When Eunice Chang decided to quit her job to pursue skating full-time in September 2021, her coworkers were stoked.
“I feel super lucky that I've found something that I love and am passionate about and I feel fulfilled by and can have a career off of that. It's something that I've put a lot of time and work into,” says Chang. “I get to wake up and just do whatever I want. I still have that perspective every day of how I would still be at work right now but I'm outside at the skate park with my friends. I feel like I should have quit a long time ago.
A few years later in 2018, she joined the L.A. skate crew Worble; today, at the age of 28, she’s climbed the ranks to what is considered pro , but Chang sees herself differently. “I love where I'm at now. I just say I'm a sponsored skateboarder. I would never call myself ‘pro,’” she says. “Having your name on the board would be cool, but not something I feel like has to happen for me. Regardless of whatever status I am, I'm still going to skate.
That's how communities and different crews are formed. Social media also helped with making friends because just messaging other girls like, ‘Oh, that was sick. Where's that spot at?’ Or like, ‘Let's go skate together.’ Or like, ‘Hey, I'm going to be in your town. It'd be cool to link up.’ And going into different skate parks and different skate spots are definitely cool ways to meet new people.”“Social media definitely changed the industry and how people get discovered.
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