Photos by Chris Miller
Thanks to The City of Hermosa Beach, The Hermosa Historical Society, Brigid Dowd, and Chris Miller for pitching in to make this all happen.
Thanks to The City of Hermosa Beach, The Hermosa Historical Society, Brigid Dowd, and Chris Miller for pitching in to make this all happen.
This has got to be THE best interview we have ever seen on Ellen. Leave it to pint sized surfer / skater Sabre Norris to be absolutely the best guest The Ellen Show has ever had. She not only has a LOT to say, but she is just plain fun.
If you don't know Sabre yet - she is an eleven year old surfer/skater phenom from Australia and she is pretty amazing - follow her on instagram @sabrenorris to see what she's up to next!
It''s a great weekend to get out and skate with other girls and help those less fortunate - if you are in the Los Angeles/Orange County area you have two great events to choose from!
LA Girls Skate Sesh is having a get together at Compton Skatepark, complete with pizza, a game of SKATE, best trick contests, and raffle prizes. It all starts at 10 AM and if you bring 2 canned food items you'll score some stickers and a raffle ticket. So join some like minded girls and have a fun couple hours of skating together. These Skate sessions are always fun!
Makaha is having it's annual Bowl Jam at Vans Skate Park in Orange and they will be having girls divisions for best trick in street, mini ramp and bowl! They are also asking you to bring canned forod for the Westside Food Bank drive that they are doing. It should be an awesome day with tons of well known riders competing.
We love that The Girl Scouts are doing ads and commercials featuring female skateboarders, and that the first piece we saw was on Relz, from The Pink Helmet Posse. We can't wait to see the rest! Way to go Relz!
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| Street Angel Artwork is the property of Jim Rugg |
We have been a fan of Street Angel for awhile now, especially since Jesse started wearing our Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word clothes to skate and fight crime, so we were REALLY excited to get a box of rad goodies from artist Jim Rugg that was filled with Street Angel books, comics, and more.
In case you missed our previous post - Jesse “Street Angel” Sanchez is a homeless skater girl and the deadliest ninja alive. She's a kung fu master on a skateboard, and a homeless orphan failing 8th grade. She’s 12 or 13 years old. No one knows for sure because no one knows when her birthday is, including her. In Wilkesborough, Angel City’s worst ghetto, Jesse Sanchez fights ninjas, drugs, nepotism, and pre-algebra as — STREET ANGEL!
The book is a fun and great read - especially if you have a skater girl in your life and need a last minute Christmas gift! Our copy arrived this week and we couldn't put it down.
To get your copy of the Street Angel book you can order from any of these three online listings:
You can also check out Street Angel on the web, Street Angel comics are posted online twice a week which is an easy and FREE way to check out Jesse's adventures http://streetangelcomic.com/
If you are a Street Angel newbie - use this link to start the comic series from the very beginning http://streetangelcomic.com/comic/fist-fight-funnies-01/
For the latest Street Angel news and updates check out:
Twitter: @jimrugg
Facebook: JimRuggArt
Instagram: jimruggart
Tumblr: jimrugg
We love Skateistan and all it does for girls skateboarding in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and South Africa, so we are happy to share this campaign with all of you. For only $5.00 - which is about the price of your morning Starbucks coffee - you can join their "Give Her Five" Campaign to help Skateistan raise $100,000 to continue the work they do for these girls.
Skateistan believes girls have an equal right to be safe, play sport, go to school, have confidence and become leaders. 50% of their students are girls. At their Skate Schools in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa, girls are skateboarding and learning together in much-needed safe spaces.
From December 5th - December 31 Skateistan is asking the public to "Give Her Five" by donating $5 in a bid to raise $100,000 by December 31.
So donate $5.00 and put a card in your fav skater girls stocking, or gift this holiday, letting them know you donated in their name. Teach the gift of giving and help keep Skateistan running so girls can enjoy learning and skateboarding, in a safe environment..
Donate $5 at https://www.skateistan.org/donate.
Looks like Bowl-a-Rama in Australia is going to be bigger and better than ever for the girls this year! It all takes place February 18 and 19th - we will have updates here on USA times for webscast watching and more!
We're excited to see Team rider Poppy Starr Olsen compete along with Jordn Barratt, Amelia Brodka, Gracie Earl, Nicole Hause, Hunter Long, Allysha Le, Izy Mutu, and Sari Simpson.
