Name + Pronouns: Rox, they/she
10% Off Code: ROX
@roxskates
I've been quad skating for 2.5 years! I've been living in Washington most of my life, but my family is from Palau. I am a certified skate instructor with SkateIA and one of the admins for CIB Seattle. You can find me teaching roller skating fundamentals and aggressive skating. I love all aspects of skating whether it’s street, ramps, or flat. I wanted to be a part of team GNDR SHREDR to represent queer BIPOC skaters. I'm all about spreading the stoke for skating and so I'm very active in the local Seattle skate community. To have such a niche hobby that appeals to queer folk was serendipitous for me. Before skating, I never felt a part of a community that aligned with my beliefs. The queer skate community has always been so supportive and inclusive to me. I finally found a group where I can share my love for skating amongst like-minded peers :)
Name + Pronouns: Afton (aka Beast), she/her
10% Off Code: Beeotch
@skatebeeotch
Hey everyone! I am 41 years old, and passionate about mental health awareness. Over the last few years I have fallen in love with skating and weight lifting which have both helped me find my own personal strength. I would say my preferred style of skating is a mix between vert and street. I love the chance to be creative while also going for those big tricks. I wanted to be a part of GNDR SHREDR because it’s so important to me to have a diverse representation. I’m so excited to have an opportunity for people to see minorities thriving and being proud of who they are. That’s honestly one of my favorite parts of the queer skate community, people from different backgrounds finding strength through a common goal. I absolutely adore when someone has that breakthrough moment where they realize they are more capable than they ever realized.
If you’ve followed me, you know that I am a major advocate for trans rights/human rights advocacy/and positive mental health. That’s what I want people that follow me to see. It’s ok to be who you are and to be proud. Your race, your gender, your social status, and your sexuality should never limit the rights that any basic human should have. I will always call out injustices I see in the world or our own skate community, but I will always welcome debates that can be done in a healthy constructive way. I’m so thankful to be a part of this amazing team and I can’t wait to see what 2023 has in store for all of us!
Name + Pronouns: Charlie, they/them
10% Off Code: Compassion
@radicalrollerskates
I am a 28 yr old Black biracial, queer, genderqueer, AuDHD, quad skater and parent of 2. I also study Political Science and practice various arts - from sewing & crocheting, to painting & print making, & more.
I grew up skating blades & quads off and on over the years, and cruiser boards for transportation as an adult. In researching to choose a pair of quads for my oldest kid's birthday in 2020, I was drawn to the idea of park Skating and got myself a pair too! I fell in love with park skating and since then have built 2 pairs of custom skates, and am looking forward to many more years on 8 wheels.
C. Radical Compassion is my full name and where the "radical" in @RadicalRollerSkates comes from! Wherever my name reaches, Charlie wants to spread thoughtfulness - to inspire action - to perpetuate radical empathy and compassion towards ourselves, others individually, and societies systematically because capitalism conditions us in the opposite way overtly but more often subtly.
As a skater, I started posting online to track my own progress, and quickly found a beautiful community. I hope to promote radical joy, but also showing up authentically for ourselves/each other in skating and whatever we do in life. This is something I’ve witnessed so much within the queer skate community and what I love about being a part of it! That's also why I wanted to be a part of the Gndr Shredr team - Alex created this brand and team *centering* the queer skate community and our beautiful authentic selves. 💞
Name + Pronouns: Charlie Wright, they/them
10% Off Code: deafsk8
@that.pink.skater
Hi, I'm Charlie, and I use they/them pronouns. I'm an autistic, deaf, non-binary lesbian roller skater and inliner in the Indianapolis, IN area. I primarily focus my skating in skateparks and roller derby. Skating has given me such a unique community that constantly pushes my athletic abilities while giving me the space and tools to understand who I am better than I ever have before. The queer skating community has encouraged me to explore my evolving identity and express it shamelessly. I also make non-gendered crochet clothing to showcase the beauty of slow fashion on all bodies. Skating and crafting always presents me with new ways to spread the stoke. If you're ever in Indy, let's shred!
Name + Pronouns: Cynamon, she/any/all
10% Off Code: Cynamon13
@sk8tanic.panic
Yá'át'ééh Shí éí Cynamon yinishyé. Hello my name is Cynamon and I'm a queer Diné and Mescalaro Apache 2spirit person. I'm a dessert maker, skater, avid vinyl collector, activist, daughter, teacher, and friend. I use skating as a way to push my chronically ill body into doing things I thought I'd never do. I want to use my Platform as an Indigenous skater to bring light to land acknowledgment and Indigenous rights. Obsessively using the hashtag #youreskatingonnativeland I started a skate crew out of the Tampa Bay Area @gcsc.tampabay. We're a queer leftist skate crew that takes activism from the streets to the skate park. I'm always down to help people learn more about Indigenous rights, culture, etc. as well as what it means to be an Indigenous queer person. I've been featured in zines and most recently in the book 'Florida!' by A24, about my activism and the mutual aid I do for the community, on and off skates. I want to make skating as accessible as possible, and with that want to share my small skill set with people free of charge. Because in any community, we help our people :)
Name + Pronouns: Effie, they/she
10% Off Code: XOXO
@xoxo_effie
Yo Yo my name is Effie loud proud non-binary queer Afro Latina skater🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 residing in Sunshine State of Florida☀️☀️☀️. I use all the pronouns they/them/she.
