VIDEO: 'Super Starr' stands up for women and girls in skateboarding
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Australian champion skater Poppy Starr Olsen talks about the how have gender roles have had an impact on her, and what she is doing to change things for female skaters rising through the ranks. "There have been guys that have put me down, when I can't land tricks or stuff, and accuse me of being a girl," says Olsen, 18. "It just motivates me to try harder and prove them wrong." Poppy was interviewed for The Little Things project.