"My First Skateboard" book by Karl Watson / Illustrations by Henry Jones

At some point we were all beginners and stoked to get our very first skateboard. This new book by  pro skater, Karl Watson, hopes to inspire future generations to become skateboarders as well. Illustrated by Henry Jones, we love that this book includes illustrations of girls at the skatepark  - even though the main character is a young boy.

We are all about supporting skaters who pursue passion projects, and we think that this book is a great one for any young skater in your life!

You can order "My First Skateboard" book HERE

Check out Clqqng's new music video "Over When I'm Sober" (feat. King Deco) that features a group of female skaters including one of our fav street skaters, Meow team rider, Savannah Headden and Jenn Soto whose sponsors include Skull Candy, Nike SB, Primitive Skateboarding and Bones Wheels.  The song/video is well worth a listen and a watch!

If you've missed what's been going on this past week, let us fill you in. But fair warning, this may take a while.

Pro street skater Samarria Brevard has been absolutely killing it this month. First the announcement that she was joining the Enjoi team (she's the only female skater on it!) to the next announcement of a Samarria Brevard Enjoi Pro model (available  ---> HERE !) to the news that she joined Lacey Baker on the Bronson Speed Co. team. Oh yeah, she also can be seen in Panda Patrol - Epsiode 3 "Breaking Bad".

We are so stoked about all this , that we have compiled all the recent videos featuring Samarria here, so you can be late to school, work or whatever and watch them over and over. Well worth it. Promise.

Congrats Samarria!

Samarria and her new Enjoi Pro Model.

Samarria in Panda Patrol: Episode 3 "Breaking Rad"

Samarria and Lacey Baker in Bronson Speed Co.  "Welcome to the Team" video

Samarria with the Enjoi team on Thrasher "King of the Road" show - where it all started!

Pro skateboarder Jordyn Barratt skates at Poods Park in Encinitas & talks about the Pro-Tec Classic and why it's her favorite helmet.

We love this series Pro-Tec is doing with all the female skaters!

Nine-year-old skateboarder and Venice Skatepark local, Quinne Daniels, has been on a roll lately with her Airwalk ads, Disney Princess campaign and now this interview "The Vibrant Stories and Faces of the Los Angeles Skate Scene" by photographer Stella Asia Consonni in HERO Magazine. With her unique sense of skate style, Quinne is showing us that The Skate Kitchen girls in NYC are not the only ones with a flair for style, on and off the board.

You can read the rad article with Quinne, and find out what her favorite board is,  over on Hero Magazine

Lacey Baker / Nike

Nike SB Bruin High Women's Shoe

If you haven't grabbed a pair of the new NIKE SB's that are made just for women - you really should.

The new Nike SB skate shoe is Nike's first female specific skate shoe - what does that mean? Well for one, it's made on a women's last - which means a narrower heel cup to keep your foot from pulling up and has more width where you need it most. Plus Nike just added another new color way (our personal favorite) in the Nike SB Bruin High so in addition to black/gray and cream/black you can also get it in cream/red (pictured above).

Last but not least, when we see a major brand with pro female skaters on its team (Lacey Baker and Leticia Bufoni)  it's time to step up and support.

Here are some other Nike SB options for women,  if you prefer low tops. You can see all the color ways and the full range HERE

Check out Ryann Cannon and her sister Jade teaching you how to figure out your stance with this new Pro-Tec Basics video.  This is something every beginner skater needs to learn before doing anything else - good job Ryann and Jade! 

As the world continues to divide, in the Land of Skate people are uniting. Children and youth in countries caught up by conflict and inequality are being empowered through skateboarding.

The documentary produced by Ghost Digital Cinema, directed by renowned filmmaker Ty Evans and supported by Nimia was filmed on location in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa, and captures breathtaking shots and an often unseen perspective of these countries. It goes behind the doors of Skateistan’s Skate Schools worldwide for the first time, at which over 1,800 children and youth are gaining access to education and opportunities. It delves deeper into the inspiring stories of Latifa, Ahmed, Soso and Srey Pich who, despite living in difficult circumstances, have found a route to empowerment through skateboarding and education.

The Land of Skate explores how Skateistan has impacted the lives of children and youth in these locations but also how skateboarding has created a global community in a divisive world. Latifa, Ahmed, Soso and Srey Pich may be from opposite sides of the globe, but they are citizens of the same land, united by skateboarding.

