About

Natalie Porter – founder of Womxn Skate History

• I live and skate with gratitude on the traditional unceded territory of the Tla’amin First Nation.
• ECW Press published my book, Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: a history of badass women skateboarders September 2025. Order today!
• I began skateboarding in 1995 and in 2003, wrote the first academic thesis from the perspective of women skaters called Female Skateboarders and Their Negotiation of Space and Identity.
• As of January 2025, I’ve been a columnist for Closer Skateboarding magazine. See my full list of publications.
• A highlight of this project has been an interview with Thrasher (May 2025 print / June 2025 online) and Bust (Winter 2023) magazines.
• I am a Subject Expert with the Smithsonian Museum on their Skateboarding Advisory Board.
• I have been a librarian since 2009, including Branch Head of the Carnegie Library in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (2014-2018) and currently work for the British Columbia Library Association.

I’m always grateful for financial support like a “coffee” to cover costs for this website and my research.

Thank you!