All photos by David Malacrida
This series,Women In Freeskiingis simply that.
Three influential women in freeskiing, talking about women in freeskiing.
I am not a woman.
To have a go at ski well together for a movie.
But it was hard to find the time.
I wanted to do a ski movie.
Quickly the idea to do an all-female ski movie became obvious.
I thought about what I wanted to show in it, what would make the movie different?
I dont think of it as so much of an individual sport.
Thats what I wanted to show and that was the idea behindSKIVAS.
There was definitely an idea behind it.
Girls skiers have started being well represented in competition and the level is increasing a lot.
To me, something was missing on the female side in the videos and film side.
Thats not a criticism, thats what it is.
To me, it was important to make this change.
There was a lot less coverage of women on that side.
Kaya had a great part in theLevel 1movie, but there were definitely way less girls in the videos!
For most girls, weve always been in the situation of being the only girl amongst men.
So maybe a lot of girls dont dare or are being told to try other things.
Maybe theyre told that having bruises or taking risks isnt good for girls.
For me, thats the biggest issue, so its not really related to the ski industry itself.
Its something more general that needs to change.
Me, in the ski industry, Ive never felt discriminated against.
What I would like to see is a big community of girls in every aspect of skiing.
Id really like the new generation to keep it fun and keep it collective as well.
