Our Story
Illustration By Cassie McGregor
We all met at a skatepark in September 2019 in Edinburgh. Many of us had recently moved to the city for university, and we all shared a passion for skateboarding, so we instantly got on and started hanging out. The Instagram page initially started off just as a place for us to post our edits and our stupid memes. As we continued posting and hanging out, we realised we all wanted to make a difference in the skateboarding scene.
We wanted to see a change in the way Women, Queers, and Non-Binary folk were represented in the community. We decided to use the page to create this change for ourselves.
Skateboobs is dedicated to making the skateboarding community a welcoming space for people of all abilities, identities and ages. We wish to grow big enough create all-inclusive events around the UK, to get more young women skateboarding, and to make the community safer and more open to females, LGBTQIA+ Folk, and open the conversation around mental health and wellbeing within the skateboarding scene.
We released our first line of T-shirts in 2020, to raise money for the Breast Cancer awareness charity, Coppa Feel. We teamed up with local designers and Screenprinters, and produced the Tees entirely in line with our ethics.
As we continue to grow, we have many events, ideas and projects which will be released. We aim to be here for everyone in the skating community, to spread love, and to be the role models which we once needed.
MEET THE FAMILY
Photo by Richard K Angei
Cassie McGregor (They/Them) 27
Cassie is a talented, full time tattoo-artist at BlkWrkStudio with over 5 years experience, full time husky lover and skateboarder. Cassie loves nature, camping and is a keen artist.
Founder of Shreddies Night at Transgression Skatepark, Cassie is the reason we all met and came together. Cassie has been skating for a good few years, and has developed her own unique style and is looking forward to pursuing the sport and seeing where it can take her professionally.
Photo by Richard K Angei
Eli Campbell (They/Them) 23
Eli recently graduated from Edinburgh Napier University studying BSc Animal Conservation Biology and has a passion for skateboarding and all things nature.
Eli is an innately creative person and loves to get stuck into filming for edits and doing DIY projects or going for weekends away exploring in their Van, “Angelina”.
Eli has a unique eye for film and digital photography, check out some of their photos here: @wee_lens
Eli hopes to take skateboarding throughout their life in different countries and learn about the different ways in which skateboarding can improve people’s lives.
Photo by Gair Brisbane
Felix Ritchie (They/Them) 22
Felix is a recent University graduate with a BSc (Hons) degree in Physical Activity & Health. This is fitting with their physical lifestyle and passion for bodybuilding.
Felix loves to delve into the modelling world and does the odd shoot here and there, this is a path Felix hopes to explore more into and is always taking on the odd job.
“Many of my best memories in life so far have been with the guys (skateboobs). They will be cherished, and many more memories are in the making. We hope to travel a lot more this year and try and make every coming year better and bigger than our last. Watch this space!”
Photo by Eli Campbell
Nancy Hankin (She/Her) 22
Nancy moved to Edinburgh from Aberdeenshire for college. After discovering how boring the course was she had chosen, Nancy dropped out and now works in the local skate shop, Focus!
Nancy loves how skateboarding opens a whole new perspective on spaces and places. It allows you to see and use the city and it’s architecture in a such unique way.
Nancy has spent 4 months in Palestine with SkatePal over the last year teaching skateboarding.
‘When I am happiest, I am exploring with my skateboard and my friends’
Photo by Richard K Angei
Meg Wriggles (She/Her) 22
Meg is currently studying Film and Television production at Edinburgh College of Art. Meg is an aspiring artist and oil painter, taking great interest in oil painting, sculpture and film.
Meg loves to intertwine her passion for art and filming into her love for skateboarding, and believes that skateboarding is an innately creative sport. She wishes to use these interest to shed light on issues within the community, and start an open conversation regarding gender, mental health, and LGBTQI+ issues.
Visit her Website here.
