P.S. That's our rad ambassador Elise Crigar skating above!
P.S. That's our rad ambassador Elise Crigar skating above!
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| Julz Lynn |
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| Bryce Wettstein |
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| Allysha Le |
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| Kisa Nakamura |
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| Nora Vasconcellos |
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| Nicole Hause |
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| Yndiara Asp |
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| Lizzie Armanto |
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| Jordyn Barratt |
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| Brighton Zeuner |
Photos by Joanne Barratt - please feel free to share on your social media but make sure you credit @joannebarratt_photo - thank you!
Great series of portraits by photographer Joanne Barratt from the Vans Park Series World Championships in Malmo, Sweden.
Women’s Final Results
1st – Brighton Zeuner
2nd – Jordyn Barratt
3rd – Kisa Nakamura
4th – Allysha Le
5th – Lizzie Armanto
6th – Yndiara Asp
7th – Nora Vasconcellos
8th – Nicole Hause
9th – Julz Lynn Kindstrand
10th – Bryce Wettstein
Huge thanks to Vans and The Boardr for an amazing event!
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| Photo by Brigitte Lacombe |
We're pretty blown away by this trailer for the new film directed by Crystal Moselle presented by fashion house Miu Miu, featuring girls from the New York Skate Crew "The Skate Kitchen" . Check out skater Rachelle Vinberg in the lead role.
Directed by Crystal Moselle, this trailer is breathtaking on all levels. Watch it and see. We can't wait to see the entire film when it comes out in September.
This is the official info from Miu Miu about the film:
"Everything can change in one day. Rachelle, a 17-year-old girl living outside of New York City, discovers this, riding her skateboard through a journey of self-discovery. Intimidated by casual, macho sexism, Rachelle stumbles across a gang of charismatic, fearless skater girls. They show her another world is out there. A world of female friendship, strength and belonging. “Today,” confesses Rachelle “is the first day that I haven’t been feeling that sense of loneliness.”
That One Day, by American director Crystal Moselle, is the 12th
commission from Miu Miu Women’s Tales, the acclaimed short-film series
by women who critically celebrate femininity in the 21st century. Crystal Moselle’s debut, The Wolfpack, about a family who home
schooled and raised their seven children in the confinement of their
apartment in the Lower East Side, won the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury
Prize at 2015’s Sundance Film Festival. Moselle also made the viral
video sensation Shapeshifting, on a pack of 14-year-old ballerinas.
“I am in love with the transformation stage in a girl’s life,” says
Moselle, “when they are not quite a girl but not quite a woman.” That
One Day renders this moment as a tender daydream -ardently feminine
skaters in serene slow-mo- which isn’t afraid of the tough truths facing
young women. “When I was in my transformation stage,” Moselle reveals,
“as a young girl, Miu Miu was a big part of that story.”
Two of our favorite badass babes & WCMX rippers, Katherine Beattie and Jamey Perry, got together to make this rad and inspiring video at Venice Skatepark, have a look and be prepared to be INSPIRED!
Featuring:
World Champion WCMX Rider Jamey Perry
Pioneer of Women's WCMX and the first woman to do a backflip in a chair, Katherine Beattie
Filmed and Edited by Rich Millard
Location: Venice Skatepark
Katherine & Jamey are riding Box Wheelchairs.
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| Jordyn Barratt |
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| Kisa Nakamura |
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| Brighton Zeuner |
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| Yndiari Asp |
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| Nora Vasconcellos |
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| Julz Lynn |
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| Nicole Hause |
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| Allysha Le |
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| Bryce Wettstein |
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| Fans started lining up early for the Women's Park Event |
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| Bryce, Brighton, & Jordyn |
Photos by Joanne Barratt - Island Style Images
Photos by Joanne Barratt - please
feel free to share on your social media
but make sure you credit
@joannebarratt_photo - thank you!More pics in from the Vans Pro Park Series World Championships. Some of the best skating we have seen this past year for sure!
Women’s Final Results
1st – Brighton Zeuner
2nd – Jordyn Barratt
3rd – Kisa Nakamura
4th – Allysha Le
5th – Lizzie Armanto
6th – Yndiara Asp
7th – Nora Vasconcellos
8th – Nicole Hause
9th – Julz Lynn Kindstrand
10th – Bryce Wettstein
Huge thanks to Vans and The Boardr for an amazing event and to photographer Joanne Barratt for covering it for us.
More pics up in next few days!
Photos by Heidi Lemmon
Please feel free to share on your social media but make sure to credit
@heidi_lemmon and @girlisnota4letterword
Huge thanks to Poseiden Foundation for putting this on, LA Girls Skate Sesh for gathering the girls, and The Skate House for the venue. And BIG thanks to photographer Heidi Lemmon for donating her time to shoot on Saturday!
Everyone working together to support girls skateboarding is helping to create more and more opportunities and events for girls everywhere.
Keep Shredding!
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| On left Haley, Kelly in middle & Esther on the right |
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| Emma |
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| Angela |
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| London |
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| Michelle |
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| Vianez |
Please feel free to share any of these images on your social media sites -
we just ask that you please credit @girlisnota4letter word - thank you!
Poseiden Foundation x LA Girls Skate Sesh event today at The Skate House in Chatsworth was one of those events. Girls came from Bakersfield, Palmdale, Ventura, and other outlying areas, to have a six hour skate sesh with girls they may have only known from their instagram feeds. There were prizes throughout the day and contests for street and half-pipe. Tips were shared and each girl encouraged another.
We love seeing these grass roots events happen - so please let us know about any events coming up so we can share the info. Lets keep girls skateboarding growing!
Thanks to Poseiden Foundation, LA Girls Skate Sesh, and The Skate House for a great event!
* We also need help posting girls names with pics above - let us know on instagram who they are!
Tin Soldiers is an incredible documentary showing the world of adaptive sports and features some of the most amazing athletes in the world. Featuring Alana Nichols, Quinn Waitley, Matt Hawkins, Zack Ruhl, Abel Rose, and Justin Beauchesne. You can see this inspiring movie on itunes now.
Lizzie Armanto in The Ride Channel's FREE LUNCH video. Hear how she met her BFF Allysha Le, the key to dying hair, arts and crafts, and representing women's skateboarding. And some great advice on what it's really like being a pro skater - it's not just skating.
Make sure you "Save the Date" because Poseiden Foundation's annual LADIES DAY AT THE BERRICS is coming! Once again they are having a Best Trick Contest with Open and Pro divisions, prize money for Pro, awesome prizes for the Open division.
Poseiden puts on an amazing event and we promise that you don't want to miss it!
Make sure you RSVP ----> Berrics@poseiden.org
We will see you there!
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| all photo images and video via Vans Park Series |
12 year old Brighton Zeuner pulled out all the stops and landed every single trick in this truly awesome run to earn her 1st place and the Women's 2016 World Champion status.
Jordyn Barratt was sitting in 10th place with 1 run left, and we were all biting our nails to see what would happen. Luckily Jordyn thrives on pressure and put down an epic run that moved her all the way up to 2nd place!
Kisa Nakamura technically wasn't even making the trip to Malmo, Sweden for the Championships, but when 1st place qualifier from the Huntington Beach contest, Hanna Zanzi, had to drop out, Kisa came on-board as the alternate, flying in from her home in Japan. She kicked butt and ended up going from alternate to 3rd place!
Huge thanks to Vans and The Boardr for an amazing event!
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| Brighton Zeuner |
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| Jordyn Barratt |
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| Kisa Nakamura |
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| Allysha Le |
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| Yndiara Asp |
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| Nicole Hause |
Photos by Joanne Barratt - please feel free to share on your social media but make sure you credit @joannebarratt_photo - thank you!
We're starting to get in some pics from photographer Joanne Barratt who shot for us at the Vans Park Series Championships in Malmo, Sweden today, and here's a taste of what's to come...
We can't wait to see more!
Congrats to all the girls for skating hard and tearing it up. If you want to catch the video of Julz doing that insane drop in, see our previous posts. CRAZY!
Huge thanks to Vans and The Boardr for an amazing event!
