<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Besides the regular skate lessons, she had originally organized a “challenge moment” and a contest at the end of the program, where the girls could win something related to skateboarding. Sadly, this final event could not be celebrated due to the Covid restrictions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Since María also has her own sustainable clothing brand&nbsp; “<a href="https://www.notjustalabel.com/turtlehorn">Turtlehorn</a>”, she integrated some creative workshops related to skateboarding into her program as well. This includes:&nbsp; making a batik (fabric dyeing) workshop, a personalized sticker workshop and showing some videos of girls skateboarding as an inspiration before starting the main program. These creative workshops took place at the Bleiberger Fabrik in Aachen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Despite times being challenging and difficult due to Covid-19 pandemic, she found a way to adapt her program to the situation. Apart from adopting basic sanitary measures such as wearing masks and gloves, keeping a safe distance and having hand sanitizer at the sessions and using a broomstick to hold on instead of touching the participants, she also integrated the <a href="https://www.goodpush.org/blog/guidelines-safe-skateboarding-lessons-during-covid-19">COVID Skate Guidelines</a>&nbsp;that came out of the Goodpush Alliance webinars to support social skate projects during the pandemic.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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<span><span><span><span><span><span>Speaking about</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span> the adaptations she made during quarantine, María says:&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><em><span>“We decided to make some videos in the meantime for the girls so they can practice at home or find a spot and practice there. We are also spot-checking and making videos. That was helpful and inspiring for them for sure.”</span></em></span></span></span></span></p>
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