25. Sharing the passion - Sarah Brownlow

Having 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 BENSON Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Board Women at weareboardwomen.substack.com/subscribe