Danni Gallacher @danniinthewild is the founder of @girlskateuk and the exceedingly beautiful @theskateretreat which cleverly combines learning to skateboard in a natural and calm environment. Danni is an icon in the world of skateboarding, and this conversation gives a deep insight in to what has inspired Danni to do the work she does, and what she is planning next.

Episode highlights:

• How Danni combined her love of nature and skateboarding to form the one of a kind @theskateretreat.

• Skateboarding as a teenage girl.

• Why she started @girlskateuk and how her role as a community builder has changed over time. 

• How she’s ‘dug’ into her love of foraging and her new book ‘The Forager’s Almanac’.

• Why women need to break out of gender specific spaces when it comes to skateboarding.

• The growing space of skaters in later life.

More about Danni:

@danniinthewild

@theskateretreat

@girlskateuk

theskateretreat.com

girlskateuk.com

Join the Board Women movement:

boardwomen.co

@boardwomen

Host: Caroline Keylock

Producer: Selma Chalabi

Photography - Clare Keylock

Artwork - Rozi Wan Rimli 

Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON

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