I have noticed that in blading there is a heavy imbalance between the amount of males and females.
A female on blades is the exception; men seem to rule the sport in every aspect—from shredding to company ownership to sheer numbers. I take this to be a supreme bum-rush. What are we doing wrong?
One time Frank Stoner and I had a conversation about this and I think he put it best. In sports like surfing, skiing, and snowboarding, there is a strong female following.
Granted they are still male dominated sports, but the ratio of male to females in those sports out weighs rollerblading. Anyways, those activities are more family oriented and I think that’s one reason the females are plentiful there and not in rollerblading. Families with little girls will go on a ski trip every winter, exposing that little girl to the snow, balancing her ski’s, witnessing demo’s, etc.
That type of exposure at a young age makes all the difference in the long run. But, the rollerblader girls get pretty spoiled for sure.
The idea was to get more girls involved with extreme sports.
There was demos from the Female Pro’s and we gave out loads of freebies. Guys were welcome as always. Hundreds of people turned up to the event and it was a great success.
Well… it finally happened! Nope not the first black president of America, nor the fact that Slumdog Millionaire finally scooped a stack of awards at the Oscars after what seemed like a years build up – no sir… it was Rampworx very first Ladies Day Event. ‘A what!”, I hear you cry!
Yep.. a ladies day event… designed to get more girls involved in the sports that we cater for at our little skatepark tucked away in the corner of a city more renowned for its football, politics and music than for the best location in Europe to host free wheeled extreme sports events. (more…)
So, today i got bored and decided to go out skating by myself since everyone else was working / at school. it ended up being a pretty fun little skate =).
Later on in the day, this randomly popped into my head, “adventures in SD with AG!”.
I decided to run with the idea, because it rhymed and i think it will be a fun little project for me, since i seem to have a lot of free time during the day.
Hope you enjoy, and be on the lookout for more of these little adventures of mine =)
I also want to say THANK YOU to Geoff, Matt and Matt (SDSF) and Adam Kilgore (DENIAL) for helpin me out and for being rad!