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Perkins is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding in 1998 when a skate park was built close to her house. She thought it looked fun, so she asked for a skateboard for her birthday. [1] Away from skateboarding, Perkins enjoys snowboarding, surfing, and motocross. [1]
On February 28, 2019 she placed advertising on electronic billboards in Times Square, NY, with female skateboarders on it and the text "GIRLS SKATE TOO." [ 17 ] Whitehead is the author of a book on women's skateboarding titled It's Not About Pretty: A Book About Radical Female Skaters. [ 18 ]
[1] [8] [9] In 2017, Giovanni Reda directed a short film in collaboration with Adidas titled Nora, a documentary that spotlights Vasconcellos’ journey in skateboarding from childhood to present. [1] [3] [10] Thrasher listed Vasconcellos at number 4 on The Top 10 Women & Non-Binary Skaters of 2019 list. [11]
AKA: Girl Skater is a 2003 documentary about four female professional skateboarders on a skateboarding tour in Australia.. The documentary follows Dave Carnie (from Big Brother Skateboard Magazine) as he leads pro skaters Amy Caron, [1] Vanessa Torres, [2] Monica Shaw, [3] and Jaime Reyes on a tour of Australia, visiting a variety of skate parks and tourist attractions.
In 2024, Heyn finished 5th in Women's Skateboard Street at the X Games in Ventura, California. [ 13 ] [ 3 ] She also represented the United States as a member of the USA Skateboarding National Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics , where she competed in the women's street skating and came in 6th place with 163.23 points.
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Cui Chenxi (Chinese: 崔宸曦; pinyin: Cuī Chénxī; born 19 December 2009) is a Chinese street skateboarder.Aged 14 years and 223 days, she won the gold medal in the women's street skateboarding event at the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, making her the youngest Chinese gold medalist in the Asian Games.
The athletes sport traditional pollera skirts, bowler hats or the dresses their Aymara grandmothers have passed down to them, while skating. Female skateboarding collective breaks stereotypes in ...