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| 1st place - Brighton Zeuner |
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| 2nd place Jordyn Barratt |
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| 3rd place Kisa Nakamura |
All images and info via Vans Park Series
Malmö, SWEDEN (August 20, 2016) Setting the tone for the ISF-recognized World Championships of park terrain skateboarding, 12-year old phenom Brighton Zeuner swept the packed stands away with a fantastic 360 melon over the ski jump to land her winning score. Brighton is joined by Jordyn Barratt, who rose from last place in the final minutes to claim a glorious second place win. And finally for a true Cinderella story, Japan’s Kisa Nakamura, a contender who has traveled far and wide to enter today as first alternate, triumphs with excellent form and speed to secure third.
“I’m so happy. All the girls killed it. It has been so much fun. This is my third time [in Malmö] and every time it’s the best vibes ever—and I’m picky with my vibes!”
–Brighton Zeuner, Vans Park Series Women’s World Champion
Women’s Final Results
1st – Brighton Zeuner
2nd – Jordyn Barratt
3rd – Kisa Nakamura
4th – Allysha Le
5th – Lizzie Armanto
6th – Yndiara Asp
7th – Nora Vasconcellos
8th – Nicole Hause
9th – Julz Lynn Kindstrand
10th – Bryce Wettstein
The contest was INSANE the girls were ripping! This was the FIRST time the women have ever competed for the World Championship, and they were stoked!
The park was designed with some usual features that made for some rad runs:
Big Love Seat
The Extension - tile & pool coping
The Kicker - aka the launch ramp
The Tombstone - 15 feet top from bottom and 6 inches is set back from the back - very tricky
Contest Format:
4 runs each
45 second runs, skate until you fall
First wall rebate - clock resets
Best run counts
Top 3 finishers become 2017 PS select pros
Girls were scored on:
Difficulty of tricks
Style, speed, consistency, use of park
0-100 Judging scale
Best run counts
Some of the highlights were:
* Julz Lynn still ripping, even with a recent knee injury & dropping in off the tombstone
* Jordyn Barratt packed 7 tricks into the first 15 seconds of her 1st run
* Nora Vasconcellos - with a backside air while stylishly tweaking the tail out
* Lizzie Armanto pulled off an ollie off the tombstone
* Brighton Zeuner with a rad boneless on the tombstone & a 360 over the kicker
*A frontside 360 transfer onto the bank by Kisa Nakamura
* Nice foot plant off the tombstone and a 50/50 off the love seat by Yndiara Asp
* Tail grab Nose bump in the deep end by Allysha Le
* Nicole Hause with her HUGE stylish airs
* Bryce Wettstein making full use of deep end and every other part of the park
Julz did an INSANE drop in off the tombstone... and made it!
The top 3 girls here are guaranteed into the semi finals at any of the 2017 Vans contests and guaranteed a spot into the world championships next year.
RESULTS:
1st Brighton Zeuner
2nd Jordyn Barratt
3rd Kisa Nakamura
Allysha Le
Lizzie Armanto
Yndiara Asp
Nora Vasconcellos
Nicole Hause
Julz Lynn
Bryce Wettstein
Congrats Brighton - you are the new World Champion!!
Brighton's last run was the stuff champions are made of, in fact both Brighton and Jordyn showed that under pressure they are ones to watch, and don't count them out until the final runs are taken. Women's skateboarding has gotten very exciting to watch!
Huge thanks to Vans and The Boardr for an amazing event!
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| Bryce Wettstein |
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| Yndiari Asp |
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| Nicole Hause |
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| Jordyn Barratt |
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| Kisa Nakamura |
All Photos By Joanne Barratt - if you choose to share on social media please be nice and credit @joanneBarratt_photo - thanks!
With an insanely rad park, that was built just for this event, the women's skateboarding comp is going to be off the charts.
The 10 Women Competing:
Lizzie Armanto
Jordyn Barratt
Brighton Zeuner
Nora Vasconcellos
Allysha Le
Julz Lynn
Bryce Wettstein
Yndiara Asp
Nicole Hause
Kisa Nakamura
Here's the info on when to watch the women's event LIVE on August 20 - depending on your time zone:
Malmö (local Time) 2:30 PM
Melbourne, AU 10:30 PM
Los Angeles, CA 5:30 AM (Yikes!)
New York 8:30 AM
London 1:30 PM
Watch the Women's Finals LIVE -----> HERE
Congrats to @ellybeanzz - she is the winner of the Skate Slate "Dusters x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word" cruiser board giveaway! We hope you enjoy your new board and look forward to seeing pics of you cruising on it soon!
