Category: 1970s
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Fabiana Duclos
In 1973, Fabiana Duclos (Badie) received her first skateboard and within four years she was being recognized as a freestyle expert. Fabiana was showcased by the Wild World of Skateboarding magazine first in July 1977 within a 4-page feature on how to perform a 360, while skating at the Montebello skate park. That same year…
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Stephanie Fernández
Stephanie Fernández is a skateboarder from Mexico that I thought I would never find! It all began with Vicki Vickers, who was interviewed for Skateboarder magazine (December 1979) in a 6-page feature. At one point, Jim Goodrich had asked her, “Are most of the female skaters where you’ve been to in the U.S. seriously into…
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Cindy Hernandez
Cindy Hernandez (Ochirosi) was a skateboarder from the late 1970s, that I would love to know more about. She is from Culver City, CA and now lives in Stockholm, Sweden. Cindy was showcased ripping in a pool in the December 1977 issue of Skateboard World, and a brief article was written up by Marc Margulies.…
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Sophie Bourgeois
In the late 1970s and 1980s, one of the top female skateboarders from Canada was Sophie Bourgeois from Drummondville, Quebec but you would hardly know it due to the limited acknowledgement, if any in Canadian skateboard magazines or history books. Like Pam Judge, Canada’s first female National Champion, Sophie would go on to be sponsored by…
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Andra Malczewski
Andra Malczewski is from Encinitas, California and lived in South Bay, Hermosa Beach, graduating from Torrance High School in 1971. In the mid-1970s at age 20, Andra competed in all skateboarding disciplines and was sponsored by Unity Skateboard Team (AKA Unity SurfSkate shop from Hermosa). In an interview for Juice Magazine (Dec. 2008) legendary skater…
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Terry Brown
Terry Brown from Santa Cruz began skateboarding at age 5 and was encouraged to skateboard by her brothers, even though her parents were less enthusiastic. At age 14 pro skater John Hudson noticed her skating at Harbor and encouraged her to take up slalom. Terry excelled in slalom contests, but she also enjoyed skating bowl…
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Yvonne Cucci
Yvonne Cucci (Summerfield) was originally a mystery until this post was shared on social media and we connected for an interview on Friday, September 2nd, 2022. Yvonne grew up in Torrance, California and played many sports such as flag football, softball and soccer as a kid. She was active and loved being outside. The best…
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Elisabeth “Eli” Meyers
Elisabeth “Eli” Meyers (RIP) was from Schoten, a town in Antwerp, Belgium and is considered the country’s first ripping female skater. Meyers was introduced to skateboarding by her brother and friends, and she consistently skateboarded into her fifties. “In those days, there were no videos – we had to wait for Skateboarder Magazine to come…
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Minh Duc (Jasmin) Tran
In the very first issue of Skateboard! (Britain’s first skateboard magazine), which came out in August 1977, there’s a photo and short blurb on a skater named Minh Duc Tran in the “Who’s Hot” section. The feature shared that Minh was 17, had been skating less than a year and was from the Kensington neighbourhood…
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Kathy Bomeisler
Kathy Bomeisler from Torrance, California “was one of the first girls to compete in contests with a women’s category” according to Di Dootson. In 1975, at the 1st Annual Southern California Skateboard Championships on the Orange County Fairgrounds, Kathy appears in the results representing Makaha and Logan Earth Ski at age 14. In the Women’s…
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