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asking if she actually skates and questioning how going out partying has anything to do with skating both seem like valid questions to me.
How is that even remotely relevant in context of the issue she is raising? However, she explicitly states that she loves skateboarding. I doubt anyone would even ask this question if the author was a dude. This is part of the problem. Female skateboarders have to face a ridiculous amount of doubt, suspicion, scorn, and worse. They do not have the privilege of experiencing skateboarding as a safe haven.
i've asked people on here if they skate. i heard a bunch of this lady's criticsims in real life recently but ya know what? she didn't skate. she goes 'i don't wanna be treated like a girl but i don't wanna be treated like one of the guys'.
make up your mind.
she wants us to be flirty or some shit but not really? idk.
but she used my board and could barely push, damn sure wasn't in the realm of ripping.
if we treat her w/ respect then it's lowering the bar and anyone's a skater by putting on a thrasher shirt.
that said, i'd never disrespect anyone who's legit going for it. if you're trying, you're a skater.
if homegirl rips then her thesis has validity.
i think she meant "i don't wanna be treated like a girl" = don't hit on me or try to pick me up and "but i don't wanna be treated like one of the guys" = tone down the grossness and general misogyny, as some of us can tend to get when were around all dudes for too long, which happens a lot in skating.
i could be totally wrong, but i don't think "flirty or some shit but not really?" was what she was trying to convey with that one of the guys, but not totally statement.
Don't you lower the bar for your homies and other non-pros/ams/flowmen in general? as long as they do something thats sick for them, don't you get stoked on it? Also, if someone's that much of a novice to skating that theyre learning to push then its hard to tell how committed they'll end up being to skating and how "ripping" they'll become. I agree that you shouldn't be given special treatment to learn how to push in the middle of a crowded park or spot, but i don't think theres anything wrong with helping out or encouraging a grom, girl or guy.
i meant lowering the bar as in 'you're a skater because you bought a thrasher shirt' or something equally facile.
maybe you're right but she wasn't articulating herself, it was obnoxious. to me, it was jewish american princess throwing her weight around because she's used to people kowtowing to her. skating ain't like that, you gotta participate.
she sort of pushed around a bit on my board at the DIY. didn't try ollies, didn't try shove its. didn't push for very long. to me that's not enough to come to the table and speak.
if she could ollie moving or boardslide a curb, at the very least she'd put in the work and gotten the scabs and i'd respect her as a skater and by extension, her opinion.
idk the girl in the article so maybe i'm projecting but it was synchonicity how they both came out the same time.