Photos by Joanne Barratt & Ian Logan / Skaters Yndiara Asp & Hunter Long

Night before Combi come join us at Vans Combi for a fun evening!

We are so excited to share this HISTORIC moment (and on Valentines Day no less!) Women's skateboarding is changing and history is being made!!

This info just in via Vans & World Cup Skateboarding:

Dear Pro Combi Skaters

It is my honor to share with you that the Vans Girl Combi Classic will offer a prize purse equal to the purse offered at the Vans Pool Party. All professional skateboarders should have the equal opportunity to compete for prizes that support and uplift their passion, talent and hard work.

Additionally, I’d like to invite you, your family and friends to the Vans Skatepark in Orange the evening before the competition to celebrate women’s skateboarding. This evening is dedicated to the pioneers of the skate industry and beginners who just want to come and learn something new with their friends. I am honored to be a part of a community that together, will inspire a new wave of women’s skateboarding progression. 

To RSVP for Friday night event click  ----->  HERE


Girls Combi New Purse 2018.  $65,000!!!!


1st $28,000
2nd $14,000
3rd $7,000
4th $3,500
5th $3,000
6th $2,500
7th $2,000
8th $1,800
9th $1,700
10th $1,500


If you haven’t already confirmed your invitation to compete, please do by responding to Don Bostick: don@wcsk8.com

Poppy Starr Olsen

Jordyn Barratt

Sky Brown

Charlotte Heath

 All photos by Joanne Barratt / Island Stye Images

We have a sneak peek from the girls practice session yesterday in Sydney, Australia where the girls are dominating the pool in preparation for this weekend's big comp. The General Pants Bowl-A-Rama is on Saturday (Qulaifiers) and Sunday (finals) and you won't want to miss catching it - girls have flown in from all over the world to compete and this year we will see some new faces in the line up.

Check out Jordyn Barratt (US), Poppy Starr Olsen (AU), Sky Brown (Japan), and Charlotte Heath (AU) above. 

If you want to find out how to watch the contest LIVE and know what day and time it plays where you live,  make sure you check out our info on how to watch ---->  HERE

Poppy Starr Olsen - image via Bowl-A-Rama

 all info/images via Bowl-A-Rama

This weekend is Bowl-A-Rama in Sydney, Australia and the women's comp is looking like it is full of surprises. Besides the usual rippers coming from the USA - Jordyn Barratt, Allysha Le and Hunter Long, AU champion Poppy Starr Olsen will be returning to defend her title, and Izzy Mutu and Sari Simpson will be competing again as well. But this year will see some new girls going head to haed with the regulars.

Keep an eye out for Australian phenom, surfer/skater Sabre Norris, and Japan's internet sensation, Sky Brown as they battle their way through prelims, and hopefully to the finals. These two young girls have huge social media followings that are sure to boost the women's event to a new capacity of viewership.

Also make sure to watch our newest Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider, Gracie Cochrane, from Tasmania, make her Bowl-A-Rama debut! Gracie is ripping, and we can't wait to see her compete.

If you want to see the comp in person, make sure you buy tickets now as they are going fast  - Get tickets  HERE


WEBCAST SCHEDULE:

* Please Note - If you live in AU the webcast is free, if you live outside of AU you will be paying a small fee to view - so sign up now and have your credit card ready * 

Times above to watch the entire webcast featuring

 juniors, women, masters and pro's, in your area

Women's Comp Times in USA:

Friday  PST    7:00 PM
Friday  EST   10:00 PM

Saturday   PST  7:30 PM
Saturday  EST  10:30 PM

2/17 - UPDATE!!!  We have heard the women's Finals will start at 7 PM PST today (Saturday) 10 PM EST.

 
Register to watch the live webcast ----> HERE

Via The Skateboarder's Journal / Photos by Darren Kirby

Australia's Izy Mutu has a ten page interview in the new issue of The Skateboarder's Journal and now you can check ot the whole thing on-line! Watching Izy skate always reminds us of watching USA shredder, Julz Lynn. They both attack the elements and have that 70's style going on - its always "balls to the wall" when they skate and we love that!

Jump over HERE to read Izy's interview and check out the rad skate photos.

Flyer art by K. Hughes

Get ready because on February 13 from 4 PM -8 PM the annual "Galentines Day" Progression Session is taking place in Phoenix, Arizona and you're invited!

Hosted by rippers JanthavyNorton,  Stacy Lovell, Mia Lovell, and Natalie Krishna Das, at a backyard park in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

This series of events is to inspire and empower young women through skateboarding, fashion, positivity and friendship. It's also a safe place to learn without judgement.

So many rad companies have donated apparel and gear, so you'll want to make sure you are there to score some goodies, have a great ladies skate session and lots fun (and pizza!)! The $150 for best trick is sponsored by Uncle Skate. All levels are welcome!  Make sure to bring a sticker or two for the sticker exchange.



** You'll need to RSVP to Janthavy@gmail.com with "Girls Sesh RSVP" in the subject line to get details on exact location. 

Skateboarding is Not a Fashion / Jay Smith on cover / Photo C.R. Stecyk

We have been waiting for this book to arrive!  Browsing through the just released "Skateboarding is Not a Fashion" is like a time capsule of skateboarding and what we wore from the 1950's to 1984. But it's not just about the clothes, it's also about why we chose to wear what we did, how we wore it and how it influnces fashion today.

The best part of opening this monster of a book was coming across numerous pages talking about, or featuring the female skaters of the various eras.

We are not going to show you all of those pages because we think this book is well worth shelling out $54.00 on Amazon to buy,  but we will show you this awesome 2 page spread where pro skateboarder Judi Oyama talks about why she wore what she did back in the 70's and 80's, how she even made skate shorts for her friends, and you can see her customized denim shirt and track jacket on top right of page.

There is a full interview with 50's skater Pattie McGee, a 2-page spread of 70's pro skater Vicki Vickers and some smaller shots of Laura Thornhill, Robin Logan and others sprinkled throughout the book.

Our favorite paragraph from the book:

"It was a man's world, and only a few girls could hang in such an environment, not to mention deal with the blows of riding verticle concrete pools.  Standout female pro riders  of the era include Dogtown's Peggy Oki, Laura Thornhill & Robin Logan of Logan Earth Ski fame, Marina del Rey local Cindy Whitehead, and Judi Oyama from Santa Cruz. The late 1970's competitive female skateboarding circuit was a tight-knit group, rife with heated rivalries."  


We're telling you - grab this book before they sell out! You can buy it HERE

These ladies are out there skating their hearts out and they are inspiring millions. These female skateboarders are all over age sixy and are shredding hard. Brought together by a page on Facebook started by Elizabeth (age 66) called "Very Old Skateboarders",  these women have created a space where they encourage one another and thrive. Some of the members only took up skateboarding recently, and they have people around the world in the group.

You are never too old to learn something new and have fun - a great reminder that skateboarding is for everyone!

Check out this rad Black & Decker spot featuring pro skateboarder Jordyn Barratt & her friend, Auby Taylor, shredding the legnedary Nude Bowl in the  California desert.

We love when we see commercial spots featuring female skaters, and even more so, when they are filmed in places like this. Not all skateboarding takes place in a skatepark, nice seeing just how versatile Jordyn is - the girl can skate anything and hold her own!

 Photos Ian Logan and Cindy Whitehead

The Odells

x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word Yurt Takeover was such a FUN event! People came straight from the Women's March in Downtown LA to continue the #GirlPower fueled day at

The Odells Shop

in Silverlake. There was a DJ spinning tunes all afternoon, drinks from our friend Deb Glassman at  Lybations Cocktails and Nica Craft Beer provided by Andrew. There was yummy food by Black Cat LA, and pro skateboarder Arianna Carmona, soul skater Elise Crigar and mini shredder, Quinne Daniels were on hand to sign copies of the

"It's Not About Pretty"

book. The new Dusters x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word

"Girl Power"

cruiser board was launched (so many girls had huge grins on their faces as they took their boards out the door to ride) and a showing of photographer Ian Logan's work, featuring female skaters, was on display in the Odell's yurt.

It was a really special treat to have soul skater Sierra Prescott drop by to see her photo on the wall, legendary 70's skate photographer Hugh Holland came in to congratulate the girls, and artist Priscilla Witte - who did the illustrations for the new cruiser - was there as well. LA84's Jeremy Rosenberg, and Justine Siegal who runs "Baseball for All" dropped in to show support, along with a lot of our Venice skater friends - Heidi Lemmon & her daughter, Kala & Vivian Fernandez, Julie Daniels, as well as Jesse Swalley and his family. Desiree Moore from Dwindle and Chantelle Heroux from Bridge to Skate came by and it was really special to get a pic of them together - they are both a huge part of making this collab board come together! 

We loved meeting all the young skater girls who came out with their moms and dads - you are the future and we need more girls skateboarding - so thank you! We hope to see all of you at the skatepark for a girls session soon.

Huge thanks to Laura, Jason and Jaime from

The Odells

Shop, their amazing team, as well as the sponsors of the event - it couldn't have happened with out all of these awesome people!

If you couldn't make it to the party, and wish to purchase one of the new GIRL POWER cruisers or the

"It's Not About Pretty"

book, please call The Odells Shop at 323-741-0039 

The photo show will be up until the end of January - so please stop in and check it out!

The Odells Shop

3906 W. Sunset Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90039

323-741-0039 

The Rad Girls Krew just put out this 2017 year edit of some awesome places they skated in Colorado during the past year. Sit back and watch, and get ready to be MOTIVATED! The close proximity of cars, and a semi in the other lane will have your heart racing. These girls are BADASS.

And BTW  - who holds a GoPro on a selfie stick while racing down a mountain road to film themselves? Yep, totally badass. We LOVE these girls.

Featuring:

Candy Dungan
Brionna Cya Zoe
Marie "Spoky Woky" Wester
Katie Boyer
Daisy Johannes 
Lauren Barth
Victoria Bixler
Caitlin Yong
Amber Burgemeister
Julia Barklow
Maya Shakti
Mikaia Nadone

Beatrice Domond has been on our radar for a long time, and the clips we keep seeing of her are just getting better and better. She's 25 years old, hails from Florida and her sponsor list is looking tight - Fucking Awesome, Supreme, Nike SB, Spitfire, Boys of Summer, Chpo Brand, Venture.

This short film by Mike Steinkamp was created for the Uber x 90 Second Film Festival and shows what Beatrice is made of, and why she keeps skateboarding - our favorite qoute of hers in the film is "pain is temporary, if you quit it will last forever".

Hell yes.

More on the girls from The Skate Kitchen. The_ONES and Paper Magazine recently went to an NYC skate park with the girls of Skate Kitchen, to hear all about how they got started, where their skate crew name orginated.

All images via Bones 

This year is off to a great start! It has just been announced that Lizzie Armanto is getting her own signature wheel from Bones, and it's rad!

The new Lizzie Armanto,  SPF (*Skatepark formula), "Blue China" wheels drop February 1st, and are 84B durometer, shape is P5 and come in either 56mm or 58mm.

They retail for $36.00 for a 4 pack and you can order them HERE 

* Skatepark Formula™ (SPF) is very high quality urethane specifically formulated to resist flatspotting on slick or smooth surfaces while maintaining a higher rebound for a quicker response and a faster roll.

Skatepark Formula™ has a high resistance to abrasion while not compromising hardness and slide ability. Simply put… Skatepark Formula wheels grip better on slick surfaces, are almost impossible to flatspot, and are the fastest, longest lasting wheel on the market today.

As always, we encourage you to support female skaters by buying brands they endorse, ride for or have pro models with.

If you can't make it to the event, but would like to purchase a GIRL POWER cruiser board (limited supply) - please contact The Odells Shop  directly at 323-741-0039


Event Info

Saturday, January 20, 2018  /  12 noon - 5 PM

THE ODELLS SHOP
3906 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

See you there!


Huge thanks to The Odells Shop & their team, Dusters California, Lybations Cocktails, Nica Craft Beer, POP Outdoor Media Company and Black Cat LA - as well as our rad female skaters, Arianna Carmona, Elise Crigar and Quinne Daniels for making this launch party so awesome !

We are so stoked to see Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider, Minna Stess, starring in these new Lego Ninjago commercials. These are only three of the spots Minna worked on, so kepyour eyes on your TV screen for more!

Congrats Minna!

 Jamie  - one of the women interviewed in "What Makes A Man"

all photos and materials via What Makes a Man

We are so impressed with this project by Aaron Beetwor,"What Makes A Man",  but we realized that we were at a loss to try and explain it any better than Aaron does on his  Kickstarter campaign so we thought we'd share his words here, and we encourage you to jump over to his Kickstarter page HERE and check out the rest.

It's an amazing project about understanding, inclusion, thoughts, roles, listening and so much more. Of course what orginally caught our eye was Jamie (pictured above) who is a female skateboarder. Her thoughts on gender, society, & the skateboard scene drew us in, but as we moved onto reading the other women's interviews, we realized this is something we should all be discussing on every level.

Here is what Aaron has to say about his project "What Makes A Man"

Thanks to social media campaigns like #metoo, it has become all the more clear what role silence plays in the perpetuation of violence and oppression. While online platforms have helped shed light on the ceaseless violence enacted on women, they are also responsible for the echo chambers which prevent us from encountering perspectives other than our own.

What Makes A Man is a different approach to social media. It is a reimagining of both its structure and the role it plays in the global conversation around gender. It is a step away from reactionary online discourse and a step towards questioning and listening—not just for failures but also for stories which are the exception to the rule, stories which can help us imagine another way of being.

Volume 01 of What Makes A Man features a collection of statements culled from conversations with ten women. Each contributor receives a list of questions in advance of the discussion and is invited to speak on any that are relevant to their experience.


Aaron Breetwor is a writer, photographer, designer, and self-publisher. He combines these communication practices to produce pieces of “social media”—magazines, books, and posters that take into account the lessons and limitations of the Internet, and utilize physicality (and hand-to-hand exchange) as a central element of their reading experience. Aaron is also the editor of Downgrade, an ad-free, slow journalism magazine focused on the global community of downhill skateboarders, published irregularly. You can call me Daisy.

You can check out the project and donate on Kickstarter right HERE

It's that time of year! Voting has started for your favorite female skaters in the Readers Choice Awards via TWS. You may remember that years ago, we didn't even have female skaters represented in any category - and now they have an entire category of their own, and are represented in some other categories as well!


Female skaters you can vote for are:

Alexis Sablone
Amelia Brodka
Brigfhton Zeuner
Lacey Baker
Leticia Bufoni
Lizzie Armanto
Nora Vasconcellos
Samarria Brevard

In the "Rookie Pro" category, Lizzie, Leticia and Nora are also included with pro guys.  So make sure you vote there too.

When voting for  the "Video" category - don't forget that Lizzie was in SATURDAYS and Nora was in FETISH.

In the "Best Indie Video" category don't forget to vote for QUIT YOUR DAY JOB!

Get over to TransWorld ASAP and vote for your favorite female shredders!

Monday Madness!  SMT presents a short video of  Caroline Dynybil shredding the Nike Shelter in Berlin! Girl are skateboarding all over the world, nice to see, and be able to post, these videos to shed a light on women/girls skateboarding not just in the USA but everywhere.

Another short, but rad video of Nora - this time it's for OJ Wheels. The girl has been getting a ton of air play since winning the Vans Pro Park series in 2017, and it's really cool to see!

Nothing we like more than listening to Spotify, except when we find out that our fav all girl skate crew, Las ChicAZ, is featured in a new series of videos on the music streaming service.

Check out Natalie Krishna Das, Courtney Ramos, Janthavy Norton, Hailey Villa, Jean Rusen, Laura Logue, Kyria Wolffe, Mia Lovell and Jess Carlucci ripping it up on an Arizona road trip.

Stay tuned to Spotify for more videos to drop soon! #RockThis