28. Your joy matters - Lindsey Tessada

You'll know Lindsey as @hotmomsofskateboarding on instagram. Since launching her account and her skateboarding journey in January 2024, she has built a large following and created quite a stir online. She’s a vocal champion of the the right to joy for women, and she challenges the patriarchal system that can make some women feel like they don’t have a place in the sport.

“I want other women to know that their joy is valid. The pursuit of their own joy is not only valid, but it’s crucial to having a full, experiential life”.

Lindsey took up skateboarding in her late 40s after a few years of sitting on the sidelines watching her daughter learn and feeling jealous. It was when she saw a video posted by @auntyskates that she realised that the sport could be for her as well. She took a leap of faith by going on a retreat in Costa Rica with @auntyskates, and has never looked back. 

Episode highlights:

• The retreat with @auntyskates in Costa Rica - a week of freedom and joy and girlhood.

• Creating an online presence - finding a community of female skateboarders.

• Dealing with the patriarchy - showing the authentic life of what it is to be a woman.

• In a patriarchal system, female joy is not prioritised, but you can go against this ideology and live a fully explosive, joyful life. 

• Dealing with trolls - pushing back. 

• Getting through a very intense traumatic period - coming through and finding beauty in the darkness. 

• Finding the balance between parenting and feeding your own joy.

More about Lindsey:

@hotmomsofskateboarding

Other guests mentioned in this episode:

I feel like I’m flying - Oorbee Roy aka Aunty Skates

Feel the fear and drop in anyway - Esther Sayers

Join the Board Women movement:

boardwomen.co

@boardwomen

Host: Caroline Keylock

Producer: Selma Chalabi

Photography - Clare Keylock

Artwork - Rozi Wan Rimli 

Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON

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