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The article is absolute nonsense. Is Nora the future of skateboarding? Sure! But she's also skateboarding's past. Her perspective of skateboarding culture is as

The article is absolute nonsense. Is Nora the future of skateboarding? Sure! But she's also skateboarding's past. Her perspective of skateboarding culture is as it was for at least the past couple of decades. We do keep out the posers — the people who take it on as a competitive sport instead of living the lifestyle. It's clear from the article that Nora is a real skater. The final few paragraphs are a blatant attempt to shoehorn a sexist us-vs-them political agenda into a culture where girls were never not welcome.

lloeki 9y ago
> The final few paragraphs are a blatant attempt to shoehorn a sexist us-vs-them political agenda into a culture where girls were never not welcome. This is in stark contrast with the video embedded right next to that part, which clearly is not being unwelcome: «I just think being a woman in skateboarding, it was just a very solitary thing, in the beginning i was by myself but also solitary and the social and community aspects of it, a lot of guys are intimidated by a girl being at a skatepark just as much as I'm intimidated by them being there» I have a hard time believing Nora would say the following out of the blue: «For some reason, women are more welcoming and maternal. Skateboarding could really use that personality.» especially given the display of supportive people laid out in the Adidas video, and especially with Andrew Reynolds acting like such a supporting, open and welcoming figure since so long. It feels like some twisted out-of-context quote. Also, I can't speak for a past I was not involved with, but this is the skateboarding community I know: welcoming for everyone, of any sex, gender or colour, or status, as long as you're genuine about skateboarding.
arkades 9y ago
They didn’t wait until the final few paragraphs to build this up as a gender/race conflict. “In 2018, skateboarding is going through a similar change from the inside out. There’s increasingly less space between what skateboarding actually is and what a bunch of middle-aged men perceive it to be. That wave of change is best represented by the breakout success of Nora Vasconcellos.” I’d argue the “white” in “middle-aged men” is implicit.

lloeki 9y ago

> The final few paragraphs are a blatant attempt to shoehorn a sexist us-vs-them political agenda into a culture where girls were never not welcome. This is in stark contrast with the video embedded right next to that part, which clearly is not being unwelcome: «I just think being a woman in skateboarding, it was just a very solitary thing, in the beginning i was by myself but also solitary and the social and community aspects of it, a lot of guys are intimidated by a girl being at a skatepark just as much as I'm intimidated by them being there» I have a hard time believing Nora would say the following out of the blue: «For some reason, women are more welcoming and maternal. Skateboarding could really use that personality.» especially given the display of supportive people laid out in the Adidas video, and especially with Andrew Reynolds acting like such a supporting, open and welcoming figure since so long. It feels like some twisted out-of-context quote. Also, I can't speak for a past I was not involved with, but this is the skateboarding community I know: welcoming for everyone, of any sex, gender or colour, or status, as long as you're genuine about skateboarding.

arkades 9y ago

They didn’t wait until the final few paragraphs to build this up as a gender/race conflict. “In 2018, skateboarding is going through a similar change from the inside out. There’s increasingly less space between what skateboarding actually is and what a bunch of middle-aged men perceive it to be. That wave of change is best represented by the breakout success of Nora Vasconcellos.” I’d argue the “white” in “middle-aged men” is implicit.