This skateboard club is helping plus-size riders push body positivity forward - CNN

It can definitely be heartbreaking when you're trying to create this visibility and knowing that the visibility also opens the door for more attacks."

That's when the idea of Chub Rollz ramped up in Duran's mind.

He wanted to start Chub Rollz as a safe space open to plus-size people wanting to learn and skate together - be it on a skateboard, roller skates or any other type of wheels.

"I feel very free to be in my body and be myself on a skateboard."

Besides being body-positive, Duran, who is Black and Mexican, is proud that Chub Rollz is "BIPOC-founded" and led by a "queer and trans team."

The group is striving to ensure everyone feels welcomed and safe in the new community they are building, he said.

"We can showcase what this community looks like in full and not just what the advertisements look like or what the professional athletes look like."

About 20 skaters a month have been taking part in the group's skating meet-up sessions, and people all across the United States and as far away as Australia and South Africa have taken part in the group's virtual discussions.

Duran says that one thing that sets Chub Rollz apart from other plus-size groups is that weight loss is not a factor.

We just have to create safe spaces for fat folks to be themselves and to explore and move as they like."