This week, I talked to Coryn Hendrix, the founder of Board Meetings, an LGBTQIA+ and allies skate-and-social group here in Indianapolis that meets regularly at various skate parks around town. I had known about the predecessor to this group, Grind Culture, for quite a while, and I met the founder, Carly, basically a week before she left for California. So I was so overjoyed to see that Coryn was carrying the banner of queer skating in this city forward and had a great time chatting.

Sponsors:

City Rising (cityrising.org)

Proformus Urban Planning & Design

Intro music: Scared Rabbit by Jennasen

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

1:34 Meet Coryn Hendrix

3:57 Board Meeting Indy & its origins

4:35 LGBTQI+ skate community

10:27 Coryn's skating style

12:38 Roller skating history & culture

20:13 Indy skate parks

23:49 Lady Skate Squad

24:54 Why LGBTQI+ spaces matter

36:20 Canned questions

46:24 Previous guest Q

50:15 The Power of Fun

54:24 Q for next guest