Congrats to Lizzie Armanto - she will be representing Finland as we move forward towards the Olympics! Her father lives there and Lizzie has dual citizenship, it's so awesome that Finland is behind her 100%!
Congrats to Lizzie Armanto - she will be representing Finland as we move forward towards the Olympics! Her father lives there and Lizzie has dual citizenship, it's so awesome that Finland is behind her 100%!
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| Aori Nishimura / Photo Paulo Macedo via World Skate |
This SLS comp was interesting from the get-go. Having 2 young newcomers in the field, Virginia Fortes Aguas and Karen Feitosa, changed the dynamic drastically. Especially when both girls came into the finals having bested last years Super Crown Champion Jenn Soto during semi-finals the previous day to earn their spots.
Virginia is only 12 years old and while she may not have all the tricks and power yet that the more seasoned veterans on tour have, she was posied and did trick after trick, showing that she will be a constant force this coming year. Her 5th place finish in the finals, ahead of pro's like Pamela Rosa and Alexis Sablone had the crowd cheering for her.
We noticed another interesting thing about this comp - 2 of the girls were wearing helmets when competing, which is very unusual for a street contest. Virginia and Aori Nishimura both sported helmets throughout their runs - perhaps this is a new trend? It used to be frowned upon in street, perhaps now that Aori is the new Women's World Champion - that stigma will change?
With the format of two, 45 second runs per skater and then having 5 tries at "best trick" and throwing out the 3 lowest scores for a combined total of only the 4 highest scores, kept everyone on the edge of their seats as places on the leaderboard changed back and forth during the best trick portion of the comp.
It was exciting to see Aori score a "9" and join the 9 Club during best trick and soon after Leticia did teh same on her last trick. It was a true battle between these two until the very end. Everyone assumed after Leticia pulled ahead of Aori by a narrow margin on her last trick, it was Leticia bring home the win, but Aori scored one tenth of a point higher to change the lead again and take home the coveted status of SLS World Champion.
Congrats Aori!
RESULTS
1st Aori Nishimura 32.6
2nd Leticia Bufoni 32.5
3rd Lacey Baker 28.5
4th Mariah Duran
5th Virginia Fortes Aguas
6th Pamela Rosa
7th Karen Feitosa
8th Alexis Sablone
Congrats to GN4LW team rider, Gracie Cochrane, who won the open division of Queen of Concrete this weekend! Last year she had to compete against the guys and took a well desrved second. This contest is the sister event to the longtime running, King of Concrete. So many girls are starting to skate now in Tasmania, AU that they have their own comp! The prize money for the girls comp this year was $2,000 - so awesome!!
Photo of Leticia Bufoni via World Skate
The fourteen top seeded pro's went head to head with the eleven up and comers from the Global Open today and there were some big surprises for tomorrow's final.
Newcomers, Karen Feitosa and Virgina Fortes Aguas took two of the 8 spots for Sundays final. Big names like Jenn Soto & Samarria Brevard were knocked out of the running, along with some of the other pro women we have seen competing in Street League for a while now.
Letcia Bufoni is holding tight to the number one spot after today's semi-finals, with Mariah Duran and Lacey Baker trying to match her high score. Alexis Sablone, Aori Nishimura and Pamela Rosa round out the group to have eight women in the finals on Sunday.
It's nice to see these contests open up to new talent - it means that the level of skating for women is being pushed higher and higher and we are seeing girls from all over the world kicking ass at these big contests - this is going to be a BIG year for growth in women's skateboarding!
Tune in to watch the WOMEN'S FINAL at 9 AM PT / 12 Noon ET on StreetLeague.com
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| Rayssa Leal |
All info/photos via Street League
Now that we are headed to the Olympics more and more girls can move up through the ranks through "Global Qualifiers" held at Street League and Vans Park Series comps - both are sanctioned World Skate contest series.
This weekend marks the first of the events that will count as points towards making the Olympic team.
Street League World Championship week officially kicked off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and they locked in the Women's Global Open Qualifiers who will be advancing into the next round of the World Championship (Semi-finals) to skate with the currently seeded SLS Pros.
Current SLS Pro Skaters are:
The ladies below have made it to the semi finals!
