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Pages in category "Female skateboarders" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Yndiara Asp; B.
She is currently one of only three women, alongside Cara-Beth Burnside and Lizzie Armanto, with a “Thrasher” cover and the only one pictured skating street. [3] The cover was her first time being publish in a skate magazine. [3] Jim Thiebaud, Tommy Guerrero, and Ruben Orkin set her up with a photographer. Reyes cut class to shoot with the ...
Female based skateboarding groups also exist, such as Brujas which is based in New York City. Many women use their participation in skate crews to perform an alternative form of femininity. [1] [83] These female skate crews offer a safe haven for women and girls in cities, where they can skate and bond without male expectations or competition.
In this week's episode of In The Know: Uncommon Ground, we explore the growing group for female skaters in Philadelphia. This all-female skateboarding group has created a bond that goes beyond the ...
Stess began skateboarding at two years old. [8] In 2013, at eight years old, she became the first girl ever to win the California Amateur Skateboard League. [9] In 2014, during the King of Groms Championship, she became the first female skater to compete in all three skateboarding finals (street, mini ramp and bowl), and was the first girl to win the mini ramp competition. [10]
In 2021, Smith competed in the women's street skateboarding event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in last place out of the 20 competitors at the heat stage. [11] In so doing, Smith became the first ever openly non-binary athlete to compete at the Olympics and had the pronouns "they/them" inscribed on their skateboard. [ 12 ]
Caron is at the forefront of a small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding at the age of 12, and is currently sponsored by Meow Skateboards. Caron has stood on the X Games podium in the bronze-medal position three times—2003 in Park and 2007 and 2008 in Street.
She won the first women's skateboarding championship the same year, in Santa Monica; by then she had adopted a handstand as her signature board trick. [2] McGee was the first female professional skateboarder. [7] She was paid by Hobie/Vita Pak to travel and demonstrate the Hobie skateboard on a national level. [6]