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A walk in the (skate)park  | | | | | With over 50 active members in their group, the London Skate Mums are creating a supportive place for women interested in learning to skateboard. We chat to some of the mums on board(s). | | |
| | | | | | | Back row (left to right): Esther, Aga, Jardena.
Front row (left to right): Alix, Lucy, Yen, Shushan and Nesha. | | |
| | | Jardena: There was a skateboarder who’d just had a baby.
She found herself questioning whether there was a place for
her at skateparks now that she was a mum. She realised that
there would be a place if she created it. So she started the
London Skate Mums. |
| | | | | | | | | | | Lucy: I love that skateboarding doesn’t need to know any
boundaries with age, ethnicity or gender. There’s a group
I skate with that includes a six year old, a thirteen year old,
me at 42 years old, and some other younger mums. We all
skate together. | | |
| Esther: After bad days at work I always find myself thinking:
at least I got to skate to work. That’s the part of the day
when I get to feel the most like me. | | |
| | | Nesha: In skateboarding, you only have to learn the bits
you like. I love the feeling of carving. The freedom of it,
the movement of it, so I focus on carving a bowl. I know what
I like and what I want to learn. So that’s what I do. | | |
| Jardena: My favourite type of skateboarding is smooth
concrete. The idea that I can skate myself to the supermarket,
get lettuce faster than just walking, and with less hassle than
a bike. I love that. | | |
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