Global Open Qualifiers (Women’s Division):
LORE BRUGGEMAN
KAYA ISA
KEET OLDENBEUVING
RAYSSA LEAL
ANNIE GUGLIA
KAREN FEITOSA
YUMEKA ODA
ANDREA BENITEZ
KENDRA LONG
VIRGINIA FORTES AGUAS
CHARLOTTE HYM
We are so stoked to see some of the youngest rippers on Instagram on this list!
Watch the women's finals go down LIVE on Sunday, January 13 at 9 AM PT and 12 PM ET on streetleague.com
We know things have been back and forth, and info has been spotty at best, but here is the latest on how skateboarding in the Olympics will work and how someone qualifies!
*All info below compiled directly via World Skate Organization.
How many skateboarders will qualify?
A total of 80 athletes will compete in 4 skateboarding events.
How does that break down for the women?
20 female street skaters
20 female park skaters
(same numbers for the guys)
How many skaters per country?
This Olympic event isn't by country, it's by continent - so a minimum of 1 athlete per continent will be guaranteed a spot for each event.
Exception! Since Japan is the host country, they will be guaranteed 1 athlete per each event.
How and when do you qualify?
That all starts happening this year - 2019!!
The qualification system will be based on World Skateboarding Rankings maintained by World Skate. Skaters will earn points by competing in World Skate sanctioned events during the Olympic qualifying peroid beginning January 1, 2019 and ending May 31, 2020.
What will judging be like?
World Skate International has established and International Skateboard Judging Commission to create an official skateboarding judging criteria and system.
The committee is made up of a diverse group of National Federation and Sport Organizer skateboard judging experts.
Why?
The aim of the international Skateboard Judging Commission is to standardize skateboarding judging criteria ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics based on what is universally agreed and accepted in current skateboarding competitions.
What will the Olympic Skatepark look like?
World Skate says "it supports the idea of skateparks being unique in design thus enhancing progress and creativity of skateboarding. For this reaspon Worl Skate will not release any official skateppoark designs for the Olympic competitions."
Instead, World Skate will disclose criteria and examples enabling skatepark designers to create skateparks that match Olympic standard.
Some countries have identified the athletes they hope will make it to the Olympics and are already named them and are using resources to train them to get ready - has the USA done the same?
We know at this point that letters have been sent to the athletes the USA wishes to have on the USA Olympic development team, but no formal/public announcement has been made. As soon as the info can be released we will share it with you!
Women's skateboarding is growing at a faster rate than anyone probably anticipated, and 2018 was a stellar year all the way around - it started off strong and ended with even more great news for women in the sport. The best thing to happen this year was Vans stepping up to offer the women equal prize money at all the stops on the VPS Tour, that in turn encouraged other comps to follow suit. But read on, to see a ton of other great things that happened this year as well!
Happy New Year!! xo GN4LW
JANUARY
Lizzie Armanto gets her own signature wheel from Bones!
We had an awesome "Girl Power" and "It's Not About Pretty" Book launch party at The Odell's in Silverlake and we put up another female skateboarding billboard on Sunset Blvd. in celebration.
GN4LW team rider, Minna Stess, is featured in the new Lego Commercials.
Transworld announces its readers choice awards categories and now there is a specific category for female skaters - making history!!
Nina Moran from The Skate Kitchen Crew gives an inspiring TEDx talk.
Leticia Bufoni gets her own pro model board and it launches with 3 different graphics!
FEBRUARY
Dusters x GN4LW launches the new "Girl Power" cruiser.
Nora Vasconcellos gets her own pro wheel with OJ.
AU Bowl-riding Championships has GN4LW team rider Poppy Starr Olsen taking 1st place!
Lacey Baker designs a new Nike Bruin Hi sneaker and it sells out fast!
70's / 80's skaters, Judi Oyama, and Pattie Hoffman are inducted into The Skateboarding Hall of Fame.
Lacey Baker gets her own pro wheel with Spitfire.
Vans announces more stops for the women on the VPS tour this year and equal prize money!
Margielyn Didal graces the cover of Blunt Magazine.
Lizzie Armanto is on the pages of SHAPE Magazine about getting fit.
