00:02Roller Skating for me is oxygen.
00:11The Moxie Skate Team is a group of gals originally from Long Beach but spread worldwide.
00:17We're all skate sisters.
00:20We have a very distinct style and fashion sense.
00:24Colors, brightness, booty shorts.
00:27Oh my god, look at this helmet. It's so cute.
00:30Stop it, legs.
00:32In Long Beach, people know us because we're all together skating in the streets.
00:38We're wearing these bright, colorful, summery outfits.
00:40They see us on the beach, on the hills, in the skate park.
00:45When you're in Long Beach, you'll see roller skaters all over.
00:48You'll see them commuting. You'll see them on the beach.
00:50You'll see them everywhere. And it is because of Moxie.
00:54She used to go to every single one of my lessons.
00:56Yep.
00:57Her and her girlfriend.
00:58Yep.
00:59Who used to go to the geriatric.
01:00The geriatric.
01:01Yeah.
01:04We all have thunder thighs and we all have butts.
01:06And it's because these legs and these muscles help us be more powerful in the park so we can skate
01:11and learn how to do more tricks and jump higher and spin faster and dance longer.
01:19For us, skating isn't just a hobby. It is our lifestyle.
01:23I was like, I don't even know if you can see it. It's not even that bad.
01:26Estrogen is the Moxie Queen.
01:29When Estrogen hits the skate park, everyone's eyes light up, their jaws drop, and they're just stunned.
01:38Indy is the wild child. She is the free spirit, always discovering yourself and going places.
01:45Legs is the local girl. She's from Long Beach and she's everyone's little sister.
01:51Pigeon's kind of our gangster.
01:52Pigeon was a hill bomber for a very long time. She knows how to stop on a dime on a
01:57hill no matter how steep it is.
01:59Bonsai is the spunky, loud center of us all. She kind of brings us all together.
02:08When we first started skating in the parks, it was really intimidating.
02:12It was all men, all on skateboards, staring at us because we looked absolutely insane in our roller skates.
02:21It doesn't matter what we wear or what we look like because we can do some seriously badass stuff.
02:37When people see us at parks in dresses or short shorts and knee socks, they think that we're doing it
02:43to impress other people
02:44when in reality we do it because that's what makes us feel good and what we feel like skating in
02:48that day.
02:52They don't really expect us to, like, dive into a ditch, skates first, or jump in the halfpipe, or go
03:00straight down this hill,
03:01and they're like, wow, that's crazy. Girls could do that?
03:07Moxie is a word that means bravery, strength, and fortitude.
03:12It's like a woman's gusto.
03:16You may always fall, but you're always going to give back up.
03:18I swear I can do it! That's the first time I've ever fallen!
03:23You can almost just put on skates and you're part of the sisterhood of people that all roller skate
03:29and have a lot of things in common, and if you don't have a lot of things in common,
03:33the one language you have is that you all skate together.
03:43We are tall and short. We are thick and skinny.
03:48The most important thing is we're all strong.
03:51We are strong.
03:52We are sore blouse, we are deep and floral.
03:55No problem.
03:56Things like that.
03:57You can imagine as we walk about the car.
03:58You can currently worship the distance of the moon.
03:58We are under Sandoval instead of being‑sour.
03:58You
