#304 - Amelia Brodka

Amelia Brodka discusses coming to the US from Poland when she was 8 years old, started skating at age 12, Jim Gray sponsoring her for Scarecrow Skateboards, turning pro for Arbor, founded Exposure skate in 2012 after making a documentary about women’s skateboarding called “Underexposed”, first place in the 2017 & 2018 European Park Championships, representing Poland in the Olympics for woman’s park, her now husband Alec Beck proposing to her at the Vans Combi pool during live broadcast and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Amelia Brodka 00:02:27 The Exposure skate events 00:05:29 Coming from Poland to the us 00:13:19 Our Supporter: AG1 00:14:54 Finding skateboarding 00:18:30 The exclusivity of skateboarding in the early 2000's 00:21:33 The first skate video Amelia saw 00:23:28 How she got into skating vert 00:32:25 The getting sponsored thing 00:36:04 Making it out to California 00:41:06 Meeting her future husband and being proposed to at the Vans Combi pool 00:45:28 Shout out Amelia's husband Alec Beck 00:47:30 Hiring her husband as her coach so he could go along to the Olympics 00:50:05 Opening the Olympic pandoras box 01:10:28 The women's Exposure skate events 01:43:57 The Exposure x Etnies colorway shoe 01:49:53 How Amelia got on Etnies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices