Breana Geering and Una Farrar Are Changing Skate Culture in Vancouver

Una Farrar and Breana Gearing are carving out the new wave of Vancouver street skateboarding. In this episode we explore what ‘crew’ means for creativity in the city whose diverse and storied skate culture is founded on community. Michelle Pezel a 25 year skate veteran and founder of the legendary Antisocial Skate Shop can attest to this: “Community I think plays a huge part in creativity... People don't really think of it as all being connected but it's all connected.”. It’s Una and Breana’s bond and their creative outlets in film and music which push them past their comfort zones to shred new spots and to discover deeper layers of self acceptance.
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[@walliegrab9746]

they're sick love both of their styles

[@madison2052]

The videos only 5 minutes? I feel like I just watched a whole coming of age indie film 💙 🛹 Keep having fun ladies!

[@eternalshyne6210]

We need a longer video! This felt like a mini documentary

[@MFSHECKS]

skaters in vancouver are the shit i went there during 2017 go skate day and everybody was cool af, sharing beers and spliffs

[@TheSnickars]

Best part was cruising the streets with like 500 people, police didnt even try to stop us they could only control traffic and watch.

[@MrBiggysmalls87]

Eli Daniel did that in 2005 go skate day in philly. Like 10,000 kids skateboarding all across the city that day...tight.

[@punxhottie]

Cheers

[@matthewcody1757]

Im 44 and have loved skateboarding since i was about 8 yrs old and im stoked to see damn i dont wanna call them young uns but they are and its fukn cool , this is my small hope for humanity, that ppl see what we knew back then now i collect boards for my walls and only get out a few days a week for a sess but i will roll till i die , stay gold pplz

[@chewycactus]

Bringing females back to skate culture, love it

[@CalmDownMyDear]

“females” smh

[@chewycactus]

Jimmy Killem is that the term you prefer?

[@lederer__c]

​@@CalmDownMyDear really ?? wow. I bet you'd rather see them in the kitchen washing dishes or something like that ? Hahaha

[@carolinerichardson5315]

Back? When were they ever a part of skate culture? It's historically a male sport, so this is a revolution.

[@chewycactus]

@@carolinerichardson5315 lol you're either young or weren't that into skating. Yes, it's a male dominated sport, but it's also a sport that wasn't as popular with women to begin with. Think early 2000's, females though in the minority were in skate culture. Then that dropped off, then back up again with popularity of long board and penny boards, then dropped of, and it's coming back again

[@KM-xi5dn]

Sooooooooo badass. These girl have an unreal vibe, I love the female skate community. So supportive and chill

[@stacie1613]

My sister and I used to love skating in the early 80's we were really great skaters we used to skate every where some good times!

[@abduhlapon8712]

Very nice U still go skate

[@2degucitas]

Back in the 70's I was the only female skater I knew. I only had dudes to skate with. We'd find an empty pool and wear it out. They called me a dyke at school for riding my board. Lonely world. Glad they have each other.

[@aus-li]

Boys support boys.

[@2degucitas]

@@aus-li Ok. And your point?

[@aus-li]

2degucitas Don’t worry, boys are girls too.

[@joemcbee]

VoidX boys don’t support boys. Girls support girls and are very vocal about it. Think about the yearly number of young male suicides vs female suicides, THEN look at how many associations and support groups there are for each gender. Massive support for women compared to men.

[@aus-li]

DANGEROUS PERSON Well, I was referencing Gus Johnson... Does nobody here watch real comedy on KZbin?

[@madmyers8356]

Two of the sickest female skaters and SKATERS in general

[@richardgiudice7528]

Nice save

[@gutwounds]

Nah

[@direct2397]

Nope. If you knew anything about skating you would know wich female skaters are on top. There are pro women skaters btw. Skating is not as anti women as you might think. Theres even female skate contests and so on.

[@harryjohnson2792]

Lizzie Aramanto is better in my opinion. She's on the birdhouse skate team.

[@killermitchu]

@@direct2397 breana is pro...

[@reycarr2660]

Way to go Breana and Una for sticking with it and leading others.

[@MasterGuero]

I get excited when I see kids out in the streets. Especially when they’re skating. Refreshing to see.

[@emile7794]

I love them both so much!! Yes, skate your hearts out! Honestly, people like you two are inspirations to dumb girl skaters like me. I feel the same way about technical stuff. I don't want to throw myself down a massive ramp or stairs either

[@supratrd900]

Skateboarding is whatever you want to make of it. You don't have to throw yourself down anything massive. Just look at the Magenta skateboard team. They have some of the best style and none of them throw themselves down anything massive in their video.

[@emile7794]

@@spiderqueen887 OMG yes I love the idea of endurance skating! Typically I just love long rides especially at night when no one is out. But it takes a lot of muscles to go anywhere too far!

[@rutlandcitybikes1616]

Congrats to all of them for keeping to what THEY want to do!! Always be who YOU want to be!!

[@Jimmygoodboy_tattoos]

Lil tubsy is from my home town, stoked on her. She's always at the local park! Gotta meet her!

