<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Ash Baigent&nbsp; – </span></span></strong></span></span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/boardofthis/?hl=en"><span><span><span><strong><span><span><span><span>Board of This</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><strong><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span></strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ash defines herself as a queer, creative and skateboarding woman who began running creative workshops for women 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 women 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>

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