Magazine Covers

Have you ever wondered if your favourite skateboard magazine has featured photos of women skateboarding on their covers, and how many? Here is an overview, which will be updated as the skateboard industry evolves.

Special shout-out to the magazines that have focused on female, non-binary, Trans and diverse skaters: Equal Time zine, Check it Out (Brazil / U.S.), Push (Canada), Hate on This, OH-SO, Quell, Dolores (Spain), SKATEISM, Bigfoot, Mess Mag, Mag De Zine (France), Into the Mirror (Brazil), and Betesga (Portugal).

See the page on Zines for DIY publications and full scans.

Jump down to: 1960s / 1970s / 1980s & 1990s / Check it Out / 2000-2010 / 2011-2019 / Diverse focus / 2020-2022 / 2023-2025

1960s

*Skateboarder was briefly called The Quarterly Skateboarder and had two runs from Winter 1964 – October 1965, and then Summer 1975 – September 1980, but none of their 1970s or 1980s issues included a female skater on the cover. Boo!

**Fun Fact: Laurie Turner is the first female skateboarder and photographer to appear in a skateboarding magazine and to have her photos published, as seen in the Winter 1964 Vol. 1 No. 1 issue of The Quarterly Skateboarder on page 37.

1970s

*The National Skateboard Review ran from January 1976 – April/May 1979, edited by Di Dootson Rose

1980s & 1990s

  • Stephanie Person – Equal Time Vol 1, no. 2, April 1989
  • Anita Tessensohn – Equal Time Vol 1, no. 3, Summer 1989 (George Medlock)
  • Cara-beth Burnside – Thrasher August 1989 (Dan Cavalheiro) – 1st woman since Thrasher was released, January 1981 to present
  • Cara-beth Burnside – Lowlife March 1993
  • Jaime Reyes – Thrasher April 1994 (Scott Starr) – 2nd woman
  • Cara-beth Burnside – Punk Planet 25 May / June 1998 (Patty Segovia)
carabeth-burnside-august-1989-thrasher-cavalheiro

Check it Out: Sk84Girls

Thank God for Check it Out, which began as a photocopied zine in Brazil in 1995. See the zine page for digitized scans.

  • Catarina Hu CIO 6, 1998
  • Unknown CIO 7, 1998
  • Amanda SP CIO 8, 1999
  • Monica Polistchuk CIO 10, March/April/May 2000
  • Shana Ricao CIO 11, June/July/August 2000 (Ana Paula Negrao)
  • Vanessa Torres CIO 13, February 2002
  • Alexis Sablone CIO 14, Winter 2002/2003 (Michael Burnett)
  • Alex White CIO 15, 2003
  • Patiane Freitas CIO 16, October 2004
  • Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins CIO 17, January 2005
  • Marisa Dal Santo CIO 18, 2005 / 2006 (Magda Wosinska) released 2007

2000-2010

  • Alexis Schempp – Push magazine (inside International Longboarder) August 2002
  • Vanessa Torres – Push magazine December 2002 (Patty Segovia)
  • Jessie Van Roechoudt – Push magazine Spring 2003 (Bryce Kanights)
  • Lauren Perkins – SG Magazine October / November 2003
  • Steffi Weiss – Kingpin Issue 8 2004 (Ingo Schader)
  • Vanessa Torres – SG Magazine February 2005
  • Patiane Freitas – Tribo 2005 (Brasil)
  • Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins – SG Magazine October 2005
  • Eliana Sosco – Cemporcento Skate Issue 100 July 2006 (Brasil – Renato Custodio)
  • Judi Oyama – The Mid-County Post, March 2007 (photo 1975)
  • Karen Jones – Gorila 2008 (Mexico – Ana Paula Negrão)
  • Jean Rusen – AZ Steez May/June 2009
  • Vanessa Torres – Hate on This June 2009
  • Leticia Bufoni – Hate on This December 2009
  • Leticia Bufoni – Tribo March 2010 (Brasil)
  • Taylor Beatty – Hate on This March 2010
  • Leticia Bufoni – Cemporcento Skate Issue 145 April 2010 (Brasil – Ana Paula Negrao)

