Slam Skateboarding

TRAVEL EXEMPTIONS WITH UNA FARRAR

Canadian street skater Una Farrar arrived in Australia in December 2020, spent Chrissy in quarantine, and then was finally reunited with her girlfriend Poppy Olsen after 10 and a half long months apart. Now Una has been unleashed on the Sydney streets with her VX, soaking up the Southern Hemisphere sunshine. We caught up for a chat about COVID, gender equity, the Olympics and earning a crust.

Vancouver Island

I’m from Victoria, on Vancouver Island [in Canada]. It was a really good place to grow up. We have beautiful nature, so I was really fortunate as a kid to do lots of outdoor things. The skate community has always been there, but it’s definitely grown a lot in the past few years. I had my own little grom friend-group and all my friends were skating. We got to mess around with cameras and film videos. It was pretty awesome. Then when it got a little

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