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Patricia Ann McGee (August 23, 1945 – October 16, 2024) was an American professional skateboarder. In 1964 she set a world speed record for women's skateboarding and became the first women's champion in the sport. She was the first woman professional skateboarder and the first woman inducted into the IASC Skateboarding Hall of Fame.
Cindy Whitehead (born June 15, 1962) is an American professional skateboarder [1] and activist. A pioneer of vertical skateboarding , [ 2 ] she was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2016. [ 3 ]
Hawkins is at the forefront of a very small group of professional female skaters. She is also one of a few skaters to skate the DC Mega Ramp, and the first female skater to do so. [6] Due to a broken arm in 2005, and a torn ACL (resulting in surgery) in 2006, Lyn-Z has missed out on many competitions.
Vanessa Torres (born July 17, 1986, in Anaheim, California) is a professional skateboarder. She is sponsored by Meow Skateboards [1] and is the first woman to win X Games gold. [2] In 2003 the X Games first featured female skateboarding competitions; Torres placed first, winning gold, in the street event (then called Park). [3]
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.
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.
Poppy Starr Olsen wins Women's Skateboard Park bronze at X Games Minneapolis 2017 (Video) at YouTube This Australian biographical article relating to sport is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .
[1] [3] In 2017, she turned pro for Adidas and Welcome skateboards. [ 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.