Cute documentary about three six-year-old girls who are incredible at skateboarding

Date
27 June 2014

The only thing cooler than a girl gang is a girl gang of six-year-olds who are insanely good at skateboarding. Meet Pink Helmet Posse, a group of three astonishingly talented and cute little girls who are best friends, and love to skate. The New York Times have commissioned this spectacular short film about this curious trio as part of their consistently brilliant Opinion Pages, inviting the viewer to check out something that’s going to blow their minds and also make them think a little too.

That’s the best thing about this short documentary, as well as being hilariously cute and making you really, really want to have a daughter, it’s actually bringing up an issue that’s been lurking in the background since skateboarding began: the lack of women involved in the sport. “While women’s visibility in skateboarding has gradually increased in recent years, the Pink Helmet Posse is an unusual sight: Of over 12 million skateboarders in the United States, fewer than a quarter are estimated to be female,” the New York Times states. “Despite slowly changing attitudes, this underrepresentation extends to extreme sporting events, such as the X Games. We hope this Op-Doc encourages more girls and young women to defy these odds.”

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The New York Times: Gnarly in Pink directed by Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson

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The New York Times: Gnarly in Pink directed by Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson

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The New York Times: Gnarly in Pink directed by Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson

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The New York Times: Gnarly in Pink directed by Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson

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The New York Times: Gnarly in Pink directed by Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson

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The New York Times: Gnarly in Pink directed by Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson

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The New York Times: Gnarly in Pink directed by Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson

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Liv Siddall

Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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