# Instagram Blowouts **URL:** \ **Category:** Skate Videos\ **Created:** [March 4, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21 "2019-03-04T16:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 381
**Author:** ![jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jimo/32/19796_2.png) [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8252 "2023-12-18T21:05:04Z")
What if they shop at Route One, wear permanent earpods, and and only try lazer flips? ---
**Author:** ![Londonskater](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/londonskater/32/17195_2.png) [@Londonskater](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Londonskater)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8253 "2023-12-18T21:19:52Z")
“I feel often - and I think we would _all_ agree with this - the the core skate media doesn’t actually reflect the reality of the skate community anymore” “Like, you open a skate magazine [and] often there’s no black people _at all_ and one girl. like, and that’s the reality of it. It’s still very, very heavily the white man, I think” I do know that female representation (and non-binary representation) within skate media has improved. It was never great before and still has a way to go. But it is far better than “one girl”. That comment feels out of date by half a decade at least, to me. I sort of wanted to ignore the “no black people” representation comment because from where I sit, I feel like it would be hard to find a single magazine without a person of colour in there over the past 30 years. …but I can’t ignore it because I feel like thats the line which reveals true intent here. And that is - as @sk8arrog8 pointed out - that this is just clickbait. It is what Stef has become, sadly. And maybe me linking that post or even writing this is just playing into the airing of a view which possibly never needed airing because it just seems based on nothing at all. Stef has 180,000 followers on Instagram She has 133,000 followers on TikTok. She has the same amount of Insta followers as Grey, Vague, North and TSC (So, ALL of the UK mags) combined. All of the people who started those mags (and, fuck it…the people who started Free, Document and Sidewalk and every other mag out there too) did so as they felt they had something to contribute which was being missed within their scene. I think that is fair to say, right? And they started these mags with nothing more than a bit of a skillset and a few contacts. From where Stef is right now, she has a headstart over Dolores or Vague or Exposure or whatever inclusive (or non-inclusive) start up you can name and could really make a difference… She has this massive platform with as much reach as every UK mag combined - and her own brand - where she could represent the right people she deems fit to be represented. But instead, all I can see is cash grabs from Samsung, Heelys and anyone else who will write a cheque and endless ‘content’ like this: [https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz1uNags3GZ/](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz1uNags3GZ/) Where is _her_ inclusion of what is good and right? _Her_ representation of under-represented skaters? That is what all those editors, photographers and writers did. They got on and supplied their vision and worked their arses off to make a continual positive point month in, month out. I’d love to be corrected here but seeing her nowadays just feels like she does a lot of taking from skateboarding and not a lot of actual proper giving back. ---
**Author:** ![jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jimo/32/19796_2.png) [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8254 "2023-12-18T21:29:27Z")
It’s not that suprising that someone best known for kickflipping in stillies thinks she’s being overlooked by ‘core’ skate media. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/chopper/32/2378_2.png) [@Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Chopper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8255 "2023-12-18T21:31:51Z")
Nothing is perfect ---
**Author:** ![Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/chopper/32/2378_2.png) [@Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Chopper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8256 "2023-12-18T21:38:57Z")
Summed that up so damn well . Just look at that insta post , Look at the negativity it’s sparked in the comments , didn’t need any of it , got skaters going at each other over it . She really needed to come to that table with actual solid evidence rather than that statement. ---
**Author:** ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8257 "2023-12-18T21:42:51Z")
> [@Chopper](#): > > Look at the negativity it’s sparked in the comments , didn’t need any of it , got skaters going at each other over it . But that’s called ‘engagement’, and that’s her business. ---
**Author:** ![BDF](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BDF](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/BDF)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8258 "2023-12-18T21:47:02Z")
“Omg guys so much negativity, just off to Saudi Arabia to decompress, brb, slay queen yaaaaaaas” ---
**Author:** ![Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/chopper/32/2378_2.png) [@Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Chopper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8259 "2023-12-18T21:47:23Z")
The joys of the modern age ---
**Author:** ![anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/anonymity/32/65_2.png) [@anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/anonymity)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8261 "2023-12-18T22:10:51Z")
> [@Barf](#): > > non plussed Are they those new Docs? The ones that are good for frontside 5050s? ---
**Author:** ![TerryTibbs](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/terrytibbs/32/30437_2.png) [@TerryTibbs](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/TerryTibbs)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8262 "2023-12-18T22:57:51Z")
Eloquently put @Londonskater ---
