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27. 27. Old Lady Skater - Amy Bradshaw
35:51||Ep. 27Amy, aka @oldlady_skater, is an inspiration to us all. Having skated as a child, and even represented Vans, she stopped whilst still at school, and only took it up again at the age of 42 after her kids were grown up (her kids weren't in to skateboarding). Now she is 60 and retired, she spends much of her time in the skate park. She’s an advocate for pushing a little, taking a few risks, and seeing where it might get you.“Once you have it in your mind that you know you can do it, doing it is easier. It’s when you don’t think you can do it that you have a problem.”Episode highlightsTrying to master backside disasters and falling a lot. Getting in to skateboarding as a child - "my parents got divorced and it was a good distraction".Trying out for Vans and getting in to the team.Having children early and focussing on being a mum.Getting back in to skateboarding at the age of 42, and never looking back. Now 60, retired, and at the skate park all the time, often with friends of all ages.Loving the skate parks you used to hate.Finding a following on instagram as @oldlady_skater.Being diagnosed with ADHD and why skateboarding is good for an ADHD brain - “you have to be present and skateboarding forces you in to that presence".Amy's advice: Take a few risks. Put your pads on and try hard things.More about Amy Bradshaw:@oldlady_skaterJoin the Board Women movement:boardwomen.co@boardwomenHost: Caroline KeylockProducer: Selma ChalabiPhotography - Clare KeylockArtwork - Rozi Wan Rimli Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON
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26. 26. Shooting for the female gaze - Bronwen Foster-Butler
39:25||Ep. 26As Chief Marketing Officer of Finisterre, Bronwen Foster-Butler is passionate about how women are represented in the brand.“Is the woman leading or is she following? Is she on a big wave or is she on a smaller wave? It’s being aware of biases that we’ve internalised around how women are represented, and trying to challenge them.” Episode highlights:Surfing dressed as a carrot at the Finisterre summer party.Bronwen’s journey into surfing in her late 30s.Growing up on a ski mountain and learning at the age of 2.Being one of the only female snowboarders, and becoming a coach.Finding a love of the sea later in lifeWhy women are becoming strong and how Finisterre shoots for the female gazeMore about Bronwen:@bronwenfb@finisterrefinisterre.comJoin the Board Women movement:boardwomen.co@boardwomenHost: Caroline KeylockProducer: Selma ChalabiPhotography - Clare KeylockArtwork - Rozi Wan Rimli Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON25. 25. Sharing the passion - Sarah Brownlow
40:41||Ep. 25Having admired skateboarders for decades, music and culture photographer Sarah Brownlow took the plunge and tried it out for herself in her 40s. She says of that experience:“I got on it and I absolutely loved it - the feeling of flying and doing this thing that was so difficult and so dangerous, but so rewarding. A light went on and that was it, I was hooked.”Sarah went on to become a skate coach and eventually founded @brighton_girls_skate_club. Her mission is to show girls and women that skateboarding can be for them.Episode highlightsGrowing up in a world where girls and women didn’t skate and where there was no encouragement to do so.First experience of the ‘buzz of the board’ - on a snow board.Moving to Bali and photographing skateboarders at Pretty Poison nightclub.Learning to skate board back in the UK - “I was pretty addicted from the off”. Learning to coach on the ‘Get Rolling’ scheme alongside pros such as Lucy Adams and dealing with imposter syndrome. Sharing the passion - teaching girls to skateboard at Brighton Girls School and founding a skate school.More about Sarah Brownlow:@sarah_brownlowsarahbrownlow.com@brighton_girls_skate_clubBecoming a coach:SkateboardGB Get Rolling Coaching CourseJoin the Board Women movement:boardwomen.co@boardwomenHost: Caroline KeylockProducer: Selma ChalabiPhotography - Clare KeylockArtwork - Rozi Wan Rimli Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON24. 24. Ambassador for change - Gemma Palmer-Dighton
