Tag: skateboarder
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Lisa Whitaker
Lisa Whitaker carved out space and opportunities for girls, women and non-binary skaters at a time when they were practically non-existent. She is a skater, filmer/photographer, creative producer, webmaster, mom, and as the owner of Meow skateboards, she continues to support the community today. Lisa was one of very few individuals documenting women’s skateboarding in…
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Claire Glavin
Claire Glavin (St. James) was originally in my mystery section, but thanks to her friend Judith Cohen we connected and had a conversation on April 11, 2024. I was grateful for the introduction because in the June 1978 issue of the National Skateboard Review, in the Women’s Special Feature Claire’s name was misspelled and labeled…
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Perri Morgan
It’s obvious that Perri Morgan was a badass based on the fact that she is acknowledged for being a photographer behind a collection of photos of Fugazi performing in 1997 at Fort Reno park. Perri is from Washington, DC and became a sponsored street skater for the Washington skateshop East Board Co. and 5BORO NYC…
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50-50 Skate Zine by Zanna
50-50 Skate Zine: Skateboarding and Gender by Zanna of Portland, Oregon came out in September 1999 and was 54 pages in length full of wisdom, rage, activism, insight and skateboarding! On the very first page, Zanna highlighted a scathing letter from the Mailbox page of Thrasher from August 1999 (issue #223) that condemned women skaters,…
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Teresa Gamboa
Teresa Gamboa (nicknamed Tee or T-Styx) of Redondo Beach, CA is best known for being a surfboard glasser (applying fibreglass and resin to a surfboard and adding “lams” or laminates during the glassing process to distinguish the design) at E.T. Surfboards at 904 Aviation Blvd, Hermosa Beach. And while she was a solid surfer, Teresa…
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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,…
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Dutch Female Skaters
The Netherlands has a long history of skateboarding dating back to the 1960s when Mr. Beenhakker, the owner of the Eerste Sprangse Metaalwaren Industrie (ESMI) roller-skate factory in Deurne, expanded into skateboards. The owner is interviewed in a fantastic vintage film on the NCRV Teen Magazine from November 5, 1965. The film includes a group…
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French Skate Mag
My love for France continues! In 1978, the popular French magazine “Skate” produced eight issues, two of which feature female skaters on their cover, which is a fantastic ratio in gender equity compared to other skateboard publications. Kim Cespedes is killing it on Issue No. 2 in March/April demonstrating her gritty, laidback style (thanks to…
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Paris 1978
In honour of the launch of the 2024 Paris Olympics, I bring you clips from a delightful video called Buble Skate from 1978 by Alain Igorra and Lionel Durand. The scene is La Trocadéro or “Troca” which was a popular meet-up spot across from the Eiffel tower. The film also includes a contest called the…
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Yuka
This is Yuka [ ゆか ] skating freestyle in Japan in 1990, and I’m determined to learn more about her! Using Google translate and google.jp I stumbled upon this photo from a Japanese skater’s blog from 2006-2011. The caption under Yuka’s photo translates to: “Yuka is a genius female freestyler… She also won top prizes…
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