Au's Sabre Norris, comes seemingly out of nowhere, to win Australia's Bowl-a-Rama comp!
The book, "Skateboarding is Not a Fashion", come out and we get to see 70's fashion in skate, from not only the guys, but some of our fav female rippers like Judi Oyama.
MARCH
GN4LW Team rider Zoe Benedetto scores an article in Stuart Magazine about the next generation!
Downhiller Calleigh Little speaks out to Buzz Feed about her solo cross country skate journey.
Lacey Baker is featured in the New York Times discussing why she'd like to see more girls skateboarding.
GN4LW Ambassador, Elise Crigar, is featured in the video "Women on Wheels".
Old Navy runs a commercial featuring female skateboarders and BM riders... in dresses.
Female skate emoji's finally drop - but it's a 3rd party app so it doesn't work on Instagram - Boo!
GN4LW team rider, Poppy Olsen, wins the women's division of Bowzilla Gold Coast - and the biggest news was the comp had equal prize money!
NHS x Thrasher put together an all-female skate video titled "Please Don't Grab My Boob", the title was weird, but the skating was great.
Vans Girls Combi announced that the women's prize purse would match the men's this year - $65,000 - that was HUGE news!!
Vans puts on a girls skate night in major cities from coast to coast - it's called GET ON BOARD and features a photography show, skate clinics, free Vans shoes and more.
Nora Vasconcellos makes women's skate history - you can now put together a complete "Nora" board - Nora Welcome Skateboards deck, Nora Krux trucks, and Nora OJ Wheels and Nora Mob Griptape!
APRIL
The Venice Ladies Jam is back again with Heidi Lemmon and crew at the helm - girls took over Venice Skatepark all day competing and having fun!
Nicole Hause is on Thrasher's "Firing Line".
Ikea came out with a few skateboard products and the shoe/skate rack was the one to hack and make your own!
Downhill racer, Emily "The Prosecutor" Pross, made history by winning the OPEN class in International Downhill Federation Racing at a race in the Philippines!
We released the #GirlPower skate video promo that Lifetime TV did for us and it was a big hit!
Nora Vasconcellos was part of the Adidas "Das Days" interview on The Nine Club - and she was hsyterical!
Skater/artist, Gabrielle Brownfield designs a wheel for Speedlab's "Artist Series".
GN4LW team rider, seven-year-old Briel Weingartner, is featured on the site Pop Sugar and her video goes viral.
The King of Concrete contest took place in AU and GN4LW team rider Grace Cochrane took 1st!
2nd Shanae Collins, 3rd Charlotte Heath
Zara Percy is featured in the new Dusters video promoting our new "Girl Power" board.
The 420 Games take place at Venice Skatepark and Jordyn Barratt claims victory for the women's division. Hanna Zanzi 2nd, Julz Lynn 3rd.
MAY
The SLS women's comp in London had these three ladies on the podium; 1st Jenn Soto, 2nd Lacey Baker, 3rd Mariah Duran.
Samarria Brevard's new pro model from Enjoi, "Uprise" launches and gets some major attention.
X-Games Norway women's street comp has these podium results; 1st Leticia Bufoni, 2nd Lacey Baker, 3rd Pamela Rosa.
The new Dusters x GN4LW "Girl Power" video launches to celebrate the Girl Power board release.
Amelia Brodka gets her own pro model wheel with Speed Lab.
Vogue India profiles our book, "It's Not About Pretty" and discusses the girls skate scene in India.
GN4LW team rider, Poppy Starr Olsen, takes the win at the VPS Continental Championships Oceana which secures her place at the VPS finals in China. Sabre Norris lands second and Charlotte Heath 3rd.
Florida's Grace Marhoefer graces the cover of Coping Block Magazine!
JUNE
We published another book, this time for UK based photographer Charlotte Thomas. The book "Concrete Girls" chronicled the women's skate scene in the UK - it becomes the 2nd book under the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word publishing group.
The Volcom La Kantera Invitational in Spain sent invites out to the women this year! USA's Jordyn Barratt and Minna Stess flew over to be part of the contest and brought home 1st and 2nd! Madeleine Larcheron took home third.
Brighton Zeuner was not only up for an ESPY award but also a Nickelodean Kids Choice Award!
