Meet the Female Skateboarders on Tony Hawk's New Video Game
Talking Sexism, Perseverance, and More With 3 Female Skateboarders on Tony Hawk's New Video Game
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Lizzie Armanto competes at the Vans Park Series in Huntington Beach, CA, in 2017
POPSUGAR: What do you think the future of women's skateboarding looks like?
Lizzie: There's definitely going to be more girls in skateboarding, and I think we're just going to watch the level of skating continue to increase.
Aori: I think the girls' skate community is going to grow. I mean, there's already, so much growth right now as we speak. So hopefully there'll be more contests for girls in the future.
"When I started skating, there was no such thing as women's skateboarding. But now, it has its own category."
Elissa: When I started skating, there was no such thing as women's skateboarding. But now, it has its own category. I've watched the number of women and female and gender nonconforming and trans skaters just start bubbling. I've watched it multiply probably a thousand times.
For the future? I think just more progression, more people being involved, more inclusivity. I think it's spread like wildfire. If somebody's friend gets that feeling and tells them about it like, "Oh my god, I did something on my skateboard the other day and it felt so good. I tried for two hours by myself, under a bridge or in my carport, and then finally did it, and it lasted for half a second," and they tell their friend how good that half a second felt, and then their friend wants to do it, and then easily, it'll spread throughout their group, and then another group, and [so on].