More info at Bowl-a-Rama's site HERE
Esperance Skatepark Trip December 2016 from shredability on Vimeo.
Fun video on the Esperance Skatepark trip in Australia with team rider Poppy Starr Olsen and the boys, Jedd McKenzie, Zac Callahan, Tommy Tunnicliffe, Luke Ward and Renton Millar. Great to see a pro female skater included in this awesome trip - looks like Poppy got some great skating in and had tons of fun!
Help support downhill skateboarder Candy Dungan in her quest for a world championship this year, she can't get to where she wants to go all on her won - she needs a little help! Female skateboarders don't have the money behind them that most of the male skaters do, so any little bit helps girls like Candy in her quest to be the best!
Candy Dungan, 2016 2nd place North American IDF
finisher, invites you to join her in the chase for 2017 Women's World
Championship!
Join Candy in her journey chasing the World Cup, both in Womens and Open, by either purchasing a reward package or contributing to the campaign by January 4, 2017.
Rewards are available from $6 to $2,500 and include some of Candy's favorite items, memorabilia, as well as some opportunities to become part of Candy's circle.
This is an all-or-nothing campaign, meaning that Candy must reach her $8,000 goal by January 4, 2017 in order to receive funding to race for the 2017 World Championship.
Supporting Candy means supporting female skateboarding and media. It means supporting female empowerment, passion, and determination. Supporting Candy is supporting the dream of gender equality, and spreads the message that "yes, we can," because every woman counts.
You can donate as little as $3.00 or as much as you want, and pick a reward, right HERE
What a great way to show your daughters during the holidays, what it's like to help another girl pursue her dreams. xx
Check out this short new video showcasing Bella Kenworthy from The Pink Helmet Posse. Some great surf and skate footage of Bella from this past year. At only nine years old, this girl has some serious skills! Yeah Bella!
We are stoked to welcome 10 yr old east coast ripper Zoe Herishen to the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team! We have been watching this young girl progress for quite sometime, and love that she not only is a killer skateboarder, but that she also gets involved in planning skate events like the Chico de Mayo skate day she threw to help benefit GRO (Girls Riders Organization).
Zoe has been featured in photographer Christin Rose's photo project, #ShePlaysWeWin and in the rad campaign for Natalie Westling x Vans for Opening Ceremony. Zoe just spent two weeks in California this summer where she competed at Exposure Skate, and then hit parks all over Southern California skating bowls with her West Coast friends.
Check out her team bio at the top of the site, to see what else this young ripper has been up to lately!
We are stoked to have you on the team Zoe!
Don't forget to register for the 4th annual Makaha Bowl Jam. This year it's being held at Vans Skatepark in Orange and there are WOMEN'S DIVISIONS!
You can register to skate street, combi bowl or mini ramp and the entrance fee is 3 cans of food to help support the Westside Food Bank!
It's based on "best trick" so you don't even have to have a full run ready - just throw down your best trick and show everyone what you've got!
Register NOW at Makahabowljam.org
GIRL SKATE INDIA TOUR FULL MOVIE from Girl Skate India on Vimeo.
We've been following GIRL SKATE INDIA on their Instagram page for awhile now and are excited to see that their full video is now out!
12 female skateboarders, from 9 different countries embark on a skateboarding journey through India. This film captures the essence of the emerging skateboarding scene in India, and the perspectives and encounters through the eyes of female skateboarders from all over the world. In a bus they travel with a filmer, photographer and skate yoga instructor to teach, do demos, build, and empower Indian girls to take part.
Please check out, and follow these rad girls on:
Website: girlskateindia.com/
Facebook: facebook.com/girlskateindia/
Instagram: @Girlskateindia
Filmed and edited by Virginia Fernandes
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| Girls Mini Ramp Champions |
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| Girls Bowl Champions |
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| Girls Street Champions |
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| Girls Street Champions - continued |
All images via CASL
CASL had its season championships this weekend at Woodward West and here are the results for the Girls divisions. Congrats to all the girls for a great year of skateboarding and thanks to CASL for encouraging more girls to skate!
