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On April 16th 2022, Rolling With The Girls (RWTG) along with artist/skateboarder Harry Meadley, support from Leeds 2023 and hosts Leeds Playhouse worked together to put on the city’s first ever organised and permitted street skating session – a session exclusively for female and gender minority skateboarders. After undertaking a large-scale survey and census of skateboarders in Leeds, it was discovered that 25% of all skaters in the city were female or non-binary – a number not visibly reflected in the city’s main skateparks, let alone skate spots.

Seeking to alter this and to work towards establishing safer and more inclusive street skating spaces in the city, this inaugural event at Leeds Playhouse was a celebration of not just the female and minority gender skateboard community (which is certainly was), but of the possibility of civic and cultural institutions working together with skateboarders to bring about positive change for all. Not only that, but as an artistic and creative act in itself, the event was also an occasion to support and encourage more female and gender minority skateboarders to gain experience with filming – an area of our community still overwhelmingly male dominated. Please enjoy the video edit of the event by Hilda Quick, the follow this link for the full report on the historic day, including photography and a number of quotes from those present: https://www.theskateboarderscompanion...

The next Playhouse × RWTG event will take place on Saturday 30 July. Please follow @rwtgleeds on instagram for updates.

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