Find out how you can support and join the global community at https://www.skateistan.org/.

Cabrona

by

Gin Wigmore

on

VEVO

.

We're super excited to share the new video for

"Cabrona"

from badass musician

Gin Wigmore

- this rad lady is all about Girl Power and we couldn't be more stoked to be part of her

#GirlGang

!

Read an excerpt from

Lady Gunn Magazine

below that explains just exactly what we are doing with Gin and which skater girls we brought together to star in this video.

"Today we share the video for “Cabrona” from Gin’s most recent collaborative project #GIRLGANG, in which Gin collabs with some of her favorite female artists and people to produce multimedia Pro-Woman experiences. The “Cabrona” video in collaboration with Cindy Whitehead, founder of skate collective Girl Is Not A 4 Letter Word, features four female skaters, Zara Percy, Emma Houle, Kyra Williams and Amanda Caloia. In addition to appearing in the music video, GN4LW and Gin are collaborating on a special edition skate deck to (TBD) to be designed by the artist Kristin Liu." (

via Lady Gunn Magazine

)

Read more on the

Lady Gunn

site to read Gin's full interview.

 xx GN4LW

Check out some behind the scenes pics from the "Cabrona" shoot.  Photos by

Rayana

Gin Wigmore with the GN4LW #GirlGang

Amanda, Emma, Kyra and Zara

Gin and crew

Pride Socks and Sky Brown teamed up to create a special "Sky's the Limit" pair of socks that donates $5.00 from every pair sold to ISF, a non-profit that helps the educational needs of impoverished children in Cambodia.  Check out the video above to get the full story and how you can help.

About ISF:

"ISF believes children have the right to a childhood where they can learn and flourish – but in Cambodia just 1 in 3 children finish primary school, and extreme poverty forces many to work from a very young age and prevents them from attending school.

Together, we can change that. We have seen hundreds of young lives transformed by our education programs, as children develop the skills they need to break the cycle of poverty. We have watched them find relief from their hardships through our sports programs, while gaining the education, motivation and determination they need to succeed in life.

Together, we can make a difference one child at a time."

Congrats Pride Socks and Sky!

Watch both episodes of  History of Board Shapes via Transworld Skateboarding.  Interesting stuff with Paul Schmitt and Chuck Hults.

Spoiler alert, make sure you check out what pro skater Nora Vasconcellos has to say in the second episode.

Team rider Poppy Starr Olsen stars in the INXS  (popular 80's band you should definitely know) Mystify rekicked video, and she kills it. Perfect timing for Poppy's new edgy, short, white blond haircut to make it's debut. She's cool as shit in this video skating on a 80's Vision Psycho Stick (which was featured on the bands album back in the day) all over Sydney. The locations Poppy skates pay tribute to venue's the band played in their early days - some of which are no longer in existence.

Mystify was one of the popular songs from INXS's album "KICK" and Poppy is one of four talented people that are "rekicking" the most well known songs from the award winning album that's celebrating it's thirty-year mark.

Said Poppy; “As a big fan of the eighties, and its music, I was honoured to be asked to interpret Mystify in my own way.”

Mark your calendars because the annual "Daughters of Doom" contest is coming up in Melbourne, Australia and you don't want to miss it! This contest just gets bigger each year, with more and more girls competing.

DAY: Saturday, November 25, 2017
TIME:  1:00 PM
WHERE:  Riverslide Skate Park,  Melbourne, Australia
COST TO ENTER:  $15.00
DIVISIONS:  Open and Under 14

 REGISTER TO COMPETE ----> HERE

There is a Prize Pool of  $2,750 cash, plus a whole ton of swag!!!

Competition results will be registered with Boardr

Sakura Yosozumi

Autumn Tust

Bryce Wettstein

Minna Stess

Arianna Carmona

Hunter Long

Jordyn Barratt

Poppy Starr Olsen

Grace Marhoefer

Amelia Brodka

Allysha Le

Bryce Wettstein

Lizzie Armanto

Photos by Joanne Barratt / Island Style Images

 * If you choose to share photos on your social media accounts please make sure to credit Joanne Barratt * Thanks!