Girls Mini Ramp Champions 2016:
1st place Jordice French
2nd place Ella Myer
3rd place Quinne Daniels
Girls Street Champions 2016:
1st place Skyler Chadwick
2nd place Ella Myer
3rd place Briel Weingartner
Girls Bowl Champions 2016:
1st place Ella Mter
2nd place Quinne Daniels
Huge congrats to our good friend, photographer Christin Rose, for this piece that Free People did on her rad movement #ShePlaysWeWin.
We are stoked that Christin included our team riders Kyra Williams (surfing), Emma Houle (skateboarding) and our good friends Quinne Dainels & Nora Manger (skateboarding) in this video as well!
Check out the interview with Christin HERE
Great video by V-Magazine featuring some of the rad girls from the GRO New York Skate Crew, Coleen Pelech, Ali Axelrod, Lizzi Reed, Cami Best, Jenny & Yaz. Awesome stuff girls!!
We are stoked to have our new Dusters California x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word "Gypsy Queen" longboard be featured on our favorite surf site, Liquid Salt! This board features art work by legendary dogtown skater and artist Wes Humpston - but jump over HERE to the Liquid Salt site to read about all of its cool features!
You can buy it now at Zumiez on line.
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| Poppy with Her Majesty, Queen Rania of Jordan |
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| Poppy Speaking at Halogen Australia's event |
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| Poppy competing at King/Queens of Concrete Comp / Photo Johnny Clash Harle |
GN4LW Team rider and Pro skateboarder, Poppy Starr Olsen, has been having an amazing few weeks back home in Australia.
Sixteen year old Poppy spoke to an audience of over 3,000 people at Halogen's event in Sydney, AU where she shared what it's like to be a top female pro skateboarder traveling the globe, as well as a jewelry maker and artist, and how she uses her art to help fund her travels.
Next up on her busy agenda was meeting Queen Rania of Jordan, where Poppy presented and spoke to Her Majesty about her experiences and business achievements, and how being the first graduate of the initiative Club Kid Preneur helped her achieve her goals.
Last but not least, Poppy was back on her board and competing at the King/Queens of Concrete competition in Sydney where she took 1st place in women's bowl. Congrats Poppy!
We're looking forward to seeing Poppy back out here in California in January for the Vans Girls Combi Contest!
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We are stoked that Zumiez has added this board as one of it's BEST GIFT items for the holiday season - and you can get it HERE
We are proud to say that both these boards give a portion of their proceeds back to Exposure Skate a 501c3 non-profit that helps girls in skateboarding.
We are also having a Cyber Monday special over at our Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word online store - get 20% off your entire order when you use the code SHOP20 at check out. Save on all our new kids apparel, women's tees. bags, hats, beanies, buttons and more.
We have items ranging from $6.00 (the buttons make great stocking stuffers!) to hats and tee's all the way up to our one of a kind vintage denim vests at $75.00 if you want to splurge, and of course hats and tee's at various prices in between!
If you want to see more flannels or denim vests in your size - please shoot us an email at cindy@girlisnota4letterword.com and we will be happy to show you what's not on line yet so you can get it before anyone else!
If you want your order shipped out of the USA - please email us at cindy@girlisnota4letterword.com with your order request and full address and we can give you an exact shipping quote!
We are proud to say that our GN4LW apparel line gives back to girls in skateboarding by donating to causes and Go Fund Me sites that skater girls create to help them fund trips to film or skate, supporting female based contests, and events, giving assistance to any girl in skateboarding that needs help, financially supporting our pro female skaters, and donating product to 501c3 non profits.
Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word started in 2013 and is still operating as a Not For Profit company. We hope to continue that mission as we move forward. Thank you for all your support!
Shop all the new Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word Apparel line HERE and don't forget to use code SHOP20 at checkout today for 20% off your entire order!
Thankful from Kelly Slater Wave Co on Vimeo.
Yeah, we know it's Monday and you may still be recovering from a turkey hangover, and hating the fact that it's Monday and you just had 4 full days of free time and now it's back to school or work. That's why we're sharing this video from Kelly Slater's wave pool with you this morning.
Watch Malia Manuel, Coco Ho, Sage Erickson and Lakey Peterson catch some epic rides on a perfect man made wave. So the next time someone tells you something is impossible, you can smile and remember this video. People told Kelly it couldn't be done and yet here we are - top female surfers smiling on every single wave.
Back to Monday. Get out there, have fun and kick some ass right into Tuesday. You got THIS.