# @glorioussport on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWViuViAfZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63847554-glorioussport-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-08T17:05:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Glorious Sport (@glorioussport) — https://gondola.cc/glorioussport

## Caption

Skate Like a Lass, portraits by julietklottrup 

Over two years, artist, photographer and director Juliet researched and documented inclusive grassroots skateboarding communities in Northern England, groups that connect female, marginalised and LGBTQI+ skaters. The project set out to address gaps in representation, participation and historical documentation within skateboarding, while showing how these collectives create safe spaces where skating becomes a tool for empowerment. Freedom is unlocked, failure is accepted and celebrated, and community is built through resilience, kinship, trust and bravery.

Juliet’s process was collaborative. Cameras were handed to skaters to use during sessions, democratising the documentation and helping to build a rich archive alongside moving images and recorded interviews. The project grew into a short film, a zine, exhibitions in Preston and Blackpool, and a body of portraits that authentically capture the personal stories of individuals within these skate communities. The phrase Skate Like a Lass itself comes from Cumbria Cvven, a girls’ skate group founded in Barrow-in-Furness, whose tagline inspired the title.

Among the portraits are Molly and Amber (image 3), two of the skaters Juliet first met at Woody’s Girls’ Skate Night in Blackpool. Their picture has now been nominated for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize and will go on display at the nationalportraitgallery from November 2025 to February 2026. For Juliet, this recognition honours not just her work, but the courage and creativity of the young women and communities who made the project possible- be sure to check out her website and IG julietklottrup for more of this brilliant project.

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