But the skate park can be plenty intimidating, particularly if you’ve never skated before, are a woman or feel you’re too old to be near a halfpipe. Enter the Later Skaters. As member Oorbee Roy, 46, from Riverdale, tells me, what Later Skaters has managed to do is build confidence and create community at a time when both are sorely needed. And this is just an extension of that.”That sense of community has been especially important for the women of Later Skaters, since skateboarding is a sport where women have traditionally been sidelined. I deserve to be there just like anyone else.”Costa agrees: “I was always afraid to go by myself to the skate park.

Source: thestar June 13, 2021 09:00 UTC