Sometimes unlikely friendships make for the best pairings, and that’s certainly the case with Elise (bigb00tysk8rgrl) and Kooky (hurt_cobainn)! With a bit of an age gap, and being at different stages of life, they might not have met if not for the pandemic roller skating surge (and Elise sliding into Kooky’s DMs), but since their worlds collided they’ve become inseparable. In this conversation, they open up about what it’s been like to navigate friendship whilst sharing the hobby of aggressive park skating when one of them flourishes in the spotlight and the other finds their bliss in a more understated role.
We get into the landscape that is roller skate community on social media in their eyes. They express their very different relationships to being perceived , opening up about how they relate to and interact with it all ranging from FOMO and overwhelm to connection and making international skate friends. We touch on dialogues in park skating including their perspectives on pathways towards growing the sport, whether by lifting up the next generation of youth skaters and through pro skate teams. They also share their desires to grow the presence of skate competitions in their home city of New York.
Elise and Kooky have seen a lot together over the past few years, and their bond has served as a constant through injury, tears, laughter, and just the day to day push and pull of holding up our friends and motivating them to keep skating. This conversation is full of the kind of friendship that is equal parts roasting and unadulterated love, a plutonic romance if you will! It’s a fun ride, come along with us!
Follow Elise on IG ! :
https://instagram.com/bigb00tysk8rgrl?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Follow Kooky on IG ! :
https://instagram.com/hurt_cobainn?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Book a private lesson with Elise! :
https://calendly.com/bigb00tysk8rgrl/1hr-private-skate-lesson-autmn?month=2023-10
Kooky + Elise playlist! Riot Grrrl with 90s soundtrack worthy bops with a sprinkle of Justin Bieber! :
https://spotify.link/UlL1lJTzNDb
Watch Maternity Leave, by Kooky + Elise ! :
https://youtu.be/59w81hGDKtM?si=h_dJ3HDhxGBnz6LN
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