Wendy Zaks appears skateboarding in the bottom right corner of an ad within Thrasher March 1989 and Transworld June 1989 as a member of the Powell Peralta Factory Team, just a few years after the legendary all-female ad that stated “Some Girls Play with Dolls. Real Women Skate” with Anita Tessensohn and Leaf Treinen, although this time she’s actually skateboarding (which was Leaf’s one regret).
In 1987, Powell Peralta Headquarters was situated in downtown Santa Barbara, CA and built a ramp called the Crossbones ramp behind their Research & Development building. Wendy was friends with fellow ramp skateboarder Krishna Swenson, also from Santa Barbara. Photos of Wendy skating the ramp are taken by John Oliver.
I wonder if there was ever an official girls-only session?
Grateful for more photos and any stories about these skate sessions and Wendy’s backstory!
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