[@kattysjunkshop]

so hyped on this, thank you two for killing it

[@quimbyquimby5436]

One of my favorite skate besties pair.

[@annabrownworth9639]

so inspiring, thank you for this

[@lab_rat5092]

Breana sings and plays the guitar? So sick!

[@Swtch1ps]

mis skaters favoritas para siempre

[@direct2397]

And what exactly are they changing about the skate game? No hate or anything, they seem like super chill gals all around. I was just wondering.

[@harryjohnson2792]

Nothing. There's always been female skaters, just not as many as guys. This is is propaganda.

[@harryjohnson2792]

I like Lizzie Aramanto

[@ckguadg]

yeah i was wondering the same thing too.. what are the changes that they have made exactly?

[@sumfuqqinguy3347]

I mean they seem to have more of a grasp on what skateboarding is really about then say the female "skaters" whose skateboards are more just a prop for instagram or the ones who just skate contests and do wack shit and never do anything creative. But yeah I think the changing the game or whatever was just a click bait line

[@danieldent2035]

They're just rad as fuck homie, no point needs to be made

[@denyel_]

una’s my fav skater!!

[@RedDiamondCrewProductions]

She skateboards, I bet she can skate on ice tho

[@TheTeeal]

So sick dude! Both of them had mad style! :D

[@svantee_in_the_woods8389]

So sick to see that kind of enthusiasm for skateboarding! Ride on 🤙

[@JackedBlack88]

Great short vid. Really stoked to see what projects these two come out with in the future. Check out both of their Instagrams!

[@christophermadman1314]

Brings me back to my days when Elissa Steamer was shredding! Keep Pushing you two are Rad!

[@antoniomendoza5811]

Awesome!!

[@setpunks13]

Very cool! Loved it!@

[@loneyokai]

so sick

[@uglyaldo3268]

Thank you for this vice!! My little sister loves to skate and it’s hard to find female skaters that she can relate or even look up to in skating I hope girls continue to skate and takeover skateboarding i love skating with everyone!

[@Malcolmthreat]

love them!!!!

[@elgatopeludin194]

great!!!

[@stefanandreev7824]

Such smart and creative young women. You give me faith in the future!

[@nicklang7]

breezey 4 presidenttt glad to have memories together!!!

[@WarmFuzzyPurr]

Bless, BLISS 'n ~flow~ LadyBirds, xo B*

[@racacoonie]

these women are incredible

[@lindseysilva4123]

When I say they inspire me more than anything ❤️

[@Elizbethhhh]

I need friends likes this

[@asingleton9390]

I need homegirls like them! 💪🏼💕😭

[@ferchuhuapi]

Love it

[@1202906]

nice to know other people in Vancouver struggle with skateboarding like I do. It truly do feel the highest highs and the lowest lows when I skate- I've never felt so amazing overcoming the obstacles I've faced, but at the same time the culture can be so terrible and isolating if you don't have someone by your side.

[@joemcbee]

grilledsteez replace ‘skateboarding’ with ‘life’. Think about skating and having NOBODY to skate with at all.

[@brendanspinelli8917]

I'm like so stoked. Dude, that was like, so fucking sickkkk. Totally chill and cool. So fuckkiiinn siiiiickkk DUUUDEE!!!

[@cocomadmoiselle68]

Such cool lovely people, does someone know what song did she play on the guitar maybe ??

[@smooth_operator247]

Thats the most non-basic girls I ever saw. God bless you 🤩

[@johnnyg2983]

Wow they’re sick!!

[@RedDiamondCrewProductions]

Corona virus?

[@Morvellius]

The coolest people so much love

[@beer8877]

прекрасны и свободны

[@ArkadianDream]

Imma need a whole feature documentary thank you

[@bimorahmantyo3756]

saw these 2 girls skating in Jakarta rippin' the local skatespot, mad sick!

[@flexy2300]

awesome

[@mattbushnell5709]

They are soooooooo fkn 🔥

[@Gandesh_Bahaji]

Very beautiful and amazing skateboarding. I'm a fan. Read about Bre in da Thrasher mag. I never heard anyone use the f word that may times before, hehehehe. Naughty. F Yeah!

[@lilycat1694]

This is great!!!!!

[@sebastianbustos3306]

love the style of Una

[@fourcheeseblend8573]

How exactly is this changing skate culture plus their tricks were cool but not balls drop amazing

[@jennae8394]

it’s clickbait love

[@thisanthrope666]

Great video, enjoyed it tremendously, but what i'm not seeing is any thesis put forth that meshes with the title.

[@Kobra_Commander15]

I love these girls. They are so dope.

[@lystanson1983]

Yo, I fuckin love their style.

[@jessy7641]

Their so cool I wish I had friends like them😊

[@janetteruiz9347]

Love it!!

[@Domar95]

They’re actually pretty sick Skating is way more hipster now tho

[@michayahjwalker3349]

Me:😍

[@flashdriveification]

Vancouver represent 🙌🏻

[@LilWhitePrivileged]

Damn....Even vice has lost all views because of the youtube censorship. Algorithms suck.

