Vitória Mendonça is having a moment. Fresh off Women’s Skater of the Year at Brazil’s STU Awards and a new part in Element’s Search video, Vitória joins GLWT to talk about growing up in Campo Grande, Brazil, moving to São Paulo to be in the mix, turning pro in the middle of absolute Copenhagen Open chaos, and buying her mom a house in the same year.We get into Brazil’s skate scene, style, sponsorship politics, the power of showing up to community events like Unity Fest and Wheels of Fortune, and why Vitória believes dreaming shouldn’t be a privilege.

<p>Vit&oacute;ria Mendon&ccedil;a is having a moment. Fresh off Women&rsquo;s Skater of the Year at Brazil&rsquo;s STU Awards and a new part in Element&rsquo;s Search video, Vit&oacute;ria joins GLWT to talk about growing up in Campo Grande, Brazil, moving to S&atilde;o Paulo to be in the mix, turning pro in the middle of absolute Copenhagen Open chaos, and buying her mom a house in the same year.We get into Brazil&rsquo;s skate scene, style, sponsorship politics, the power of showing up to community events like Unity Fest and Wheels of Fortune, and why Vit&oacute;ria believes dreaming shouldn&rsquo;t be a privilege.</p>

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.

<p>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.</p>

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Vitória Mendonça: STU Women’s Skater of the Year

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