Tag: celebrity skaters

  • Celebrity Skaters 2

    Celebrity Skaters 2

    I’ve got another batch of celebrity sightings to share, starting with Lucille Ball in 1965, followed by Brooke Shields and Sandy West in the 1970s. See: “Celebrity Skaters” from back in 2022 for a feature on Jodie Foster, Farah Fawcett and Katharine Hepburn, not to forget the story on Gloria Steinem! For an episode of…

  • Sylvie Vartan

    Sylvie Vartan

    It’s a big deal when a new skatepark is built and both skateboarders and community leaders / investors who rallied together honour the moment with a grand opening. Back in 1978, a suburb of Paris (Issy-les-Moulineaux) hosted a party for their new concrete park called Béton Hurlant, which was on Saint-Germain island in the Seine…

  • Gloria Steinem

    Gloria Steinem

    Gloria Steinem is an iconic journalist, activist, and feminist, who co-founded the magazine Ms. in 1972. So, you can imagine my delight when I stumbled upon photos of Gloria on a skateboard from 1965! The posed photos were taken by Yale Joel for her article on Pop Culture called “The Ins and Outs of Pop…

  • Celebrity Skaters

    Celebrity Skaters

    There’s no doubt that skateboarding is cool, so it’s inevitable that celebrities are going to want to give it a go. Over the years, we’ve seen an interesting mix of actresses take part and I have to ask, who “wore it better?” The most surprising actress has to be the elegant Katharine Hepburn, and it’s…