35:51||Ep. 24SUP racer extraordinaire Gemma Palmer-Dighton @getgemma is a #Shepaddles ambassador. Her mission is to demonstrate to others that the sport is open to all, and to improve its accessibility. When Gemma began to get in to paddling she struggled to find representation of black paddlers, and she’s determined to change that. Gemma has done some incredibly hardcore paddle races including the Great Glen (92km), and has set up an entire SUP community #SUPHuntingdon to bring people together around the sport.Episode highlightsThe beauty of being on a board in nature.How turning to SUP to rehabilitate an injury, sparked a passion for competing in the sport.Becoming a #Shepaddles ambassador with a mission to broaden representation.Building community around SUP.Getting out of a tight spot during the Great Glen.More about Gemma Palmer-Dighton:@getgemmaGroups and races Gemma mentions:@paddleuk@greatglenchallengeTrent 100Join the Board Women movement:boardwomen.co@boardwomenHost: Caroline KeylockProducer: Selma ChalabiPhotography - Clare KeylockArtwork - Rozi Wan Rimli Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON23. 23. The Confidence Sessions live @ the Tremula Festival
46:01||Ep. 23Recorded live at the Tremula Festival in Brighton on Saturday 21 September, this week’s episode is a different format to usual. Five inspirational women, all of whom are passionate about board sports, share their innermost stories and tips about confidence: having it, losing it, re-gaining it and holding on to it - all through the prism of being on a board.Featuring:Sarah BrounlowSam Hadad Gemma Palmer-DightonDanni UnwayNicky WoodhouseThis panel kicks off a new series of events that Board Women will be putting on across the country - The Confidence Sessions. We’ll be looking for panel members to be part of these future events, so if you’re an instructor, someone who runs a community, someone who took these sports up later in life, or a confidence/women’s health specialist, and you fancy taking part in a Confidence Session, contact us @boardwomen.More about Tremula:Special thanks to Francesca Turauskis of the Tremula Network for hosting Board Women at this year's Tremula Festival.Join the Board Women movement:boardwomen.co@boardwomenHost: Caroline KeylockProducer: Selma ChalabiPhotography - Clare KeylockArtwork - Rozi Wan Rimli Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON22. 22. I found a new me - Marianne Clark
40:49||Ep. 22A lawyer for her whole career, Marianne realised one day that enough was enough, jacked it in, and retrained as an endurance coach in swimming, triathlons and more recently in Surf Fitness. She picked up surfing and snowboarding in her 50s and runs the SurfFit class I go to in Brighton each week and is quite simply, brilliant.Episode highlightsMarianne's love of fitness & how it inspires confidenceChanging attitudes to age and activityBringing women together through communityWhy coaches have a responsibility to inspire & supportHer F**k you response to the snowboard coach who told her she was too old!More about Marianne:@marianneclarkptGroups Marianne mentions:Ocean Set@ocean.setJoin the Board Women movement:boardwomen.co@boardwomenHost: Caroline KeylockProducer: Selma ChalabiPhotography - Clare KeylockArtwork - Rozi Wan Rimli Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON21. 21. Opportunity in struggle - with Grace Marshall
47:37||Ep. 21Author of ‘Struggle: the surprising truth, beauty and opportunity hidden in life’s shittier moments’, Grace’s take on struggle fits brilliantly in to the world of board sports, and so we're delighted to be back after the summer break with this episode. Grace is an award winning speaker, author, chief encourager and struggle strategist, and for before joining this chat, she gave skateboarding a go for the first time.“This thing we call struggle is quite often the place where we learn, where we discover, where we stretch, where we might find something that that we wouldn’t have found otherwise….sometimes it’s not until we find ourselves in struggle that we discover what we’re made of.”Episode highlights:Struggle as the birth place of our best work. Shining a light in the middle of the tunnel, rather than trying to get out of it.With curiosity, what are the rich learnings we can glean from our moments of struggle?Skateboarding for the first time - the power of invitation to try something new. Understanding the four stages of competence.High functioning fear - what is it and how does it limit us?More about Grace:gracemarshall.com@gracemarshallninjaOthers mentioned in this chat:yellowhatskateschool.com@yellowhatskateschoolJoin the Board Women movement:boardwomen.co@boardwomenHost: Caroline KeylockProducer: Selma ChalabiPhotography - Clare KeylockArtwork - Rozi Wan Rimli Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON