Skateboarding is classified by the Olympics as an “acrobatics + combat” sport — which is both terrifying and… kind of accurate.

This week, Ashley Rehfeld is joined by Mimi Knoop and Alex White on the sports desk to unpack: Brazil World Skate prep, SLS results, whether skateboarding is a sport or just athletic anarchy, and why the future can hold both street culture and real infrastructure.

Plus, we issue a formal challenge: Skaters — stop gatekeeping your own clips. Hard post the footage already.

Skateboarding is classified by the Olympics as an&nbsp;&ldquo;acrobatics + combat&rdquo;&nbsp;sport &mdash; which is both terrifying and&hellip; kind of accurate.
This week, Ashley Rehfeld is joined by Mimi Knoop and Alex White on the sports desk to unpack: Brazil World Skate prep, SLS results, whether skateboarding is a sport or just athletic anarchy, and why the future can hold both street culture and real infrastructure.
Plus, we issue a formal challenge: Skaters &mdash; stop gatekeeping your own clips. Hard post the footage already.

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

Acrobatics + Combat

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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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Lau Willems is having a breakout year. We talk about growing up skating in Belgium, leaving a career in engineering, and going all-in on skateboarding. We also get into the story behind her L.A.U. Unity part, filming Postcards From Lisbon with Adidas, navigating online hate, joining THERE, and what comes next.

Lau Willems is having a breakout year. We talk about growing up skating in Belgium, leaving a career in engineering, and going all-in on skateboarding. We also get into the story behind her L.A.U. Unity part, filming Postcards From Lisbon with Adidas, navigating online hate, joining THERE, and what comes next.

Lau Willems 

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- Rockstar Energy Open — Video Qualifier Open. (Ria Tanno Breakout video submission)

- Jackalope Canada preview

- Adjacency Bias Conference

- Street League Takeover: Rio & Tempe

- World Skate adds Vert World Championships. Could Vert become an Olympic discipline?

- X Games League.— Sacramento & Chiba recap, Championship Finals next week in New Orleans

- Shout out Amelia Brodka appreciation corner

- Postcards From Lisbon now streaming, featuring Lau Willems & Lilli Werner

- Nora Vasconcellos on the road with Adidas - If you're in Boston, go say hi!

 

Next week's guest: Lau Willems.

XOXO, talk soon

- GLWT

- Rockstar Energy Open &mdash; Video Qualifier Open. (Ria Tanno Breakout video submission)
- Jackalope Canada preview
- Adjacency Bias Conference
- Street League Takeover: Rio &amp; Tempe
- World Skate adds Vert World Championships. Could Vert become an Olympic discipline?
- X Games League.&mdash; Sacramento &amp; Chiba recap, Championship Finals next week in New Orleans
- Shout out Amelia Brodka appreciation corner
- Postcards From Lisbon now streaming, featuring Lau Willems &amp; Lilli Werner
- Nora Vasconcellos on the road with Adidas - If you're in Boston, go say hi!
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Next week's guest: Lau Willems.
XOXO, talk soon
- GLWT

GLWT Hard-Hitting News Desk

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