<h2><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Ash Baigent&nbsp; – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ashskates/?hl=en">Ash Skates&nbsp;</a></span></span></strong></span></span></span></h2>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ash defines herself as a queer, creative and skateboarding womxn who began running creative workshops for womxn whilst in the final year of her Design degree. She has always been obsessed with skateboards and she finally taught herself how to make decks. Also, she has felt fed up with the misogynistic, sexist and offensive graphics on skateboards so she started to design and make boards. Along the way, she also started holding workshops to enable and inspire other womxn to create their own board designs and reclaim equity on skateboards.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Although she feels that there is a long way to go still when it comes to gender equity in skateboarding, she believes the situation is getting better thanks to the community that has been created.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
