Ultimate girl guide to skateboarding
We have compiled a list of female and non binary Skateboard collectives across the UK that have their own Instagram groups. Find them and get in touch.
BrumGirlskate Located in and around Birmingham, hosts skate jams at Bournebrook DIY in Selly Oak. Also every 4 months creation skatepark collabs with brumgirlskate for girls night 6:30pm to 8:30pm. The next one is on the 4th of December. Brum Girl skate Celebrates and empowers all wheels, abilities and marginalised genders around the Birmingham area.
Brisgirlskate Located in Bristol, holds skate events every year in and around Bristol. They work closely with Campus skateboarding and tend to skate the girls night at Campus Park and Campus Pool . They recently held a block party at Dean Lane.
Girls_skatebrighton Located in Brighton is run by bycskatepark, they host weekly girls nights every Thursday 6:30-9pm, age 13+.
Girlskatelc located in and around Leicester welcomes all marginalised genders. They collaborate with skate parlour, an indoor female founded skatepark in Leicester. They hold Girls Skateboard nights monthly. The next one is on the 15th of September. Girlskatelc recently held a summer skate jam at their local skatepark.
Boardbabes_mcr located in Greater Manchester. They hold Skate sessions, jams and meet ups for women, girls, NB, trans and queer people. They work closely with projektsmcr which is a skatepark that holds women and girls only sessions every thursday evening for all ages.
Skatermumsmcr located in Greater Manchester and the North West. They hold monthly skate meets for mothers and their kids. The aim of the group is to form a community of skaters who understand the barriers and constraints that having children can put on skating. It also provides a space where parents feel they can skate or learn to skate with or without their children.
Flo_womxn_girls are located in Nottingham. They are run by Flo SkatePark which holds girls night every wednesday evening. They welcome all women, regardless of sexual orientation, race, creed or colour. Everyone is welcome, from the nervous newcomers to those who are experienced and confident in their gender.
Girlskatecambridgeshire located in and around Cambridge, works closely with the community holding skate events and jams. They recently held a skate mob to end the ourplaceisearth event sun to Saturn. They also work closely with Shredders skate school and one of the core members of the group coaches on a saturday.
Girlskateoxford located in Oxford, supports Girls and non binary skateboarding. They work closely with Oxford Wheels Project. Oxford Wheels Project is a registered charity run by volunteers. The skatepark is funded by grant applications, donations and fundraising events co-ordinated by park users.
Peterboroughqueenskate is a new skate collective for female & queer inclusive skateboarding located in Peterborough area. Even though they only started in June they have had some successful skate meetups.
Weskatesoton located in Southampton, We Skate Soton is a women-led skate community open to all skaters of all backgrounds, levels and variety of Skateboard Wheels. They meet up every couple of weeks in skateparks all around the city. This year, weskatesoton has come out with trick of the month. Every month there is a new trick that you can challenge yourself to learn.
Qsc_newcastle located in Newcastle. Qsc_newcastle is an inclusive, intersectional, and welcoming group. They give all queer people a safe, sober space to skate, all wheels welcome. They hold monthly skate meet ups and have a group chat to meet and chat to fellow skaters.
Rwtgleeds located in Leeds, Rwtgleeds (rolling with the girls) is for female and gender minority skateboarders. After undertaking a large-scale survey and census of skateboarders in Leeds, it was discovered that 25% of all skaters in the city were female or non-binary. A number not visibly reflected in the city’s main skateparks. RWTGLeeds holds minority gender skateboard sessions which are held on the last Monday of every month.
Slagcollective located in and around Blackpool. Slagcollective (Skate Like A Girl) is a collective of female identifying, non-binary and queer skaters. They hold Girls skate night every other Thursday at Plant Skate Co skatepark. They collaborated with a lot of brands to hold fundraiser for their community. Back in may they held a fundraiser with Towerpowertrax in aid of Blackpool Community Homeless Shelter, where they ran a few stalls and workshops. They have come out with their own Merch and collabed with artist moralhearts.
Colchgirlskate located in Colchester for Women and LGBTQ+ skaters. They hold meetups and seasonal jams.
Takeiteasycrew located in and around London are a Women and non-binary skateboarding posse. They collaborate with londonskatemums and poserskateproject to hold girls and non-binary skate meet ups at revolution skatepark. This summer they have also held a skate trip to Barcelona.
Skateburds located in Glasglow for women skaters. They recently held a skate event to raise money for Kingston DIY, which is DIY skatepark built by skaters.
Skatebooobs located in Edinburgh, which is a female, non- binary and queer skate crew. Skateboobs is dedicated to making the skateboarding community a welcoming space for people of all abilities, identities and ages. They wish to grow big enough to create all-inclusive events around the UK. The aim is to get more young women skateboarding, and to make the community safer and more open to females, LGBTQI+ Folk. They also want to open the conversation around mental health and wellbeing within the skateboarding scene. Skateboobs also sells merch and the money is donated to Coppa feel.
Melaningalsnpals located in London, is for marginalised genders, the LGBTQIA+ community and black and other people of colour. They hold Weekly skate meet-up sessions, creative and holistic workshops and skate trips away for BPOC adults. They collabed with we skate london which is a skate program aiming to bring skateboarding to young girls in deprived areas. They also hold MSGP Group Beginners Lessons. They aim to make skating accessible and provide weekly classes to help members of their community.
Zgirlsnewtonabbot is located in Newton Abbot. The group is run by the local skatepark the lodge, which holds girls night every Thursday at 7pm. Beginners to intermediates, all are welcome.
Girlsskatestives is located in St.Ives, Cornwall, for all wheels, levels and identities. They are part of St Ives skatepark project. The St Ives Skatepark Project is a non profit organisation which was set up in Jan 2016 to raise funds to revamp the existing skatepark. The plan was to create a fantastic new concrete skatepark that will appeal to a much wider range of users. Girlsskatestives holds monthly girls nights at St Ives skatepark.
