back in its 3rd year, Three Friday Nights returns to Goodwood Racecourse with a trio of all star DJs – Rudimental, Andy Cato of Groove Armada, and Radio 1′s Trevor Nelson – proving three really is the magic number. A combination of horse racing, music and dancing, the evenings …
Now if that title had more acronyms than you could understand, allow me to explain. Major League Baseball (MLB) the quintessential American sports league brand has introduced a new and unique creative spin to its showcase at the Bread and Butter Berlin (BBB) trade show by teaming up with UK …
Now I don’t know much about running shoes since every time I try to convince myself that running as a sport is a good idea I end up looking like a cross between Bambi trying to walk and a hyperactive squirrel. I leave serious running to the professionals, the Usain …
Editor of Sidewalk Magazine, Ben talks about his experience with women in the skateboarding industry, and gives us a guy’s perspective on women in skateboarding.
How did you get in to skateboarding?
My introduction to skateboarding was pretty much the standard one for those people who started up back …
Frauke Meyn and Erika Kinast from Skateistan talk local skateshops giving them discounts, skateboarding as a tool for development and the changes they have seen with girls/women in skateboarding. Frauke is the programs manager at Skateistan; based in Berlin, she first began working at Skateistan as a volunteer in Kabul. She …
Lisa is an American skateboarder and founder of the Girls Skate Network, a website where you can find all things about women in skateboarding. Lisa explains the origins and purpose of the website, her childhood and skateboarding, as well as giving her opinions as to why the industry is …
Mimi Knoop: professional skateboarder, artist, co-founder of hoopla skateboards and The Alliance, and 5 time X Games medal winner. This girl has it all! She chats to us about getting recognition as a female skateboarder, her and Cara-Beth Burnside’s success (personal and professional), and encouraging women and girls …
Jenna Selby is a British skateboarder, documentary filmmaker and founder of Rogue Skateboards. Back in 2008 she created the first European female skate film called ‘As If, And What?’ and is now working on a second film, ‘Scratch the Surface’ which will focus on established riders as well …
Amelia Brodka, born in Poland but raised in the US, a full time skateboarder and documentary film-maker behind ‘Underexposed’, the story of how women in skateboarding are not as widely publicized as male skateboarders in the industry. I talked to Amelia about her introduction to skateboarding, her inspiration to make …
Inspired by a resurgent skate community and a series of exciting projects, we dispatched our Culture Correspondent Nina Hoogstraate to investigate the other side of skateboarding – the women. Were they (as with other sports) sidelined as per tradition, or did skateboarding offer a forward-thinking and equality-driven environment in which …
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