Tag: Skateboard History
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Peggy Oki
Peggy Oki almost needs no introduction considering her legacy as the lone female skateboarding member of the gritty Zephyr team, a Venice Beach crew which formed in the mid-1970s and took on mythic proportions thanks to the 2001 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys (dir. Stacy Peralta) followed by a fictionalized version, Lords of Dogtown in 2005…
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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…
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Michelle Kolar-Scott
Michelle Kolar-Scott was a freestyle / street skater with the best of them back in the 1970s and was interviewed in 2016 by Lorrie Palmos in a fantastic feature for Girls Who Ride which included photos of Michelle ripping up the curbs and throwing down kickflips! Michelle shared that she was raised in Hermosa Beach,…
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Merry Christmas – 1977
Back in December 1977, I was just a wee babe at 3 months old, but this is the skateboarding vibe I was born into, and I love this photo. Kid just scored a Freeformer split tail board and a Kiss album on vinyl. Stoked!! Happy holidays everybody. Back to Top
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Second Wind zine
In the early 2000s, Faye Lynn Richards based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico created her own skateboarding zine called Second Wind. Faye became a sponsored rider for the Idaho-based company Concrete Divas around the same time as she was publishing her zines. Second Wind was reviewed by Clarkie in the “Gurlz! On! Boardz!” section of…
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1970s News Clippings
Just like the 1960s New Clippings feature, all of these skateboarders are “mysteries,” so please reach out if someone is familiar as I’m always grateful for a little backstory. Names, newspapers and dates all listed below. Back to Top
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Denise Frohlick (Wait)
Denise Frohlick (Wait) of Coquitlam, BC was a champion skater in the early 1980s from Canada. I had come across her name in Thrasher within the September 1981 issue, within an article called “The Great Canadian Open.” On page 11, it was noted that in the banked bowl-riding contest at Seylynn skatepark, “Women’s Open winner…
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Anna Dimitriadou Kruse
Anna Dimitriadou Kruse (RIP) was born in Aurich, East Frisia in Germany on February 6th, 1991, and had family heritage in Greece, which she celebrated. She was a beloved skateboarder, known for her radiant smile, positive energy, and skateboarding skills. This entry is intended to celebrate her life, but please note that it includes details…
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Amy Pike Bradshaw
On Instagram, Amy Bradshaw has tagged herself @oldlady_skater, an identity which she celebrates. Over the years she has documented her skateboarding progress in photos and videos, her wavy silver hair flowing, and has garnered a devoted following. Amy was born in Inglewood, CA in 1964 and started skating around age 9. In an interview for…
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New York mystery 1978
In Skateboard World magazine for December 1978, there’s an article about the scene in New York called, “Skating in the Big Apple” by Mark Diamond and Charles Feldman. In Brooklyn, there was a team called “Performance Skateboard” which met up at Prospect Park, even though it wasn’t an actual skateboard park, and more of just…
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