Category: 2000s
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Life
Life is precious and skateboarders are beautiful. There is so much heartbreak and anger right now in light of the violence and brutality that took Tyre Nichols away from his family and friends. Not sure how to process anything. I glimpsed the footage and it is beyond sickening. And while reviewing the RIP section of…
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2022 Reflection
It’s been a pretty awesome year, especially since I launched this website and Instagram page back on International Women’s Day! Even though I’ve been researching and collecting information on women and non-binary skaters since 2003, I had mostly been hoarding everything to myself harboring a pipe-dream that I would one day publish a book. I…
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AKA: Girl Skater
The skateboard video AKA: Girl Skater (dir. Mike Hill, 2003) on VHS and DVD, was highly anticipated since it showcased the Gallaz pro team including Jaime Reyes, Vanessa Torres, Amy Caron and Monica Shaw during their roadtrip through Australia, performing demos and competing at the Globe World Cup with bonus footage of New Zealand local…
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Karen Schirm
Karen Schirm of Bremen, Germany was a street skater in the early 2000s and needs acknowledgment as one of the few female skaters-of-colour at that time, especially in Europe. While there was only one interview I could find of her by Chrissie Stegt, she briefly mentioned that if offered a free trip anywhere in the…
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Begoña Cortés
Begoña Cortés (AKA Bego) from Alcorcón (Madrid), Spain is recognized today as one of the earliest female skateboarders who held her own at iconic skatespots like Sants Station and MACBA in Barcelona during the 1990s and 2000s. In an interview with Redbull.com, Begoña shared that she was curious about skateboarding at a young age and…
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Lauren Mollica
Lauren Mollica of New Brunswick, New Jersey (born in 1980) initially was a snowboarder, although she started dabbling in skateboarding in the late 1980s with her brothers. Lauren received her first board when she was 8 years-old, which was a Sims Kevin Staab, that she bought specifically because it featured pirates, combined with purple grip,…
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Violet Kimble
Violet Alvarez Kimble was born in Oceanside, CA in 1988 and grew up in Vista near San Diego. She enjoyed surfing at an early age and began skateboarding in the late 1990s. For a feature in the Gallaz Magazine (2005), Violet said that while she couldn’t remember the first time she skated, “I remember the…
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Sue Hazel
Sue Hazel is the UK equivalent to Cara-beth Burnside considering her long-standing skateboarding career from 1977 to the present and her role in supporting the progression of female skaters in Britain. While brief interviews of Sue appeared in UK magazines Sk8Action and Skateboard! during the 1980s, a more thorough interview was conducted in 2010 by…
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Lynn Kramer
Lynn Kramer has currently won the World Slalom Champion title seventeen* times, received the first-ever women’s pro slalom board through Sk8Kings back in 2007, and continues her relentless dominance in that field with a solid list of sponsors. Her skateboarding story was launched in the 1980s, and the role she played taking on the Women’s…
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Sasha La Rochelle
Sasha La Rochelle from Santa Rosa, California was a versatile skater in the early 2000s, and in an interview on October 30, 2023 she revealed that her introduction to skateboarding was essentially destiny! Her mom’s partner at the time was a heavy equipment mechanic and noticed a brand new skateboard at the dump, a “Maui…
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