Excerpts from the Skating article
Its a chilly Tuesday evening in November when I meet the women of GRLSWIRL pronounced “girl swirl” at the iconic Venice Beach skate park in Los Angeles. Formed about a year ago, GRLSWIRL is a community of female-identifying skaters of all levels who get together every two weeks in Venice to cruise and help each other grow.
“As a female, skating with other females is super empowering,” Harkin said. “We all teach other and learn from each other, and we all try to grow together. If one person’s doing better than another person, it’s not a competition. We’re like, you deserve that. You’ve been working so hard, you go girl.”
