Tag: Natalie Porter
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Happy Holidays 2025
This festive photo, published on December 22, 1975, features Wayne McKeown, age 12, from Annandale, CA, transporting his Christmas tree by skateboard. That’s 50 years ago to the day… woah. Photo: Martin James Brannan Wishing everyone a lovely holiday and a happy new year! I managed to cram in one more last-minute interview last week…
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2025 Wrap Up
2025 has been an epic year, and there’s still a few more weeks to go that I suspect will be super busy! While I’m mindful that some of the promotion activities for Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: a history of badass women skateboarders have been distracting me from my regular research and the writing of…
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Skate Book Launched
I’ve just returned from sunny San Diego to some Pacific Northwest winter rain (sob!) but am still riding that author’s high a month after seeing my book published and on bookstore shelves! Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders was released on September 16th with ECW Press, and the whole experience…
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Book Launch Countdown
It’s less than a week away from “Pub Day” for Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders and so far, the feedback has been encouraging! I’m trying to stay positive even though there’s some nagging thoughts of doubt and anxiety, imagining friends, family, and strangers reading or listening to it (there’s…
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Beyond Boards
I keep a gratitude jar to collect reminders of positive moments and kind gestures throughout the year that I’m grateful for. On New Year’s Day I open the jar and get to reminisce about the year. There’s been a whirlwind of activity lately in anticipation of the book coming out, and every day I feel…
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Thrasher Interview
When the editor of Thrasher reached out and offered to feature the archive in an upcoming issue, I was nervous considering that, the magazine wasn’t exactly an ally for women in decades past. And while I don’t condemn the publication, there have been moments in its history that demonstrate just how fragile and insecure the…
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3rd Year Anniversary
I’ve got a tradition going! On International Women’s Day, I’m reminded that another year has passed since I launched the archive in 2022. And, like last year, I get to reflect on my experience at the Slow Impact long weekend in Tempe, Arizona, which was extra special since my good friend (and former housemate), Rhianon…
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Happy New Year 2025
Happy New Year! It’s 2025 and I couldn’t be more excited. 2024 was a bit of a rollercoaster, at least health-wise but it certainly ended on a high note. Plus, the sun came out briefly yesterday, so I went to the skatepark (rescued a bunch of worms in puddles) and found a small patch of…
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Fall 2024 Review
An early September package from Lisa Whitaker of Meow skateboards started things off right this fall! She had reached out, noticing I was rocking a favourite Meow t-shirt in a photo and offered to send a few more items. I was so stoked, and it was great timing because I had been digging into Lisa’s…
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Summer Review 2024
It’s starting to feel like summer is wrapping up on the west coast with all this rainy weather, but spirits are high especially after today’s feature in the Nelson Star newspaper featuring PJ McKenzie (Pam Judge)! After writing up a bio on PJ back in 2022 and then meeting her in Kaslo the following summer,…
Womxn Skateboard History 