Lizzie Armanto gets a capsule shoe/apparel collection with her sponsor Vans!
We did a fun interview with our fave street artist/skateboarder, Lola "The Young Vandal".
Sabre Norris makes her USA debut and takes 1st at the park qualifiers in Boise for the upcoming X-Games.
The Mixt Studio x GN4LW tote bag collection launches and team rider Kyra Williams models for the ads!
Photographer Ken Hada starts a podcast with skateboarders called "I Had a Conversation..." and he features Lizzie Armanto and Julz Lynn right out of the gate!
The VPS Brazil comp brings out so many women! Results were; 1st Sakura Yosozumi, 2nd Yndiara Asp, 3rd Brighton Zeuner
JULY
Vans Continental Championships Huntington Beach had Dora Varella taking the win again this year and giving her the all expense paid trip and entry into the VPS Championships in China!
Brighton Zeuner edges out Sabre Norris to take the win at X-Games Minneapolis in park. Sakura Yosozumi comes in 3rd.
In women's Street at X-Games Minneapolis, Mariah Duran took the Gold, Aori Nishimura - Silver and Bronze went to Alexis Sablone
Dickies announces that it will start making girls appareal and the mini shredders are stoked!
Adidas launches the new Nora Vasconcellos skate shoe and its a hit!
GN4LW team rider, Minna Stess, takes 1st at the Mystic Cup in Prague!
GN4LW team rider Zoe Herishen is featured skating in the new J. Balvin & Lennox music video.
The Dew Tour Pro Park Finals in Long Beach, CA had a women's division this year (no more skating against the guys!) 1st Nicole Hause, 2nd Bryce Wettstein, 3rd Jordyn Barratt.
GN4LW team rider Zoe Benedetto takes home her first national title in Explorer Super Girls at the NSSA Surf Comp here in CA.
AUGUST
History is made - Lizzie Armanto is the first woman to make the Loop - Tony Hawk posts the video and it goes viral!
The movie everyone has been waiting for, The Skate Kitchen, is released in theaters nationwide.
INSTYLE Magazine features high fashion looks on local Venice skaters, Quinne Daniels, Vianez Morales, Dalia Lundquist, & Miquell Benson for their big September Issue!
Vans Park Series Huntington Beach podium results were; 1st Kisa Nakamura, 2nd Jordyn Barratt
3rd Brighton Zeuner
SEPTEMBER
Lacey Baker is in the new Nike Campaign and people are stoked!
Vans Park Series in Malmo, Sweden podium results were; 1st Jordyn Barratt, 2nd Kisa Nakamura
3rd Brighton Zeuner
The VPS Continental Championships results were; 1st Amelia Brodka, 2nd Lilly Stoephasius, 3rd Shani Bru - Amelia's win qualified her to compete at the VPS Championships in China.
GN4LW Ambassador, Quinne Daniels, is featured in a commercial for the Disney Princess VIVOFIT JR.2 Fitness Tracker from Disney and Garmin
OCTOBER
The women's World Championships for park took place in Nanjing, China and the podium was; 1st Sakura Yosozumi, 2nd Kisa Nakamura, 3rd Poppy Starr Olsen.
Brighton Zeuner took home her 2nd VPS Chamnpionship in Suzhou, China.
GN4LW Ambassador, Quinne Daniels, is featured in "That Kinder Magazine" bringing back 70's skate style and we love it!
Mariah Duran, Leticia Bufoni and Aori Nishimura all earned medals in the Women’s Skateboard Street competition at X-Games Sydney.
We gave away our third micro-grant to the all girls skate group in Salt Lake City led by Noelle Sanders, Salty Bitches.
Dusters x GN4LW in collaboration with artist Jim Rugg launched the cruiser board, Street Angel.
Mini shredder, Sky Brown stars on "Dancing with the Stars, Jr."
Pro skater Leticia Bufoni and model/skater Izzy Wild are featured in Paris based fashion label Zadig & Voltaire's new fragrance launch for "Girls Can Do Anything".
NOVEMBER
Nora Vasconcellos is up for Thrasher Magazines "Skater of the Year" - she is the only female skater on the list.
