Category: News
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Dogs on Skateboards
It’s hard to resist a pet, let alone a puppy on a skateboard! Lately, there’s been a variety of dogs, kittens, birds and even a tiny turtle going viral online as they embrace skateboarding. A perfect hit of dopamine for any skater. But this isn’t a contemporary phenomenon. Jenny Goodman, age 10, received some attention…
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Collaborations – Backside & Adjacency Bias
It’s been an exciting week with everything happening at once! First up, an article that I wrote for Adjacency Bias which focuses on skateboarding in the NorthWest, was published online. It was fun to really zero in on a specific region and trace the history of women skaters with meaningful connections to Oregon, Washington, and…
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April Fool – Skateboard injury
I had a minor set-back in my momentum with this project, due to an unexpected visit to the hospital. On Valentine’s Day, after a 3-week battle with COVID, I was excited that some winter sunshine would allow me to go for a skate session. I really wanted to get out there since I was about…
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2nd Year Anniversary
Happy International Women’s Day! Two years ago today, I launched the website and Instagram account, and it’s been another awesome year. I have to say the highlight as of late was going to the Slow Impact festival / conference in Tempe, AZ as well as securing a book deal with ECW Press as mentioned in…
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Slow Impact 2024
In just over a week, I’ll be flying down to Arizona to be part of the Slow Impact skateboard festival conference event in Tempe, February 16-19! I’ve got a lightning talk for your enjoyment called, “Female and Non-Binary Skateboarding Zines of the 1980s and 1990s: a skater librarian’s methodical f**k you to archival silence.” Decided…
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2023 Reflection
There’s been so many highlights of 2023, but mostly I’m just grateful to be able to keep building community while learning about fascinating women in skateboarding history by researching, interviewing and writing! In review… There’s so many skateboarders to give shout outs to, but PJ McKenzie (aka Pam Judge) was a special interview, since this…
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Gratitude
It’s the season of gratitude (when is it not?), and I am feeling the love. There’s been so many delightful zines and packages arrive in the mail, which is just the best. Cherries Wheels out of Texas (woman-owned skate company!!) even sent me a fresh set of wheels and loads of stickers. They ride like…
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Canada’s Champion
I first wrote about PJ McKenzie (Pam Judge) back in May 2022 after sourcing just a few photos of her online, and then stumbling upon a few more through newspaper databases. Once I realized that she was Canada’s first female skateboarding champion (back in 1977 / 1978), I knew that I had to meet her!…
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1960s News Clippings
At this point, all of these 1960s newspaper clippings feature “mystery” skaters! Give me a shout if you have more of the back story. Thanks in advance! And check out 1960s News Clippings Part 2 and 1970s News Clippings for more! Photo: found the original of Jim Argo’s photo of Alecia Chalmers and Deborah Martin…
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Zine update!
Do you love zines? Well, you’re in luck because I’ve added a new resource reference page where I will be uploading scans of historical zines for your enjoyment. Check it out here (also included in the dropdown menu). If you are a zine author or collector, and have better scans or missing issues, I would…
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