Australian Arisa Trew triumphed with a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, but the journey for girls in skateboarding isn’t straightforward, as a new film shows.
“I had pressure for sure, and it just didn’t become fun any more, after a while,” she said. “Pressure from myself and everyone involved wanting me to be the best. It was just too much to handle.”, which premieres at the Melbourne International Film Festival this week.Shot over seven years, including the lead-up to the Paris Olympics, the coming-of-age documentary follows the highs and lows of the trio pursuing their Olympic dreams.
Cox wanted to follow their journey towards the Tokyo Olympics and end the film six to 12 months after the games, but COVID meant it took longer than expected to complete the film., where she made history as Australia’s first female skateboarder in the street event. She now spends most of her time in front of a camera, skating and creating content for Nike.
The three girls grow up over the course of the documentary, grappling with puberty, and for Godfrey, the death of two friends.“Your body changes ,” Cox said. “You’re carrying weight in different areas, your physiology, your hormones, kick in. You do become more scared, it’s a physiological thing and that’s why the progression is being driven by the young ones, because they don’t have that.
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