Ashley and Alex catch up with Amelia Brodka to talk life on the road with the X Games League, broadcasting skateboarding, the league’s inaugural season, the changing business of competitive skateboarding, her own X Games origin story, the return of vert, and what’s ahead for Exposure.

Ashley and Alex catch up with Amelia Brodka to talk life on the road with the X Games League, broadcasting skateboarding, the league&rsquo;s inaugural season, the changing business of competitive skateboarding, her own X Games origin story, the return of vert, and what&rsquo;s ahead for Exposure.

A weekly show centered on women and gender-expansive skateboarding, highlighting past, present, and future stories that rarely get the mic. Part cultural record, part real-time news brief, and part holding space for harder-to-hear truths where context and nuance can live.

A weekly show centered on women and gender-expansive skateboarding, highlighting past, present, and future stories that rarely get the mic. Part cultural record, part real-time news brief, and part holding space for harder-to-hear truths where context and nuance can live.

Good Luck With That: A Podcast About Skateboarding

Amelia Brodka

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Revisiting when Leo Baker joined GLWT. 
This episode covers a lot of ground.

Two-time Super Crown champion. Eight X-Games medals. First trans person to have a signature shoe on Nike. A body of work and video parts that we're still talking about. 

We get into being shaped by an industry that decided what was “marketable,” and the cost of surviving inside it. Walking away from the Olympic path to transition. Building brands like Glue and Tacky.


Process, obsession, and what it actually takes to own a trick.

Choosing yourself is the whole story.

Revisiting when Leo Baker joined GLWT.&nbsp; This episode covers a lot of ground. Two-time Super Crown champion. Eight X-Games medals. First trans person to have a signature shoe on Nike.&nbsp;A body of work and video parts that we're still talking about.&nbsp;
We get into being shaped by an industry that decided what was &ldquo;marketable,&rdquo; and the cost of surviving inside it.&nbsp;Walking away from the Olympic path to transition.&nbsp;Building brands like Glue and Tacky.
 Process, obsession, and what it actually takes to own a trick. Choosing yourself is the whole story.

Latest Project Choosing Joy: Leo Baker 

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This week Ashley, Nora, and Alex catch up after a busy stretch of travel to cover the X Games League finale, Sky Brown's historic week, bad internet opinions, and one tiny wet hippo.

This week Ashley, Nora, and Alex catch up after a busy stretch of travel to cover the X Games League finale, Sky Brown's historic week, bad internet opinions, and one tiny wet hippo.

One Tiny Wet Hippo

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We've had a lot of new listeners finding the show lately, thank you! It felt like the right time to revisit one of our favorite conversations with Alexis Sablone.

One of the most respected to ever do it. Chiseled into our skateboarding Mt. Rushmore. We talk process to obsession, where it helps and where it gets in the way. Early childhood attempts at Frankensteining the perfect specimen (via bugs). The time Alexis brokered a deal with an injured skater to buy her way into the X Games. Showing up to a contest in Shanghai with only two left shoes. Everything from welding to coaching to all of her new projects. And why skateboarding is just cool... and always will be.

We also finally crack the code on Alexis' IG handle @suminaynay. If you've ever wondered where it came from, you're not alone.

So if you're new to the show, this feels like a pretty perfect place to start. And if you've heard it before, I think you'll hear it with fresh ears.

Hope you enjoy -

-GLWT 

We've had a lot of new listeners finding the show lately, thank you! It felt like the right time to revisit one of our favorite conversations with Alexis Sablone.
One of the most respected to ever do it. Chiseled into our skateboarding Mt. Rushmore. We talk process to obsession, where it helps and where it gets in the way. Early childhood attempts at Frankensteining the perfect specimen (via bugs). The time Alexis brokered a deal with an injured skater to buy her way into the X Games. Showing up to a contest in Shanghai with only two left shoes. Everything from welding to coaching to all of her new projects. And why skateboarding is just cool... and always will be.
We also finally crack the code on Alexis' IG handle @suminaynay. If you've ever wondered where it came from, you're not alone.
So if you're new to the show, this feels like a pretty perfect place to start. And if you've heard it before, I think you'll hear it with fresh ears.
Hope you enjoy -
-GLWT&nbsp;

Alexis Sablone

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