Credits - an all women's skate film by Shari White

Credits – an all women’s skate film by Shari White

April 22, 2020

How old are you and where are you from?

I’m 28 and I’m from the Gold Coast, Australia.

When did you get into skating and when did you pick up a vx?

I started skating around christmas of 2004 and started filming vx in 2016.

So tell me about The Skate Witches. How did it all start and what are you all up to now?

It’s a side project with one of my best friends Kristin Ebeling. We named our Seattle all city showdown team the skate witches in 2013 and we made the first zine in 2014. It was just a 11 x 17 paper folded up to a few pages. We just put out Zine 14 today. It has Dayana Young on the cover, Clara Solar, Una Farrar, Cher Strauberry, Dana Jeck, Johanna Juzelius to name a few within, with photos shot by Ashley Rosemeyer, Norma Ibarra, Sarah Muerle and more.

How long have you been working on Credits? Where’s most of the footage filmed?

We started filming in April last year. Most the footage was filmed in NY, SF, Miami, Barcelona, and Melbourne.

Do you think there’s been many videos with an all-female cast as well as filmer and editor?

Yuri Murai makes the Joy & Sorrow full lengths from Japan. Villa Villa Cola ‘Getting Nowhere Faster’ was made by Lori D, Lisa Whitaker, Nicole & Tiffany Campbell. Gallaz ‘aka girl skater’ had a lot of it filmed by Lisa Whittaker but it was edited by a dude.

Who are some of your influences for filming?

My friend Shane Auckland got me stoked on filming VX, he’s an amazing filmer. I like Isle & Atlantic Drift filming & editing. Hockey & 917. Right now I really like Frog edits.

What about skating?

Everyone in the Credits video, and I like watching Chris Milic, Andrew Allen, Heitor Da Silva.

Favorite city to skate in?

New York.

What is it that’s so much better about the streets than the skateparks?

Everything is harder, I think it’s more rewarding to land a trick. After a day of skating street compared to a park I feel like I did more with my day, saw more, random stuff happens around you, it’s just more exciting.

I dig the way you represent skating, by both your filming and your skating. Do you have any advice for women out there on how to be comfortable expressing themselves in skateboarding culture?

Thank you, that’s nice of you to say. That’s a hard one, I don’t even feel comfortable expressing myself most of the time, but I guess try to remember what makes you happy and surround yourself with people who appreciate you for you.

What about “making it” in the industry?

I have no idea…

Any projects in the pipeline?

I have some thoughts but nothing going yet.

Got any shoutouts?

Una, Fabi & Breezy, so stoked for you all. You absolutely killed it. Thanks to everyone in the video for being the best people to travel and spend the last year with! Thanks to Frank for looking after us & being there through all the ups & downs, Justin for the opportunity, & Zach for all the back end work on the project. Cierra for all her support & Norma for taking photos and documenting the video. Oli, Sam, Rye, Tanner, & Greg for all the feedback & support. And all my friends in & out of skateboarding. Much love. -Shari