When opportunities for women in skateboarding were disappearing, Amelia Brodka decided to create a contest of her own. What started with 34 skaters has grown into Exposure, an annual contest and gathering of women and gender-expansive skateboarders from around the world.

This week, Amelia joins Ashley to reflect on 15 years of Exposure, the next generation of skateboarders, inclusion in competition, and why skateboarding's future is about more than podiums and Olympic medals.

Plus, motherhood, finding optimism in the skate industry, and what's ahead for Exposure's 15th anniversary, November 6–8 in Encinitas, California.

When opportunities for women in skateboarding were disappearing, Amelia Brodka decided to create a contest of her own. What started with 34 skaters has grown into Exposure, an annual contest and gathering of women and gender-expansive skateboarders from around the world.
This week, Amelia joins Ashley to reflect on 15 years of Exposure, the next generation of skateboarders, inclusion in competition, and why skateboarding's future is about more than podiums and Olympic medals.
Plus, motherhood, finding optimism in the skate industry, and what's ahead for Exposure's 15th anniversary, November 6&ndash;8 in Encinitas, California.

Amelia Brodka Exposure 2026

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What makes someone valuable in skateboarding? Who gets to make that call? And what happens when the future of skateboarding looks nothing like its past?

This week, we're looking for answers in an unlikely place: professional basketball.

Skaters, stay with me here.

What makes someone valuable in skateboarding? Who gets to make that call? And what happens when the future of skateboarding looks nothing like its past?
This week, we're looking for answers in an unlikely place: professional basketball.
Skaters, stay with me here.

Who Gets to Decide?

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Maddy Brown, better known as WNBA Data, joins us to talk WNBA playoffs, making statistics interesting, what the numbers can (and can’t) tell us about sports, and the growing role of data in women’s sports.

Then we bring it back to skateboarding: an industry that has historically relied less on data and more on “seems right,” and look at the value women and gender-expansive skaters may be creating that the industry isn’t measuring. What data are we missing, what questions should we be asking, and what could the numbers tell us about the bigger story of skateboarding?

Maddy Brown, better known as WNBA Data, joins us to talk WNBA playoffs, making statistics interesting, what the numbers can (and can&rsquo;t) tell us about sports, and the growing role of data in women&rsquo;s sports.
Then we bring it back to skateboarding: an industry that has historically relied less on data and more on &ldquo;seems right,&rdquo; and look at the value women and gender-expansive skaters may be creating that the industry isn&rsquo;t measuring. What data are we missing, what questions should we be asking, and what could the numbers tell us about the bigger story of skateboarding?

What the Data Says with Maddy Brown

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Rosie Archie joins us to talk about growing up in Canim Lake First Nation, finding skateboarding, building community and starting Nation Skate Youth. Plus, the 11th annual Stop, Drop & Roll goes down in Vancouver this weekend. Thank you Rosie!

Rosie Archie joins us to talk about growing up in Canim Lake First Nation, finding skateboarding, building community and starting Nation Skate Youth. Plus, the 11th annual Stop, Drop &amp; Roll goes down in Vancouver this weekend. Thank you Rosie!

Rosie Archie

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From learning how to kickflip the second time she ever skated in flip-flops, as one does — to representing the Philippines at the Olympics, Margielyn Didal has had an incredibly impressive skateboarding career.



Margie joins us to talk about growing up in Cebu, competing before she owned a skateboard, SLS, X Games, winning the Asian Games, making the Tokyo Olympic final, breaking her ankle, getting engaged, filming a new video part and what’s next. Spoiler: a lot.

From learning how to kickflip the second time she ever skated&nbsp;in flip-flops, as one does&nbsp;&mdash; to&nbsp;representing&nbsp;the Philippines at the Olympics, Margielyn Didal has had an incredibly impressive skateboarding career. 
Margie joins us to talk about growing up in Cebu, competing before she owned a skateboard, SLS, X Games, winning the Asian Games, making the Tokyo Olympic final, breaking her ankle, getting engaged, filming a new video part and what&rsquo;s next. Spoiler: a lot.

Margie Didal

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Red Bull Bowl Rippers Marseille 
Rockstar Energy Open 
SLS Tempe Takeover 
Paige Heyn x Phoenix Mercury 
The Bunt Jam 
Unity Fest + Exposure 
Secret Lynn — Thief of Joy 
Kylie Frank and Werka Choromańska new Etnies promo video 
Slam Skateboarding x Big Heart’s State of MindChina trip - Felicity Turner & Liv Lovelace
Liv Lovelace + New Balance Southerly 
Nora Vasconcellos — Gilda 
The September street-clip challenge

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<li>Red Bull Bowl Rippers Marseille&nbsp;</li>
<li>Rockstar Energy Open&nbsp;</li>
<li>SLS Tempe Takeover&nbsp;</li>
<li>Paige Heyn x Phoenix Mercury&nbsp;</li>
<li>The Bunt Jam&nbsp;</li>
<li>Unity Fest + Exposure&nbsp;</li>
<li>Secret Lynn &mdash;&nbsp;Thief of Joy&nbsp;</li>
<li>Kylie Frank and Werka Choromańska new Etnies promo video&nbsp;</li>
<li>Slam Skateboarding x Big Heart&rsquo;s&nbsp;State of MindChina trip - Felicity Turner &amp; Liv Lovelace</li>
<li>Liv Lovelace + New Balance&nbsp;Southerly&nbsp;</li>
<li>Nora Vasconcellos &mdash;&nbsp;Gilda&nbsp;</li>
<li>The September street-clip challenge</li>
</ul>

GLWT News Desk: Podiums + Video Part Roundup

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Beatrice joins us to talk about growing up in Florida, finding her place in skateboarding, the complicated weight of being the first, leaving FA, and starting something new Desire 2911. Plus, a little bit of New York vs. San Francisco skating. 

Beatrice joins us to talk about growing up in Florida, finding her place in skateboarding, the complicated weight of being the first, leaving FA, and starting something new Desire 2911. Plus, a little bit of New York vs. San Francisco skating.&nbsp;

Beatrice Domond

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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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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.

Amelia Brodka

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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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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

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