GIRLS SHRED SUNNY COAST

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Jun 23

A KOVE CREATIVE X SLABZOO COLLAB: The girls’ skate scene sure is thriving on the Sunshine Coast and the regular girls nights at the local skateparks answer for part of the success - the ‘girls only’ skate sessions create a safe and welcoming environment for female skaters of all ages and levels. The Slabzoo team joined in on one of the recent Girls Nights at Chiggy’s Indoor Skatepark.

To capture the night we teamed up with Kristen from Kove Creative, who brought her camera to document the supportive vibe and true love of skateboarding amongst the keen female skaters. Because that’s what these sessions are all about. Experienced skaters support newcomers with their very first drop-ins on the one-footer, while the hard hitters hype each other on to land that flip trick. And no matter the difficulty, the hype and cheer is real when someone lands a new one.

35 year old Christina practices kickflips with 14-year old Cait. 6 year old Ruth does doubles with 26 year old Kea. Ellie tries to get her grinds down while Sailor is desperate to land that first, magical kicky! “You’ve got this!” seems to be the mantra of the night, because these girls celebrate each other’s wins. Everyone is simply here for the same reason, to shred and have a bloody good time with a bunch of awesome, supportive girls.

Photos + Videography by Kristen, Kove Creative | Illustrations by Kea Kubicki | Digital + Coordination by Sophie, Slabzoo

In between tricks and slams we asked all the girls 3 essential questions:

1) Which skater would you like to be adopted by?

2) Who is your favourite female skater?

3) What trick are you dying to land?

Read on below! (Sky Brown, get ready to adopt for A LOT of rippers)

Halo, 12

I wanna be adopted by… Sabre Norris because she can do 560 air and is a great influencer

My favourite female skater is… Sabre because of.. yeah what I just said :-)

I’m dying to land… a drop off the wheelchair ramp at Chiggys [which she by the way nailed on the night!]

Olivia, 11

I wanna be adopted by… Sky Browns Parents, because it seems like she does a lot of cool stuff!

My favourite female skater is… Sky!

I’m dying to land… 360 fakie spin on the ramp

Estella, 12

I wanna be adopted by… Skye Brown because she is a really good young influencer and is nice.

My favourite female skater is… Sky because.. yes!

I’m dying to land… a 360 air

Lola, 7

I wanna be adopted by… Chiggy or Slothy so they can teach me every day

My favourite female skater is… Sky Brown!

I’m dying to land… Blunts and Kickflips

Ellie, 10

I wanna be adopted by… Sky Brown, that would be totally fun!

My favourite female skater is… Taniah Meyers and Poppy Olsen!

I’m dying to land… A nice air above the coping at Alex without getting all wobbly!

Phoebe, 8

I wanna be adopted by… only Hawk because that is the only skater I know.

My favourite female skater is… Skye Brown because she is very cool.

I’m dying to land… an Ollie

Annelise, 10

I wanna be adopted by… Sky Brown because she is a good skater!

My favourite female skater is… Poppy Olsen and Sky Brown

I’m dying to land… a blunnt./ I did it with dad’s hand and I can do it, it’s really only my thoughts holding me back.

Amelia, 8

I wanna be adopted by… Gabi :-)

My favourite female skater is… Gabi

I’m dying to land… a full cab on the mini

Kea, 26

I wanna be adopted by… Maite Steenhoudt, she has the best style and just skates for the fun of it, nothing else!

My favourite female skater is… Fabiana Delfino!

I’m dying to land… a front 5-o grind.

Gabi, 23

I wanna be adopted by… Sky Brown

My favourite female skater is… Rayssa Leal

I’m dying to land… a front 360 air - or whatever it’s called, haha.

Sailor Little, 10

I wanna be adopted by… Zepp Haynes because he got me into skating and got me to where I am at.

My favourite female skater is… Sky Brown - I looked up to her when I was younger and watched all of her videos. So cool to see a girl skater.

I’m dying to land… Boneless on the mini.

Lexi, 10

I wanna be adopted by… Micro Haylie because she has a skatepark at her house.

My favourite female skater is… Poppy Star Olsen because she went in the Olympics and gave it her best.

I’m dying to land… a Front side 50/50 in the mini bowl at Alex

Christina, 35

I wanna be adopted by… Tony Hawk or Gabi, haha.

My favourite female skater is… Rayssa Leal

I’m dying to land… a kickflip!

Cait, 14

I wanna be adopted by… Fabiana Delfino, I just like her style.

My favourite female skater is… Yeah, Fabiano

I’m dying to land… a kickflip, I landed one or two and then I lost them [note: She landed one the following week! Go Cait. ]

Christina, 32

I wanna be adopted by… I don’t know a lot of skaters, haha. This is basically my first time skating in a park! No wait. Nyjah!

My favourite female skater is… Gabi, she hit me up and told me to come skate today

I’m dying to… carve a ramp without holding hands

Amelia, 19

I wanna be adopted by… Well, I’m not a big skater, just came by today. I’d say Sky Brown, I watched her in the Olympics.

My favourite female skater is… I honestly don’t know anyone apart from Sky Brown.

I’m dying to… feel comfy on the board

Sophie, 12

I wanna be adopted by… Poppy Olsen, she is amazing. She grew up in Bondi and tried so hard and made it to the Olympics. I met her and she is SO NICE!

My favourite female skater is… Sky Brown, she is the best. She inspires a lot of kids and adults to skate. She had a massive fall but she got back up and kept a good attitude.

I’m dying to land… a 50-50 grind in the deep end at Alex!