Show notes
Episode 49 with Atita Verghese, skateboarder from Bangalore, India. Together we discussed her growing up in Bangalore, her mom being her first inspiration to become a strong independent woman and create her own lane, picking up a skateboard at 19 years old and skating with the Holystoked crew, meeting with the Make Life Skate Life crew and learning how to build skate spots, starting Girl Skate India in 2015, an organization which teaches girls how to skate, promotes gender equality and brings together skateboarders in India through workshops, going to Pushing Boarders Malmö in 2019, skating with Madars Apse recently for an episode of his show « Skate Tales », her upcoming projects… Intro (00:13) Getting started (01:13) Upbringing (02:21) Discovering skateboarding (07:36) Being a girl in this emerging skate scene (10:26) Family and friends’ reaction to her skating (14:27) Access to skateboarding gear in Bangalore in 2013 (17:41) First videos and magazines (19:13) Make life skate life (21:40) Building parks around India (22:39) Starting Girl Skate India (23:11) The challenge of skateboarding for young children in India (31:46) Vans sponsorship (34:48) Pushing Boarders 2019 in Malmö (37:21) Skateboarding not really gendered in India (40:15) Current Indian skaters the world should keep an eye on (48:01) Upcoming projects (51:27) Skate Tales episode with Madars Apse (55:42) Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (57:43) Friends questions (58:43) Conclusion (01:28:55) For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards
