Tag: Skateboardmania

  • Laurie McDonald

    Laurie McDonald

    Laurie McDonald was a sponsored skateboarder in the 1970s, riding for team Powerflex. Although photographs, let alone an interview was elusive, she appeared in the freestyle results of a Hallowe’en contest on October 30th 1977 at the El Cajon skate which she won, ahead of Tina Guasti and Leilani Kiyabu. Laurie and Sylvia Scott were…

  • Leilani Kiyabu

    Leilani Kiyabu

    Leilani Kiyabu (Glasheen) was called an overnight success in her “Who’s Hot” feature by Jim Goodrich in the December 1978 issue of Skateboarder. “Lani” was born in Germany, then moved to Hawaii where she learned to skate at age 11, but without support, she set it aside until her family moved to San Diego, where…