<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ash says that “empowering and showing that we exist is the first step to being seen as equal”.&nbsp; She wanted to encourage and support fellow women in the industry but she struggled to find any woman making their own skateboards. In response, she set out to reclaim skateboards for women by producing the decks herself. Her workshops are intended to get women involved with creating their own graphics on skateboards; putting their own messages into the world. This is a form of personal protest and an effort to outnumber the bad graphics that exist.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ash’s projects were kind of different from the rest of the 2020 ROLL Models. Despite some of them using art and creative activities in their programmes, Ash highlighted the creative aspect as the main topic.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span><span><span><span><em><span>“It was really cool to be part of the [ROLL Models] project. My project was to make five women build up a skateboard. It was about teaching women how to build a skateboard and also how to ride it as well.” </span></em></span></span></span></span></p>
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