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How Women Skateboarders Are Changing the Sport—All the Way to the Olympics

The gender bias in skateboarding has been steadily closing, thanks to a generation’s worth of hard-won victories, harder work, and spectacular talent by its female stars. Up next? The 2020 Olympics.

Director: Arto Saari
DP: Jon Holland, Greg Bolyard
Assistant Director: Dan Dealy
Editor: Joe G. and Matt Payne
Music "Zoe" Stelios Phili @steliosphili

Released on 03/07/2018

Transcript

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(skateboards clattering over pleasant electro rock music)

(skateboard thumping)

(pleasant electro rock music)

(skateboards clattering over pleasant electro rock music)

(onlooker gasps)

(skateboards clattering over pleasant electro rock music)

(onlookers gasping)

(skateboards clattering over pleasant electro rock music)

(pleasant electro rock music)

(skateboards clattering over humming traffic)