I hope all of the mothers, aunts, and caregivers had an superior day at this time, particularly everybody who raised funds on the 20th Annual Mighty Mama Skate-o-Rama, which was launched by Barb Odanaka, and arranged by Patti McGee‘s daughter, Hailey Villa this yr! Among the finest responses to a skateboard historical past put up is once I see a remark like, “That’s my mother!” and I get to jot down again and say, “Your mother is a badass!” There have been a couple of of these and so they give me such pleasure.
It’s cool to find out about supportive mothers who inspired their daughters to skate, grew to become their child’s photographer / filmer, or accepted the construct of a mini-ramp within the yard. Or these mothers who took up skateboarding later in life, returned to skateboarding after a pause, or just by no means stopped and are nonetheless ruling on their board.
A particular shout out at this time to the household of Rose Siggins (RIP), particularly her kids Luke and Shelby. Rose first acquired consideration in 2006 as a skateboarding mother, using her board as transportation since she was born with sacral agenesis, and her legs have been amputated at age 2.
Rose persevered and pursued mechanics, and in 1997 grew to become pregnant and married a fellow mechanic, beginning a household. She finally grew to become an actress on American Horror Story and lived a unprecedented lifetime of overcoming adversity. There’s an superior quote within the Huffpost in 2012 the place Rose mentioned, “My skateboard’s so necessary to me – it’s the distinction between feeling trapped and feeling free. I couldn’t get by with out it. And the children suppose it’s cool!”
Mothers rule! Thanks for all that you just do.