2011-2019

  • Hillary Thompson – King Shit issue 3.2 2011
  • Sabrina ‘Puse’ Göggel – Limited Skateboarding 105 Nov/Dec 2011 (Germany)
  • Natalie Krishna Das – Concrete Wave 10 no. 5 Spring 2012
  • Amelia Brodka – Pacific August 2013 (Dan Sparagna)
  • Leticia Bufoni – The Skateboard Mag October 2015
  • Allysha Le – Coping Block February 2016 (Heidi Lemmon)
  • Lizzie Armanto – TransWorld Skateboarding November 2016 (Bart Jones), note that this is the only female cover photo even though the magazine ran from May/June 1983 – March/April 2019
  • Lizzie Armanto – Thrasher May 2017 (Michael Burnett) – 3rd woman
  • Grace Marhoefer – Coping Block May 2018 (Chris Hooten)
  • Margielyn Didal – Blunt Vol. 16 2018 (Maui Hidalgo)
  • Annie Guglia – King Skateboard 11.3 October 2019 (Ryan Lebel)

Diverse focus – Contemporary

  • Note: Quell Magazine was launched August 2017, issue 2 was March 2018, issue 3 December 2018, and first three covers were plain / bold colours
  • Leo Baker – SKATEISM 1 January 2018 (Sam McGuire) – full scan on ISSUU
  • Lizzie Armanto – OH-SO 1 January 2019
  • Jenn Soto – SKATEISM 3 January 2019
  • Paola Flores – Dolores 00 February 2019
  • ?? – Dolores 1 July 2019
  • ?? – Dolores 2
  • Sky Brown – OH-SO 2 Summer 2019
  • Jaime Reyes – Quell Magazine 4 October 2019
  • Leticia Bufoni – OH-SO 3 Fall 2019
  • Misugu Okamoto – OH-SO 4 2020 (Carmen Chan)
  • ?? – Dolores 3 March 2020
  • Leo Baker – Quell Magazine 5 March 2020
  • Allysha Le – OH-SO 5 2020 (Embry Rucker)
  • FroSkate – Quell Magazine 6 November 2020
  • Samarria Brevard – SKATEISM 6 December 2020
  • Sarah Meurle – OH-SO 6 2021
  • ?? – Dolores 4 May 2021
  • ?? – Dolores 5 July 2021
  • Shanae “Sheezy” Collins – Bigfoot Skate Mag 1 Summer 2021 (Wade Mclaughlin)
  • Sam Bolton – Quell Magazine 7 August 2021
  • Sakura Yosozumi – OH-SO 7 2021 (Chris Dangaard)

*Keeps going below the first gallery

Diverse focus cont… (2022-2025)

  • Una Farrar – Mess Mag 1 January 2022 (Norma Ibarra)
  • Cita Moreno – Mag de Zine 1 February 2022 (Felix Picaud)
  • Samarria Brevard – Bigfoot Skate Mag 2 Early 2022 (Meghan McGuire)
  • Briana King – SKATEISM 9 May 2022 (A Klass)
  • Jechu Carvalan – Dolores 6 June 2022 (Raisa Abal)
  • Marie De Courcy – Mess Mag 2 September 2022 (Matt Price)
  • Vitória Mendonça – Into the Mirror 1 November 2022 (Diego Sarmento)
  • Minna Stess – Bigfoot Skate Mag 3 Late 2022 (Meghan McGuire)
  • Roxana Botu – Dolores 7 December 2022 (Raisa Abal)
  • Eva Galusinski – Mag de Zine 2 February 2023 (Luzzies)
  • Camila Lopes – Betesga 1 March 2023 (Joana Melo)
  • Gabriella Santana – Into the Mirror 2 March 2023 (Jr. Pig)
  • Leti Nogueira – Dolores 8 July 2023 (Raisa Abal)
  • Giovana Dias – Into the Mirror 3 August 2023 (Anairan Deleon)
  • Eugenia Ginepro – Dolores 9 November 2023 (Raisa Abal)
  • Ligiane Xuxa – Into the Mirror 4 December 2023 (Jr. Pig)
  • Agatha Alendar – Betesga 2 December 2023 (Joana Melo)
  • Momiji Nishiya – Mess Mag 4 February 2024 (Alan Carvalho)
  • Dora Varella – Into the Mirror 5 May 2024
  • Lizzie Armanto – Dolores 10 July 2024
  • Vitória Mendonça – Into the Mirror 6 November 2024 (Marimo)
  • Vitória Mendonça – Betesga 3 December 2024
  • Maité Steenhoudt – Dolores 11 December 2024 (Raisa Abal)
  • SHAG – Dolores 12 April 2025 (Raisa Abal)
  • Vitoria Bartolo – Into the Mirror 7 July 2025 (Allan Carvalho)
  • Funa Nakayama – Dolores 13 September 2025 (Norma Ibarra)
  • Moa Zander – Dolores 14 November 2025 (Raisa Abal)

