Tag: Skateboard History
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Cindy Gorset
Cindy Gorset was a punk skater mom from Seattle, known for her smooth style, big pop, nailing inward heelflips, and maintaining a mohawk. Cindy skated the streets and parks of Seattle and Portland. She especially enjoyed skating Burnside and was considered a local. In the June 2002 issue of Heckler, Cindy was featured in a…
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Linda Benson
Linda Benson, a world champion surfer from the late 1950s and ’60s was the first woman to have a signature skateboard when Hansen Surfboards designed the “Linda Benson Model” in 1964. Benson explained to Patty Segovia and Rebecca Heller in their book Skater Girl what the early skateboards were like. “We were riding 2x4s cut…
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Web launch!
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and I’ve decided to make this website live to celebrate. It had always been my dream to create a gorgeous coffee-table book called The Illustrated History of Womxn in Skateboarding. I’ve been accumulating stories and interviews about skateboarders since the early 2000s, and contributing to various ‘zines and collections along…
Womxn Skateboard History 