Promqueensc is located in Cardiff. Their community is for girls ages 6-40. They have held trips to London, Bristol and Swansea to meet other girls and skate in new parks. They hold skate parties and put on events for skaters and roller girls to meet up.
Skater Owned Brands
Salon Skateboards - salon_skateboards
Salon Skateboards is a london based unisex skate brand founded by Stefani Nurding, Salon Skateboards is one of the few UK female-owned skate companies. Salon creates a range of products from stickers, to skateboards, Skate t-shirts, socks and scrunchies.
Stefani Nurding has been a fixture of the U.K skateboarding scene for a while now. They have previously been flown boards by Polar Skate Co, and also represented Vans for a number of years, recently parting ways with the company to focus on her own projects.
She said “I got inspired to start my skate brand because I noticed a trend in the industry towards brands being happy to gift products for women. Yet few brands were willing to actually represent women on their channels and websites. When they did, I felt it was in a way which pandered to their male customers. I wanted to do something positive to change this. So I decided to start my own brand, Salon Skateboards.”
Skate Parlour - skateparlour
Skate Parlour is Leicester's only indoor skatepark built by the founders of Mama Skate CIC, Yusra and Lily. It is also the UK’s first and only female owned skatepark. Skate Parlour aims to bring marginalised groups closer, and diversify the sport focusing on race and gender issues. As well as other barriers in the sport that have been found throughout recent years.
Skate Parlour with the work of Mama Skate, is a hub of skateboarding, art, culture, and social causes. Currently, they hold women only and beginners sessions.
Doyenne Skateboards - doyenneskateboards
Doyenne is a skateboarding brand run by women, founded in 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland. The brand is “more of a movement than a business” and its cause is to make skateboarding more inclusive. The brand started as a social project, donating 10% of all the proceeds to charities. This helps make skateboarding accessible in places like Afghanistan, Palestine and Cambodia.
Doyenne skateboards design inclusive gender neutral clothing and skateboards. Doyenne uses colours to reflect the brand ethos "Wearing a bright colour is an act of confidence and courage. That’s what we want our customers to feel when they wear our clothes."
The skate retreat
The Skate Retreat is the little sister company of girl skate uk. They run lessons, workshops and retreats for over 18s. They are trying to create safe spaces for women, trans and gender non conforming skaters and their allies. They want to connect everyone through skateboarding.
Organisations / communities
Skate Safe Space
Faith Shona Nandy and Alice Smith are co owners of “SKATE SAFE SPACE” on instagram. Skate Safe Space is a positive place for female and non-gender conforming skateboarders. To make contact regarding harassment, safety, concerns or worries within the skateboarding community. Faith and Alice are on hand to provide confidential support, advice, or simply to have a chat with. So if you have anything you need to get off your chest, don't hesitate to make contact. They are developing relationships with organisations and services. Some include The Ben Raemers Foundation, Victim Support and Crime Stoppers.
SkatePal
SkatePal is a non-profit organisation supporting communities throughout Palestine. Promoting the social, health and wellbeing benefits of skateboarding to enhance the lives of local youth. Based either in Asira Ash-Shamaliya or Ramallah, volunteers will be helping local skaters with the running of skateboarding classes for the local community. Skate Pal especially encourages applications from female skaters to support the growing scene in Palestine, at the moment participants' genders split 41% female and 59% male.
GRLSWIRL is a global community for skateboarding, coming together to skate, hang, make friends, and be themselves. They hold community events in all of our main cities, and invite all who feel called to join us. Underneath it all, their goal is to create a special space for communities to blossom, in the name of skateboarding.
New Wave is is a series of open skate nights meant for queer people and women. New Wave stands for empowering the underrepresented and overlooked in skateboarding and society. They made New Wave skate because alot of woman and queers get catcalled at the skatepark. The owner said “Most of the time it was so much fun, but I also got stared at or even catcalled at the skatepark. Even though I was just trying to skate. It’s pretty hard to learn a new trick whilst a man next to you is making gross remarks about your body. I started wearing baggy clothes and hoodies because I liked the style. However, by wearing big pants and hiding my long hair into my hoodie, I also hoped people wouldn’t notice I was a girl.”
Neighbourhood skate club is a women’s focussed skate community offering 1-2-1 beginner skateboarding lessons and monthly workshops, events and more. Founded by Lyndsay McLaren while in lockdown she noticed a huge increase in the number of women skating around the park by themselves. She hopes to empower women through skateboarding and also through voice and movement. Neighbourhood skate club is also committed to speaking up and standing up for themselves and others. Addressing issues such as consent, street harassment, domestic violence, sexual harassment, catcalling and male violence against women. All while offering support to survivors and victims.
Indoor Skateparks that Host Girls Nights and lessons
Birmingham - Creation Skatepark
Blackpool - Plant Skate Co
Brighton - BYC Skatepark
Bristol / Bishopsworth - Campus Pool Skatepark
Cambridge - Shredder Skate School
Darlington - 4Motion Skatepark
Hemel Hempstead - XC
Leeds - LSTen
Leicester - Skate Parlour
London - BaySixtySix
London - Revolution skatepark
Manchester - Projekts MCR
Minehead - Minehead Eye Skatepark
Newton Abbot - The Lodge Skatepark
Nottingham - Flo Skatepark
Poole - Prevail Skatehouse
Sheffield - Onboard Skatepark
St. Albans - Pioneer Skatepark
Stoke on Trent - Unit 1 Skatepark
Truro - Mount Hawke Skatepark
Winterbourne - Campus Park Skatepark
