There's somebody
on a Skype call wanting to speak to you
Who is it?
It is Tony Hawk
Hey guys, how are you?
Good
I heard you guys skate at Livingston
and I got to go there one time in my life
I think it's cool that you guys skate there
because even though Livingston
might be challenging for you guys
it's gonna help you in the end
cause you're gonna be able to skate
anything going forward
It's proper gnarly
Everything's gonna feel smooth after that
Totally
I think that the fact that you guys are so passionate
and that anyone sees you out there
is going to be inspired
or when you're out there on social media
and especially inspiring a generation of girls
it's hugely important
Bye bye
I cannot believe...
What just happened there?
We just Skyped Tony Hawk
Aw I'm just so happy
I think everybody just thinks like
skating's like a boys sport
Like I think that's what everybody's thinking
and they're like
You shouldn't be skating
you should be like
inside playing with dolls
Cause there wasn't so many girls skating
at first they just wanted to make
their own little unit
their own little team
and they were calling theirselves skate rats
and then they were like
they all had wobbly teeth at the same time
and they were saying they were like little snaggle teeth
and they just came up with this idea
that they were snagglerats
Snagglerats!
They don't want to be known as girl skateboarders
they just want to be skateboarders
We set up the snagglerats
cause we knew how we should inspire more girls
We thought that girls should have
the chance to do everything
to be able to do stuff what boys can as well
If there was a skate park that we could go to
that was well maintained that we could skate at
then it would obviously
wouldn't hold them back
I feel like they're being held back
because I can't afford to pay them to an indoor park
which is a safe place to go
The main issue is the surface here
A lot of people think this place is really gnarly
Definitely yeah enough to knock a kid off of their balance
and send them flying
Like up here
it's like
There's mud starting from here
Like mud starting from here that you actually slip on
Is that slippy?
Feel how deep this is
It's almost the size of my hand
It's concrete
It's not wood, it's not grass
it's solid thick concrete
Cause all it takes is one fall
One fall and that's months and months
of building their confidence back up
to get back to that point again
Do you know trying to encourage your kids to do something
but knowing inside you that you're like
Should I actually be doing that?
There's no way these events can be just boys
and without making a big deal about it
or saying, you know
let's have equality in skateboarding
the only way we're really gonna get that
is if we travel the miles and put the miles in
and show up at the competitions and say
here's what the skating community is
There's girls here and they're bloody good
Yeah they're willing to go at it
Aye
Yeah we have fun as well
Yeah definitely
Road trip!
Skateboarding's just went in to the Olympics
and you've got all these younger generation
and older generation
that are finally recognising the sport
for what it is
and there's nowhere for them to practice
It should all get resurfaced
We could all get a big huge skateboard crew
tae go here
Or we could do a big skate to get money
so we could get enough money...
Like fundraise?
Yeah to get enough money
to get the stuff we need to make the stuff
Right, so let's post that
Yeah
Let's get it going and make Livi skate again
Yeah
There is going to be a fun day at Livingston
on the 30th of November
Bring a helmet and pads
and just come along, enjoy
We're gonna teach the children how to skate
We have spare skateboards as well
So don't worry
you don't need to get a skateboard
There's a whole generation ae kids here
that want to skate it
and they want to skate it at its best
You guys
these three here
are the reason that this all happened here today!
They wanted to spread the joy of skateboarding
through everybody
and like I said earlier
they started their very own little skate crew
and today
they're gonna hand out some t-shirts
to the people that are joining in with their crew
Once I'm older and I've got my own
I've got like a family
I think like we're gonna be like skating for about...
every day
at Livi