Thanks to everyone who entered, we had a blast checking out all of your instagram and facebook pages!
If you didn't win, but want to get your hands on one of these new "It's Not About Pretty" cruisers, Zumiez has them in stock and ready to ship ----> HERE
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| Nora Vasconcellos |
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| Kisa Nakamura |
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| Yndiara Asp |
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| Julz Lynn |
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| Jordyn Barratt |
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| Brighton Zeuner |
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| Nicole Hause |
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| Lizzie Armanto |
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| Bryce Wettstein |
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| Allysha Le |
Please feel free to share on your social media but we ask that you please credit
"Photos by @ianloganphoto for @girlisnota4letterword"
Thanks!
It's almost here - the Vans Pro Skate Park Series Championships from Malmö, Sweden! With an insanely rad park, that was built just for this event, the women's skateboarding comp is going to be off the charts.
The 10 Women Competing:
Lizzie Armanto
Jordyn Barratt
Brighton Zeuner
Nora Vasconcellos
Allysha Le
Julz Lynn
Bryce Wettstein
Yndiara Asp
Nicole Hause
Kisa Nakamura
Unfortunately 1st place winner at the Huntington Beach event, Hanna Zanzi, wasn't able to make the trip to Sweden, so Kisa Nakamura from Japan will take the 10th spot.
Here's the info on when to watch the women's event LIVE on August 20 - depending on your time zone:
Malmö (local Time) 2:30 PM
Melbourne, AU 10:30 PM
Los Angeles, CA 5:30 AM (Yikes!)
New York 8:30 AM
London 1:30 PM
Watch the Women's Finals LIVE -----> HERE
all info and video via UMS
We were stoked to hear that Jordyn Barratt and Natlaie Krishna Das will both be skating at this event in Ann Arbor!
Great improvisers are known for their ability to adapt quickly, and creating your own individual style through improvisation is at the root of both jazz and skateboarding.
For this UMS season-opening event, which is the culminating event of the Ann Arbor Skatepark’s third annual celebration, UMS and Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark give back to the community with a unique event that brings together artists and athletes in unexpected ways. With Ann Arbor local and X Games legend Andy Macdonald leading a group of celebrated skateboarders and Jason Moran & The Bandwagon providing the charts, this 360-degree immersion showcases the art of improvisation in both music and sport.
FREE, with advance registration required ----> HERE
Date: September 11, 2016 / Exhibition begins at 2:30 pm.
Great piece on our rad team rider, Poppy Starr Olsen in Australia's THAT'S LIFE Magazine. Poppy talks about skateboarding, travel, and of course the upcoming 2020 Olympics!
We think it's so great seeing all positive media coverage female skateboarders are now getting. Congrats Poppy!
Here is the first look at the finished park - INSANE!
It's almost here - the Vans Pro Skate Park Series Championships from Malmö, Sweden! With an insanely rad park, that was built just for this event, the women's skateboarding comp is going to be off the charts.
Bryggeriet and Dreamland Skateparks came together to create The Kroksback Skatepark, designed specifically for the Vans Pro Skate Park Series.
The park has two types of coping - pool coping in one spot with pool tiles below it, and "double pipe" coping in another for super fast grinds. There is a huge island in the middle for launching tricks, and the design elements are between 5-9 ft throughout the park. There is even a huge wall that is "set back" so you have to ollie up to get to it and you'd better stick that ollie coming down from there too. Crazy. We are seriously looking forward to seeing what lines the girls decide to take.
Women Competing:
Lizzie Armanto
Jordyn Barratt
Brighton Zeuner
Nora Vasconcellos
Allysha Le
Julz Lynn
Bryce Wettstein
Yndiara Asp
Nicole Hause
Kisa Nakamura
Unfortunately 1st place winner at the Huntington Beach event, Hanna Zanzi, wasn't able to make the trip to Sweden, so Kisa Nakamura from Japan will take the 10th spot.
Here's the info on when to watch the women's event LIVE on August 20 - depending on your time zone:
Malmö (local Time) 2:30 PM
Melbourne, AU 10:30 PM
Los Angeles, CA 5:30 AM (Yikes!)
New York 8:30 AM
London 1:30 PM
Watch the Women's Finals LIVE -----> HERE