[@DavidRamirez-ue8gv]

How come algorithms in general suck? :v I mean, KZbin algorithms might suck, but as a CS student I have to tell you...Algorithms are fucking neccesary! (Sorry for my bad English dude, not from the states)

[@Americansikkunt]

It's called censorship.

[@LilWhitePrivileged]

@@DavidRamirez-ue8gv Well, I am sure you understood the context.

[@LilWhitePrivileged]

@@Americansikkunt Censorship is out of control.

[@Americansikkunt]

Threeper hydra Censorship, controlled by major corporations, is disgusting, particularly in the USA. And ESPECIALLY with KZbin, the platform that previously advocated support of original content creators, when KZbin actually had competitor.

[@amst1463]

Bro there so retro it’s awesome

[@user-lq7wu8gw3n]

They're really good at skating

[@oldladyfalling7844]

Love these two - great souls to have in the massivly growing lady skater world takeover

[@harryjohnson2792]

Are you serious? Female skaters have always been around. You probably just didn't notice them while you were following some other trend.

[@oldladyfalling7844]

@@harryjohnson2792 Did you mean to reply to my comment? Cuz your response doesnt make any sense.....

[@harryjohnson2792]

@@oldladyfalling7844 How does what I said not make sense? Are you slow? There's always been female skaters around, you probably didn't notice them before. I suspect that you were on some other trend at that time.

[@oldladyfalling7844]

@@harryjohnson2792 where in that comment did i say girl skaters havent always been around? Your making assumptions out of nothing, I know theyve been around because im a fucking girl skater who has been skating almost 20 years.... Probably paid more attention then you did....also, you are very wrong to think female skating isnt growing, there has been significant growth of women skaters in the past few decades, there has also been growth of skateboarding in general(olympics much).... if you didnt notice that then you are the one too busy "following trends" (wtf does that even mean?) Growing up, i was always the only girl at the skatepark, the only girl in my school who skated....that is so very far from the case now, i see ladies at the park everytime i go skating - 20 years ago, i was all by myself

[@harryjohnson2792]

@@oldladyfalling7844 Alright fair enough. The way you worded your comment made me think you were another person jumping on the bandwagon. Sorry, I was being a dick. One of my best friends growing up was the only female skater around. She got bullied a lot. It pisses me off when people act like girls skating is something new. My bad.

[@bettyxoxo5317]

Both of you are awesome .

[@spanishkev4749]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@ihateandreykrasnokutsky]

Breana is a rare type of girl who looks pretty natural on a skateboard.

[@glennsymmons5486]

They seem cool and they can deffo roll. But being a skater, seeing other skaters get emotional and throw their board around, I can only cringe.

[@Ianmulti]

Sean Pablo and Sage Elsesser changed skate culture thanks.

[@gonz0314jon]

🤘🤘🤘

[@naomiadel4759]

I have always wanted to try and learn how to skate but I get nervous lmao

[@private13]

So sick!

[@user-bg9nb3gc7h]

Una actually skated because she had a friend and every time she hang out with him he always Skate so she got a skateboard.

[@luckyghost1835]

Style matters.

[@danielley2477]

a summer place 😻

[@joannekirnon4598]

I want skate too I'm looking for more inspo and reason to get the skateboard this video help me a bit ❤️ to get the board

[@MINISWISS1]

Such a inspiration and liberating video , #plazalyfe

[@bigbee4044]

I can relate to the tomboy thing so much

[@junuhunuproductions]

Amazing

[@shawn8847]

Please make a movie about these two.

[@juliag.599]

i needed that so much. thank you girls! and also Breana, when you said about wanting to quit skating i felt that. right now i feel similar. that's probably because im in high school and still haven't figured out who i am and who i wanna become. hopefully that will change soon and i'll be back on my board again. but this time for longer ♥

[@sachinleemc0]

Literally my friends

[@nattyj37774life]

Cool. So cool

[@lunaluna6474]

i want them to be my friends 😭

[@RedPandaKoala]

Breana is crush material

[@analyseadams9654]

Amazing-ness!

[@errorgeist9186]

Amazing!i wanna sk8 now

[@astrobabe7757]

This was badass

[@streety6071]

I don't understand why people are so surprised that Asian ppl or girls can be the best skaters in the world

[@harryjohnson2792]

No one is surprised. There's always been both of those. This video is propaganda, and the title is clickbait.

[@MINISWISS1]

YAS! siky video and sk8rs!

[@JLong-wy5xn]

Shredding.

[@-aza]

Una 💛💛💛

[@brettsnowball]

This video was really inspiring. I love their “get out & skate” attitude, and having fun while doing it!

[@dollabillwill415]

sooooo dope

[@alexbillie4259]

the record collection wowowow

[@arlenedaposala9707]

It's like I'm watching a 90's movie in this.

[@meghanodwyer9845]

New idols :)

[@menikmati789]

At the end what skatepark is that? Ambleside?