Margielyn Didal receives a pro model from her sponsor Eight Five Two Shop.
GN4LW ambassador, Elise Crigar, is featured on the highly acclaimed podcast, "Adventures in Design" and San Diego's "Voyage Magazine" all in one week!
Exposure Skate throws their annual contest that draws female skaters from around the world with a 2 day Pro & AM comp in Encinitas, CA.
DECEMBER
Pro street skater, Leticia Bufoni, is now the athletes representative for World Skate as we head into the Olympics in 2020!
HBO announces that they are creating a TV comedy series based on The Skate Kitchen crew.
Cebu pro street skater, Margielyn Didal, is named one of Time Magazines most influential teens of 2018!
Pro park skater, Arianna Carmona gets a pro model from Moonshine Skateboards.
Jessie Frietze-Armenta wins the ladies division of the OG Jam Series.
GN4LW team rider, Grace Cochrane, scores a well deserved scholarship from the Tasmanian Institute of Sport to help towards her goal of competing in the Olympics!
Lizzie Armanto has some serious style when she skates - check out this new short video she did for "My Indys".
Photo Ian Logan
It's been a fun year with so much going on in women's skateboarding. More than we could have ever imagined, and that is great news. There were pro models for quite a few female skaters, a Hollywood movie about a legit skate crew, an awesome women's skate shoe that sold off the shelf for Nora, and the Olympics are coming, which has been a great equalizer for the best news of this past year - equal prize money for the women!!
And our crew of Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word skaters + support crew is stronger than ever, so big shout out everyone who helps us make this happen day after day, because we could not do it alone.
Skate Crew:
Minna Stess
Grace Cochrane
Amanda Caloia
Emma Houle
Zoe Herishen
Ruby Lilley
Briel Weingartner
Kat Folsom
Kyra Williams
Zoe Benedetto
Quinne Daniels
Kala Baltasar
Elise Crigar
And the awesome ladies from "She Skates Here"!
Support Team
Ian Logan - Staff Photographer
Joanne Barratt - Contributing Photographer abroad
Kristin Lawson - Marketing & PR + online sales
Stephanie Wise - Intern
Candy Dungan - PR Releases
Eric Bangle - tech + coding guru
Elise Crigar - photos, design, moral support + more
City of Hermosa Beach & Hermosa Historical Society
Business Team
Dusters California & Dwindle Distribution x GN4LW collab boards
Sunshine Canteen x GN4LW collab tee line
Artists - Jim Rugg / "Street Angel" & P.C. Witte / "Girl Power"
Diemen Distribution - AU and beyond for our book & apparel line
Mixt Studios x GN4LW bag collab
Jol Designs - who executes all our crazy ideas
Wrenn Management - business support, legal and contracts
Flower Child - ongoing support of GN4LW and team rider Amanda Panda
She Shreds (aka Gina Duffy) - longtime support of GN4LW
Metiza Magazine - we are stoked to be partners with these ladies!
All of the awesome stores all over the world that carry the GN4LW products.
And YOU!
Thanks for staying tuned to all the daily news we post and for all of your support!
Now get out, have some fun and Skate!!
Happy Holidays from the entire GN4LW Crew!
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| Photo Nick Guise-Smith / ESPN |
All info via World Skate & Inside the Games
It was just announced that 25 year old pro street skater, Leticia Bufoni, has been named as the athlete's representative at World Skate. Leticia will take a seat on the governing body's Executive Board.
Bufoni's role has been described as "essential", with skateboarding debuting at the 2020 Olympics, which is less than 2 years away.
"I'm so proud to welcome Leticia Bufoni on board and I'm confident that she will put all her enthusiasm and skills in a role that I don't hesitate to define fundamental for the correct development of our world," said World Skate President Sabatino Aracu.
Both street and park skateboarding competitions for men and women will be held at Tokyo 2020.
Hot the heels of her DWTS Jr, win, 10 year old skateboarder Sky Brown is featured in these new online ads for the Nike Air Force 1. Check out the video where Sky talks about her own personal style.
