Wellness Riders beginner skateboarding classes get girls ready to roll
30 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
5 minutes to read
Wellness Riders co-founders Gina Reed (left) and Sarinah Hurford. Photo / Alex Burton
By: Joanna Wane
Joanna Wane meets the wāhine skate crew getting girls off the sidelines. According to the Urban Dictionary, a skater boy is a guy who skateboards but a skater girl probably just wants to date one of them.
Try telling that to TruSkaterChick4life ( Some skater girls can ACTUALLY skateboard, she posted), or to 13-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal, currently ranked second in the world for women s street skateboarding and on track to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, where skateboarding is set to make its debut.