 PRO VERT RESULTS

1. Arianna Carmona
2. Jordyn Barratt
3. Sakura Yosozumi
4. Lizzie Armanto
5. Bryce Wettstein
6. Grace Marhoefer
7. Poppy Starr Olsen
8. Allysha Le
9. Amelia Brodka
10. Autumn Tust
11. Minna Stess
12. Amar Hadid
13. Hunter Long
14. Sarah Thompson

Jordyn Barratt

Minna Stess

Yndiara Asp

Arianna Carmona

Julz Lynn

Photos by Joanne Barratt / Island Style Images

 * If you choose to share photos on your social media accounts please make sure to credit Joanne Barratt * Thanks!


PRO BOWL RESULTS

1. Jordyn Barratt
2. Yndiara Asp
3. Arianna Carmona
4. Bryce Wettstein
5. Kihana Ogawa
6. Grace Marhoefer
7. Allysha Le
8. Autumn Tust
9. Minna Stess
10. Hunter Long
11. Julz Lynn
12. Zoe Safanda
13. Poppy Starr Olsen
14. Shenae Collins
15. Spencer Breaux
16. Sari Simpson
17. Amelia Brodka
18. Elyse Clouthier
19. Erin Wolfkiel
20. Amar Hadid

Once again Exposure Skate held in Encinitas, California, showcased some of the top female skaters in vert, street and bowl in both the Pro and AM divisions.  166 girls showed up to skate and they came from all over the world. Every age group was ripping, but at the end of the day, watching the pro girls battle it out was insane. Girls from all over the world were pushing each other and raising the bar higher and higher. With a prize purse of $50,000 there was some serious skating going down. Watching Pro Vert and Pro Bowl meant you were on the edge of your seat the entire time, tricks were being thrown down back to back, and the crowd was on their feet constantly cheering for every single girl.

The biggest battle of the day was during the vert contest between Arianna Carmona, fresh off of winning a silver medal at the Vert World Championships in China, and Jordyn Barratt who has landed on the  X-Games podium in park, twice in a row now. Arianna won that battle and took home 1st place and a check for $6,000 with Jordyn coming in a close second and Sakura Yosozumi taking 3rd.

As we moved into bowl, Jordyn was still on fire and showed the crowd smooth, consistent runs full of back to back tricks in every area of the bowl, landing her in first place and $6,000 richer for her efforts. Yndiara Asp and Arianna Carmona were also battling it out and took home 2nd and 3rd.

Many thanks to Amelia Brodka, Lesli Cohen & all the staff and volunteers at Exposure Skate for throwing a great event, The Boardr for their state of the art judging system,  all the girls who came out and skated, as well as all the fans and OG's that came out to support them, and huge thanks to Joanne Barratt for shooting the comp and sharing these pics with us!

It was a great Exposure Skate 2017 - Congrats to all!!

Jordyn Barratt at Exposure 2016 / Photo Ian Logan x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word

 
Every year brings new things and a ton of new girls to Exposure Skate. It is officially the largest, all female skate contest in the world! And we are stoked to say that you will now be able to watch the female pro divisions of Vert, Srteet and Bowl LIVE on Exposure's LIVE WEB FEED!

There is nothing better than being there in person, but if you can't make it out, you can watch it LIVE on the Web Stream!

With a $50,000 purse and the top pros from around the world showing up, you don't want to miss one second of the action.

EVENT:  Exposure Skate

LOCATION: Encinitas, California

DAY:  Saturday, November 4

TIME: 1:00  PM PST  /  4:00 PM EST

LIVE WEB STREAM:    Click HERE

All Photos of Roxane Lucas shot by Christian Rosillo 

Check out nineteen year old French skateboarder, Roxane Lucas, in her first premiere video for Loaded Boards!

 Roxane is an Ambassador for Loaded Boards and she is extremely passionate about growing the longboard community and getting more people skating in the streets of Paris. Although she has only been longboard dancing for the past year and a half, she is a strong force in the French Longboard Dancing community, and you can definitely see why, after watching this amazing video.

Make sure you also follow Roxane's adventures on instagram @RoxaneLds

Photo Daryl Gordon Photography

Photo via Charlotte Heath family

She's small & tough. She skates in Australia but we bet you'll be seeing her at comps in the USA very soon. She just starred in the documentary film by Eliza Cox, "Daughters of Doom" and she's got a strong sponsor list that would make any skater proud.  Meet pint sized ripper, Charlotte Heath. We think you're going to love following her adventures on instagram.

Who's Rad?     Charlotte Heath

Age:   10

Home Base:   Melbourne Australia

Home park or skate spot:    Balnarring and Mt Eliza

Photo @AlMillar

How long have you been skateboarding? 

2 years and 8 months

Photo @sharonpetito

What do you enjoy most about skateboarding? 

 The people you meet, the places you travel to for contests, and skating with all my friends, it’s so much fun and I totally love it.

Photo Daryl Gordon Photography

Tell us about your board set up – what brand of deck, wheels, trucks? 

I ride Globebrand and OCD decks size 8, indy trucks, speedo bearings and bones 56 wheels for bowl and vert.


Favorite music to skate to? 

Metalica and Foo Fighters

Photo Joanne Barratt / Island Style Images

Girls who skate that inspire YOU: 

Bryce Wettstein, Poppy Star Olsen, Sky Brown, Brighton Zeuner, Lizzie Armarto, Nora Vasconcellos, Sabre Norris, Hayley Wilson, Ruby Trew, Kisa Nakamura, Jordyn Barratt and so many more.


Favorite place you've ever skated? 

Portland Victoria, Newcastle NSW and Coolum QLD

Photo via Eliza Cox

We hear that you are one of the leads in this new movie "Daughters of Doom"  – can you tell us a little bit about it?

When Eliza Cox the director was growing up she was super shy because no girls seemed to skate then, so she resorted to confining her talent in her garage inspiring the heart behind the film Heart of Gold, we are happy to be out there mixing it up with the boys.

Who are the other skaters in the film? 

Hayley Wilson the highest ranked street skater in Aus, and Ava Godfrey another highly ranked bowl skater in Aus in her age group

How many days did you film?

About 5 days

Where did you skate/film?

Melbourne city rooftop carparks, Cemetery’s, Riverslide and Brunswick Bowl.

What was your favorite thing about filming?

Being with my friend

Photo Pete Jess Photography

What are some of your favorite contests?

King of Concrete series all over Australia, Coolum QBowl Championship, Vans Park Series because they had free ice cream! I dream of coming to America one day to compete in the X-Games and Exposure


Sponsors:   GLOBE, OCD Skateshop, Pridesocks, and Girlgangoz

Photo @bridgetwilliamsskate

Three Things You Don't Know About Me:

1.When my brother is mean to me I accidentally drop his toothbrush in the toilet

2. I can speak at the speed of a thousand gazelles if I think you're  not interested in what I’m trying to say

3. I’m clumsy normally, I have a better chance of hurting myself walking in a straight line, than I do skating big Vert Ramp

Photo Pete Jess Photograophy

What’s Next?

QBowl Championship is on this weekend, and I’m keen to get my handplants on the coping before I leave hopefully. I’m looking forward to skating the Olympic training camp in Canberra soon. I’m hope be in the 2024 Olympics when I’m bigger. But that seems so far away.

Any advice for other girls out there learning to skateboard?

Pad up.

Don’t be afraid of the boys, because if you are afraid of them you will never accomplish anything. A lot of my friends turned out to be boys, because I’m usually the only girl at the skatepark.

Keep skating and having fun, and you’ll land your first big trick in no time. If you have a crash and hurt yourself, this is probably a really good time to ask your parents for an Ice cream.

Hopefully you keep skating and I look forward to skating with you one day when I come to America.

Photo @bridgetwilliamsskate

Make sure you follow Charlotte on her instagram 

Save the date! Poseiden Foundation's ladies Day at the Berrics is coming up! Make sure you RSVP by sending an email to ---->  ladiesday@poseiden.org

These events are so awesome - girls come from everywhere and it's a blast - so don't miss out and please remember to bring canned food or used skate equipment to donate to Poseidens' Humanitarian outreach program.

Nine year old skateboarder Sky Brown, helping to make a difference by shining a light on girls all over the world and partnering with ISF Foundation to help those in countries that need it.  Watch the video shot during Sky's recent skate trip to Cambodia.

Pro-tec welcomed Brighton Zeuner to the team with this short, but awesome, video clip. We think you'll be pretty inspired by it.

Congrats Brighton!