Tag: SK8HERS
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Stephanie Massey
Stephanie Massey was a novelty in the late 1980s and early 1990s during a time when skateboarding pushed a stereotype of being an activity for delinquent boys. Very few “respectable” parents would permit their daughters to pursue skateboarding. Photo: Stephanie in Poweredge June 1989. Fortunately, Stephanie’s parents, Dan or “Danny” and Ruth Massey were already…
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Peggy Walden
Peggy Walden of Marshfield, Wisconsin, began skateboarding in 1986 and was age 15 when she was featured in an interview for the February 1991 issue of the female-focused skateboarding zine Equal Time (pp 10-16), which was edited by JoAnn Gillespie, who took over from Lynn Kramer. Peggy’s part in SK8HERS I am so grateful for…
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SK8HERS
During the early 1990s in Santa Barbara, where skateboarding was thriving in backyard mini-ramps and the Powell Skate Zone indoor park, a core group of women had found a connection and were fortunate to skate together. And their efforts were noticed! In 1992, Ethan Fox directed the first female-focused skateboard video called SK8HERS and thanks…
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JoAnn Gillespie
JoAnn Gillespie, AKA Rawkmom, is given props in the book Skater Girl: a girls’ guide to skateboarding (2007) by Patty Segovia and Rebecca Heller for her role in taking on the Women’s Skateboard Network in 1991, which had been established by Lynn Kramer in 1989 through the ‘zine Equal Time and had grown to some…
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Rhonda Doyle
In the early 1990s, when asked about other female skaters in the scene, Rhonda Doyle was given props by Cara-beth Burnside in her October 1991 interview for Thrasher. Burnside stated that, “My friend Rhonda Doyle skates vert and pools really well. She’s an aggro grinder girl” (47). Photos: Ethan Fox Rhonda was part of the…
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