Founder of the iconic movement, Cheer up Luv, Eliza Hatch is a force to be reckoned with. She’s an award winning feminist, photographer, educator, speaker and curator. She’s spent the last 8 years working to highlight the voices of sexual assault survivors, break down taboos around sexual assault and drive awareness of misogyny in society. 

However, more recently Eliza has become known for covering her own journey into the world of skateboarding, and translating some of that analysis of gender barriers to this new space. I’ve really enjoyed following her content about visiting new parks for the first time, and highlighting some of the internal narrative we all have that can, at times, get in our way. 

What I didn’t know was that there had been a blip in Eliza’s journey. She had been called out by someone who was a well known male figure in the skateboarding scene, who stitched one of her social films, and eviscerated her in the process. The content went viral, but not only did it affect her in the online space, it started to creep into the real world. 

It resulted in Eliza beginning to question whether she should create this type of content at all. In some ways it positively reframed her relationship with the sport, and rather than professionalising her journey, running events and creating content, she embraced the pure joy of the journey. However, it’s clear the impact is still relatively raw, and it’s frustrating that anyone has to deal with this kind of harassment online. 

We cover this (the first time she’s spoken about it online) and so much more: 

• Her journey into skateboarding (and more recently surfing) 
• Finding a more mindful relationship with skateboarding 
• The journey of building Cheer Up Luv 
• Photographic Essays with collective Transkaters London
• Developing positive self talk and your own journey of progression

Eliza is super self deprecating, but I really recommend her skateboarding content when it does appear, it’s doing a great job of breaking down barriers in this space. Her social accounts are below if you want to find out more

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Host: Caroline Keylock

Producer: Selma Chalabi 

https://weareboardwomen.substack.com

https://www.instagram.com/elizahatch/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/cheerupluv/?hl=en

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