Learning to skate with your mum tends to be something that applies when you’re a kid, but in the case of Britt and Kaz it happened when they were 30 and 56.

Two years have now gone by and they are both hooked. They now have a considerable following on instagram as @2girlssk8

Britt says of her mum Kaz:

“I got my first kick flip because of my mum, and I still tell myself something she tells me. The phrase she said to me was ‘knees up buttercup’ because I just wasn’t bringing my knees up. So now in my head I’ve just got ‘knees up buttercup, knees up buttercup’.”

The conversation is full of energy and a commitment to help each other learn, which is really magical and beautiful to listen in on.

Episode highlights:

• Getting in to skating together as adults and as a mum and daughter duo.

• Overcoming fear of judgment.

• Skating and mental health: Kaz on the life saving effect of skating on her levels of anxiety.

• Learning together - the ups and downs.

Groups mentioned in the podcast:

Foenix Cruisers

Join the Board Women movement:

boardwomen.co

@boardwomen

Host: Caroline Keylock

Producer: Selma Chalabi

Photography: Clare Keylock

Artwork: Rozi Wan Rimli

Music: Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON

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