I come from 9 years of roller derby skating but really been skating my whole life, believe or not inlines was my first set of skates back in high school. Loved doing hill bombs in my neighborhood. Because I was a mother at a younger age(18) skating was no longer a priority and or passion in my life. This time of my life, I had lost sight of my own interest and passions, prioritizing the family was the path at that moment. Thanks to joining roller derby it gave me something to live for again.
Now I play roller derby & park skate at a competitors level & for the passion!!! Playing for a roller derby team reignited my skating passion.
My passion for skating & inclusivity has led to to start up and build @eatmyskates. An inclusive skate posse for all minority types/groups (POC, indigenous, queer, all wheels types, and all lifestyles) this was a HUGH lack in the Orlando’s skating community. Being a part of GNDR SHREDR was important to me. I found a group of peers with the same fight: REPRESENTATION and DIVERSITY🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽. The queer community is what’s up because it’s the most diverse and literally have met awesome individuals who have change my perception on different things involving skating, culture and just all-around life.
Name + Pronouns: Eileen or Leen, they/them
10% Off Code: fatquads
@fat_quads
I am a fat, queer, enby, puerto rican dance skater living in Atlanta, GA. I'm one of the founders and mods for @trans_sk8_club and host events monthly for trans skaters in Atlanta, and am also a part of a skate crew with @smooth_rollers_sk8. I skate both indoors at the rinks and outdoors. I began my skating journey during the pandemic in July 2020 as a way to find liberation in my body as a fat person, and found the joy of skating through dance and community. Through skating, I have been connected to a community of fat and trans skaters around the world, and it inspired me and other trans skaters to build more intentional trans skate spaces in Atlanta through @trans_sk8_club.
I wanted to be part of the GNDR SHREDR team as an opportunity to continue the mission of intentional and inclusive spaces for trans and gender diverse skaters. Representation matters, and I want to show that trans queer fat skaters can dance skate and experience joy unapologetically. I use my platform to cultivate fat positive content and break the stigma that fat people “can’t skate” by positing progress videos and being vulnerable about my journey as a fat skater. I've enjoyed cultivating queer skate community with my first skate friend @therollergay. My favorite part of the queer skate community is that there are no “rules” to skating, you can show up at any level at any time and lean on community. There is space for everyone, and we can all skate and build on our love of skating together.
Name + Pronouns: Itzel, she/her
10% Off Code: Itzelf
@vivalamer
Local Portland Shredr!
HELLO! My name is Itzel, I was born and raised in Mexico City but life took me to move from my hometown to the USA 8 years ago. Currently, I’m proudly located in the wonderful city of Portland. My skating love story starts when I bought my first pair of skates 5 years ago after watching the video of a girl doing backflips on skates in a ramp!!! Watching a person be able to do that blew my mind and gave me the courage to say: I wanna learn how to skate and how to do that one day (very far away) 😅
For a while I skated here and there trying to pursue my skating goals and dreams, but when the pandemic hit was when I really found my love for roller skating. I experimented with different styles (jam skating, park skating, urban skating, roller hockey, etc) but the one style of skating that has forever my heart is definitely artistic figure skating. I love the freedom and happiness that skating to your favorite songs gives you. It is in that moment when I’m flowing with the music around the court that I can totally feel free being my true self.
💖🏳️🌈 Being able to represent the queer community in Portland is truly an honor!!! I’ve been very lucky to be welcomed with open arms by them. The support, encouragement and love they have given me has everything to do with the type of skater I became and thanks to them, I rediscovered the meaning of belonging, family, and home. So happy and proud to represent them on 8 wheels.
Name + pronouns: Nix Fisch, they/them
10% Off Code: NixTricks
@nix.tricks
I live in Atlanta, Georgia with my partners and pets. I live to play, and in addition to skating, I play kendama and fingerboard daily. I have built @nix.tricks as a platform to showcase my tricks and spread my love for skill toys and skating to new people. I’ve been an aggressive Inline skater since 12/2021 I’m also an occasional aggressive quad skater!
If there are two pillars holding up my Identity these days, they are “skater” and “queer”. The skate community and the queer community are both places I feel I belong- so the queer skate community feels like home and I look to GNDR SHREDR as a leading voice in this space and want to attach myself to all the good things they are doing.
I’ve always felt safe and seen by the queer skate community, and the skate community as a whole. My journey on skates parallels the timeline of my genderqueer journey. The skate community was the first to know me as ‘Nix’ and to use they/them pronouns for me. I’ve never felt more myself than I do on skates and with my skate family.
I want to use my platform to show that it’s okay to express yourself through play as an adult- from playing with toys to playing with your gender expression and identity- I’ve found so much joy and made so much progress in life because of my willingness to play around.
Name + Pronouns: Rox, they/she
10% Off Code: ROX
@roxskates
I've been quad skating for 2.5 years! I've been living in Washington most of my life, but my family is from Palau. I am a certified skate instructor with SkateIA and one of the admins for CIB Seattle. You can find me teaching roller skating fundamentals and aggressive skating. I love all aspects of skating whether it’s street, ramps, or flat. I wanted to be a part of team GNDR SHREDR to represent queer BIPOC skaters. I'm all about spreading the stoke for skating and so I'm very active in the local Seattle skate community. To have such a niche hobby that appeals to queer folk was serendipitous for me. Before skating, I never felt a part of a community that aligned with my beliefs. The queer skate community has always been so supportive and inclusive to me. I finally found a group where I can share my love for skating amongst like-minded peers :)
Name + Pronouns: Val, she/they
10% Off Code: tanukii
@tanukiival
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