2020-2022 (general skate mags)

  • Beatrice Domond – Juice Issue 77 2020
  • Mahrina Veiga – DECCS March 15 2020
  • Shani Bru – SuGaR Issue 202 August 2020 (France)
  • Helena Long – Vague September 2020 (Rich West)
  • Helena Long – Grey Skate Mag October 2020
  • Mahrina Veiga – DECCS April 1 2021
  • Isabelly Avila – DECCS April 15 2021
  • Rianne Evans – Vague April 2021 (Rob Whiston)
  • Steffi Hofer – Irregular April 2021 (Hannes Mautner)
  • Caroline Duerr – Skate Jawn 62 July 2021
  • Isabelly Avila – DECCS August 2021
  • Breana Geering – Thrasher October 2021 (Taylor Ballard) – 4th woman
  • Maite Steenhoudt – SOLO December 2021 (Germany)
  • Samarria Brevard – Thrasher January 2022 (Michael Burnett) – 5th woman
  • Lena Siew – Goblin Issue 4 2022 (Luke Kroon)
  • Alice Smith – The Skateboarders’ Companion Issue 8 Oct-Dec 2022
  • Hayley Wilson – Slam 234 Winter 2022 (Paul Battlay)
  • Merry Garner – North Skate Mag May 2022 (Graham Tait)

2023-2025 (general skate mags)

  • Funa Nakayama – Thrasher January 2023 (Matt Fookes) – 6th woman
  • Rebeca Meyer – DECCS July 2023
  • Sam Narvaez – Skate Jawn 74 August 2023 (Diego)
  • Nora Vasconcellos – Thrasher October 2023 (Zander Taketomo) – 7th woman
  • Bryce Wettstein – Crust magazine (Exposure) 4 November 2023
  • Jechu Corvalan – Vague December 2023 (Gerard Riera)
  • Elissa Steamer – Thrasher March 2024 (Michael Burnett) – 8th woman
  • Hayley Wilson – Slam 241 March 2024 (Bryce Golder)
  • Vitória Mendonça – Backside Magazine 25 May 2024 (Fernando Menezes Jr)
  • Maite Steenhoudt – Vague May 2024 (Dennis Scholz)
  • Alexis Sablone – Thrasher September 2024 (Jon Coulthard) – 9th woman
  • Lola Tambling – The Skateboarder’s Companion 15 (UK) July-September 2024
  • Vitória Mendonça – Vague October 2024 (Reece Leung)
  • Momiji Nishiya – Pancake November 2024
  • Lady J Meek – Confusion? 37 November 2024 (Keke Leppala)
  • Funa Nakayama – Pancake: Mimosa Women’s Special issue March 2025
  • Joey Yarbrough – Coping Block 99 April 2025 (Lauren Brooke)
  • Georgia Martin & Shiloh Catori (front), Nelly Morville (back) – Closer Skateboarding 11 May 2025 (Jaime Owens)
  • Liz Lovelace – Slam Skateboarding 248 December 2025 (Sam Coady)

And here’s a few bonus covers from contemporary magazines that may not be skateboard focused but still celebrated some of our shining stars today.

  • Mazel Paris – Anyway magazine Spring / Summer 2025
  • Joey Yarbrough – Carlsbad magazine July / August 2025 (J. Grant Brittain)

There’s been a crap ton of skateboard magazines from around the world throughout the decades who missed their chance to celebrate women and non-binary skaters on their covers (not cool!) and many others that are still holding out… please give me a heads up if I’m missing a magazine or an alert when a publication finally steps up.

C’mon people, the longer you wait, the more awkward it gets.

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