**Author:** ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8263 "2023-12-18T23:01:58Z")
Paraphrasing a certain forumer, but for the most part, skate media is selling shoes to knobheads… not a public service, meaning it will appeal to the lowest common denominator in a way, which is the knobhead who buys the shoes. Also… talking about skate magazines/media (they reference magazines specifically in the next post) not doing the right thing feels like shouting at an empty stable. The horse has bolted and the whole reason we have a more diverse skate scene is because of all the people doing it for themselves and not trying to sell shoes to knobheads (or in this case Heelys) ---
**Author:** ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8264 "2023-12-18T23:22:48Z")
The “talking point” highlighted in the video is bound to cause a bit of “engagerage”, because of the way it has been cherrypicked from a much longer panel. Would love to see it in context, because there’s definitely an interesting conversation that could be had, but that’s not going to happen on instagram around a 30 second clip that’s bookended by disclaimers… “I feel, and I think you’ll all agree…” and “…I think”. There’s an interesting comment on the post from her: ![image](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/f/1/f100c16312fce5eeef9945bda00d10f5fcd446de.png) Are there many/any female skateboard photographers getting published? or have been published much in the past? I’m struggling to think of any. Which might be my failing, but I’m curious now. I know there’s a few filmers putting things out there, but filming is more accessibly shareable through youtube etc. So photography representation does rely a bit more on the magazines etc. ---
**Author:** ![sk8arrog8](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/sk8arrog8/32/4619_2.png) [@sk8arrog8](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/sk8arrog8)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8265 "2023-12-18T23:25:31Z")
> [@nav](#): > > Are there many/any female skateboard photographers getting published? or have been published much in the past? My friend Erin had this photo of Izzy Almond printed in Vague last summer: [https://www.instagram.com/p/ChEpMjIscrd/?igshid=N2ViNmM2MDRjNw==](https://www.instagram.com/p/ChEpMjIscrd/?igshid=N2ViNmM2MDRjNw==) ---
**Author:** ![Londonskater](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/londonskater/32/17195_2.png) [@Londonskater](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Londonskater)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8266 "2023-12-18T23:31:13Z")
Jenna Selby. She shoots skate photos and has for years. Not sure how active she is with mags, but she deffo still shoots skate photos. Had a few in a gallery show last year, shot in the same year. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/chopper/32/2378_2.png) [@Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Chopper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8267 "2023-12-18T23:46:57Z")
And there’s Hilda Quick putting out content this year . ---
**Author:** ![smasher](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@smasher](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/smasher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8268 "2023-12-18T23:47:37Z")
Windy Osborn shot some really nice stuff in the 80s, she mostly shot BMX, but some skateboarding too. Sarah Meurle from Sweden shot a couple of photos in the gallery section of the next _Free_ but honestly, we’re running these because they are great photos, not because she is a girl. Having said that I would love to be sent more skate photos shot by girls. ---
**Author:** ![Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/dent_face/32/38_2.png) [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8269 "2023-12-19T08:48:51Z")
To be fair, this was posted from the Girl Skate UK account and not Stef’s personal account (although she clearly is loving ruffling feathers in the comments). ---
**Author:** ![notactuallyhere](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/notactuallyhere/32/26258_2.png) [@notactuallyhere](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/notactuallyhere)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8270 "2023-12-19T08:53:11Z")
Anything like this is ALWAYS based in bitterness and the feeling of losing out and not understanding why. Why didn’t I get that, Why can’t I be doing this, Why don’t I get seen??? These people don’t understand how they project themselves and how people see them otherwise they’d realise, like many of us… that the world (skate industry) do not owe us anything. Work out who you are Stef and then you’ll see that the people getting represented are the people that deserve it. Of course, i’m talking albout skateboarding media, there ARE many real issues of under representation in so many areas and fields but crying about it when you have the wrong attitude isn’t going to solve anything. ---
**Author:** ![Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/dent_face/32/38_2.png) [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8271 "2023-12-19T08:57:00Z")
I got to be honest, I am surprised at how much blowback a fairly uncontroversial statement has caused. Historically, women clearly have been excluded from skating so you can understand Stefani’s perspective. Representation has changed massively, but we shouldn’t get complacent because mags have now started featuring one or two women every other issue. As people have pointed out, there are lots of non-male voices, photographers and videographers out there. But are they being invited to contribute to the core media? Sometimes but it does feel like it’s done via who knows who. It must feel hard from a woman’s perspective to get wider recognition. ---
**Author:** ![Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/dent_face/32/38_2.png) [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21/8272 "2023-12-19T09:10:36Z")
> [@smasher](#): > > Having said that I would love to be sent more skate photos shot by girls. As you sub-editor was told at the Pushing Boarders event a few years ago, you Probably need to reach out to them. There might be barriers preventing women from sending you photos (feelings like Free is a male space, not being good enough etc.). Not having a go - love Free and your work! [Previous page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21.md?page=380) [Next page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/instagram-blowouts/21.md?page=382)