Lady Meek – Interview

Interview by Taylor Ballard

Photos by Taylor Ballard, Keke Leppälä, Eduardo Sanchez and Tyler Hopkins

Hey Lady! How are things going? What have you been up to lately?

Hi Taylor! Things are good. I’ve been busy traveling and skating a lot!

Love to hear it! You just went on a Lakai trip right? How was that, where did you guys go?

Yes I did! Lakai recently did a collab with Pacifico and we went to Tampa, Florida to hang out at SPOT for the Harvest Jam. We got there a few days after a hurricane and left three days before another hurricane. So we were there in between two hurricanes.

That’s awesome! Was this the first time you met some of the crew, you guys all have fun out there?

Yes it was my first time meeting everyone on the trip, we had a great time. That skatepark is so fun and the crew was so rad and fired up.

Love to hear it! Seems like you have been doing quite a bit of traveling the last year or so and have gotten to skate some really cool stuff. Where all have you been in 2024, what places have you enjoyed the most?

Yes for sure! This year I went to Tampa twice, Woodward PA, Prague, Finland, SF a few times and I just went on a Thrasher trip through Oregon. We camped and skated all the crusty parks. That one was my favorite trip so far, Finland is a close second!

That’s so cool! Your last video part was so good and you have another video part in the works right? You plotting on anything for this one or just going with the flow? When can we expect to see it?

Thank you!! Yes right now I’m just stacking clips and making a timeline, I’m not sure where it’ll end up yet, I’m just going with the flow and filming with the homies. I’m sure the clips will find a good home when it’s time. For now I’m just down for the adventures and hyped to be collecting memories on film.

That’s a great way to go about it! Whats next for you? You have trips or events you have going before the end of the year?

I’m going up to SF next week to hang and skate with my friend Lara and then I’m not sure what’s next! The rest of the year should be mellow. Looking forward to staying local for a little bit and surfing and skating around SoCal.

Sounds like a solid plan! If you could travel anywhere in 2025 where would you want to go? You have any dream skateparks or spots you haven’t been able to visit yet?

I would love to go to Spain and skate the DIYs there and the La Kantera skatepark. That’s a bucket list trip for sure. And FDR is always on the list. Still haven’t been.

Spain is amazing! So much good terrain out there for a skater like you. Looking back a bit what got you stoked on skateboarding initially and what keeps you doing it today?

Initially, I was stoked on skating from surfing first. Today, I still do it because skating new things and learning new tricks with the homies is so fulfilling, it always gets me fired up and looking forward to the next sesh. And I feel like there’s still so much to do and new terrain to explore on my skateboard, I’m so excited for it.

Love that! There truly is a never ending world of spots, tricks, parks to learn and explore. What are your top three tricks you can’t do but want to learn?

For real! Right now my dream tricks are invert to fakies, back smith laybacks and huge caballerials in the deepends would be so sick.

I can definitely see you doing all of those and more. Who in skateboarding inspires you right now, when you want to get fired up to go skate what videos are you watching?

Thank you! I’m always inspired by Lizzie Armanto, Ronnie Sandoval, Fabiana Delfino and Raney Beres. And Peter Hewitt is my favorite skateboarder so I’m always putting on his parts before I go skate. I’ve been watching a lot of Bru Rays too.

That’s a great bunch to draw some inspo from. You have come so far since we met just over 3 years ago and it has been so much fun to watch your progression. Do you have any advice for up and coming skaters like yourself just a few years ago?

When you skate for the soul, the harvest will be plentiful. In other words, good things will come when you do it for the right reasons. And keep skating because it’s the sickest thing ever… you never know where it’ll take you and who you’ll meet along the way.

That’s the key! Lady I’m so stoked for you, the future is so bright and I can’t wait to see where all this takes you. Anything else you wanna put say or throw out there before before we wrap things up

Thank you so much for interviewing me, Taylor!

Just wanna say thanks to Jonathan and Confusion for having me 🙂

You can follow Lady Meek on instagram at @ladyjmeek
And also check out her hand-stitched custom embroidery company at @ladys.embroidery

You can also check out her interview in the print edition of Confusion Magazine – issue 37 where she got the cover!