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| Photo Joe Hammeke / Thrasher Magazine |
We are stoked to see this new Lizzie Armanto x Birdhouse deck with artwork by Mark Mothersbaugh come out. It's called "Mutants" and it's 8.25 x 32 and seems to come in a few color ways. Looks like this may be the most popular artwork on a Lizzie board yet!
We were able to find it online right now at the following places
Cow Town
Skatepark of Tampa
Warehouse Skateboards
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If you loved the Skate Kitchen movie, get ready, because HBO is developing a female skateboarding comedy series that hails from Crystal Moselle and Lesley Arfin.
Inspired by the film “Skate Kitchen,” which Moselle directed and co-wrote, the untitled series is set against the backdrop of New York City and will follow a diverse group of young women navigating their lives through the predominantly male oriented world of skateboarding.
Moselle and Arfin will write and executive produce the series, with Moselle also attached to direct.
“As girls we were never brave enough to try skateboarding,” Arfin and Moselle said. “We’re excited to work on a project that could potentially get other girls to feel inspired enough to face their fears, fight the patriarchy and start shredding. Women are changing the game across industries all over this country. Why not add skateboarding to that list?”
Will the orginal Skate Kitchen crew star in this series? We hope so, these rad ladies are what make The Skate Kitchen what it is!
We're stoked to see that these girls skate sessions are still happening on a regular basis at The Cove Skatepark in Santa Monica!
The next Girls Skate Session at The Cove will be this Saturday, December 15th from 10am - 12pm.
Please help spread the word and remind anyone new to The Cove that they must register in advance as the Parks & Rec office won't be open at this time.
See you Saturday!!
The new Cadillac XT4 Joy commercial features 4 female skateboarders. Anyone know who the girls skating are?
BTW - I think the skaters look like they are having more fun than the girls in the Cadillac!
It's that time of the year again!
SkatePal is currently accepting applications for male and female volunteers to teach skateboarding in Palestine between March and October 2019. Placements are offered for either one or two months.
For more information or to receive your application form please email: info@skatepal.co.uk
Pro street skater, Margielyn Didal, from Cebu has just been named one of Time Magazine's most influential teens! After winning gold at the Asian Games she changed the persepctive of being a female skateboarder in her native country, the Phillippines. Getting people, including her family, to realize that skateboarding is not just a boy's sport.
Congrats to Margielyn for leading the way to create change! That is HUGE!
Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word x Sunshine Canteen Tee's
Nora Vasconcellos "Wicked Queen" pro model from Welcome Skateboards
Lizzie Armanto's pro wheel by Bones
Badass Skatemom Socks
Mixt Studio x GN4LW "Good Vibes" tote bag
Salt Rags Skateboards for kids
Salt Rags Skateboards for kids
It's Not About Pretty: A Book About Radical Skater Girls
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Dusters California x GN4LW "Street Angel" cruiser
Krux Hardware
Street Angel Graphic Novels
Dickies Girl Apparel / Photo Julie Daniels
Check out our holiday gift guide, full of rad ideas for the female skater on your gift list!
We've put together a list of 15 gifts, from low ($4.95) to high ($1,800), beginner to advanced, that any female skateboarder in your life would love to unwrap this holiday season! All products shown above can be purchased online, so no rushing around from store to store, trying to hunt them down. Some sites are offering free shipping or discount codes as well. All products listed are things we put our trust in and have first-hand experience with.
Happy Holidays!!
1. Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word x Sunshine Canteen Collab Tees - are available in kids and adult sizes and have retro California 70's inspired graphics that everyone will love. If you use code SHOP20 you will get 20% off your entire purchase! $22.00 to $45.00
Shopgirlisnota4letterword.com
2. Nora Vasconcellos "Wicked Queen" pro model by Welcome Skateboards, any adult female skater in your life would love this new design. The graphics are awesome and it just came out! And who isn't a fan of Nora? $50.99
Skatewarehouse.com
3. Bones Lizzie Armanto Pro Wheel - the china blue pattern is awesome and the wheels are fast, they come in 2 sizes, 56mm and 58mm. Great as a stocking stuffer too! They are even on sale right now! $24.99
Zumiez.com
4. Badass Skate Mom has another great stocking stuffer - their new socks are sweet, the designs are great and who doesn't want to be fearless and badass when they skate? $8.00
BadassSkateMom.com
5. Mixt Studio x GN4LW "Good Vibes" Zippered Tote - this roomy zippered tote bag is made out of Tyvek so it's super strong and washable! It also zips so all your skate gear or surf gear doesn't come tumbling out when you least expect it. The photos' on the bag were taken by GN4LW founder Cindy Whitehead, and proceeds go back to girls in skateboarding. $46.00
Mixtstudio.com
6. Salt Rags Skateboards has the perfect board for your little mini shredder! With kid appropriate graphics and sizes for any young skater, these boards are sure to be a hit under the Christmas tree. Check out their site for appropriate sizing! $42.00
SaltRags.com
7. It's Not About Pretty Book - Want to be inspired by other girls that skate? Grab a copy of the new hardback book, "It's Not About Pretty" each book comes with a 15x19 pull-out poster of a female skater, and is chock full of female skate shots, from parks and pools, to street and downhill. $35.00
Amazon.com
8. Pink Helmet Posse S1 Helmet - this helmet is designed to fit small riders and comes in PHP's signature pink colorway. It's definitely protective, but it also looks good. It's good to be a girl at the skatepark and pink is badass! $60.00
Pinkhelmetposse.com
9. The Skate Kitchen Movie - is now out on iTunes so you can rent or buy it for a skater girl you love and even send it digitally to them! Please note that this is more of a teen/adult film due to some graphic content and subject matter. Excellent "coming of age" movie about girls who skate! $4.99/rental $14.99 Purchase
Itunes
10. 2x4 Mini Ramps - Want to go BIG? Get her a high-quality mini ramp for your yard so she can skate whenever she wants! We like 2x4 Mini Ramps, these guys know their stuff and will even come out and put it together for you. Uneven ground? Not a problem (although extra charges may apply) they have a solution for everything and you'll be skating at home in no time! Ramp pictured is an 8x3 kit and runs $1,800.00 (without railings and extras like galvanized steel hardware etc.)
2x4miniramps.com
11. Femme Magnifique Book - this awesome anthology of 50 magnificient women who changed the world, is brought to you by editor Shelly Bond and published by IDW. The book is illustrated in comic book form and a fun read for any age. The visuals are stunning and the stories are amazing. And yes, a female OG skateboarder is represented! $19.36
Amazon.com
12. Street Angel Cruiser - Looking for a complete cruiser that is out of the box and ready to roll? The new Dusters California x GN4LW "Street Angel" board is perfect! With art by comic book illustrator Jim Rugg, the board features well known comic book heroine "Street Angel". This cruiser is small enough to fit in a school locker but stable and fun to ride anywhere you need to go! $129.95
Thankyousupply.com
13. Krux Hardware in Pink or Blue - Spice up her board with some Krux pink or blue hardware. The package comes with 8 pink bolts and one blue, or 8 blue and one pink - so configure any way you want. Another great stocking stuffer! $4.95 /per pack
NHSfunfactory.com
14. Street Angel Graphic Novels - Artist Jim Rugg keeps us entertained all year long with these comic books where the heroine is a female skater! Street Angel, aka Jesse Sanchez, is a homeless ninja on a skateboard and the deadliest girl alive. We don’t know where she came from, how she learned to fight, or if she’s even human. She possesses powers that help her escape traps, scale walls, pick locks and every other cool thing we wished we could do at that age. Street Angel is an urban legend, a mystery...the stuff of which comic books are made. $14.95 each
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15. Dickies Girl Apparel - now made in the smallest of sizes, even your little one can now wear Dickies Girl at the skatepark. They also have Dickies Girls Junior for your teenage skater. Many a pro skater swears by these pants and some (like Nora) even dye theirs a fav color for a more personal look. $12.00 and up
Dickies.com
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| Photo Ian Logan |
Big congrats to Arianna Carmona who just received her first pro model skateboard from Moonshine Skateboards! Arianna won a silver medal at the Vert World Championships in Nanjing, China in 2017, and she has been on fire this year, taking second place in vert this past October at Exposure Skate.
The Arianna Carmona "Death Moth" is 8.25 x 32.5 with a 14.75" wheelbase, the deck is stained and handcrafted in the USA by Drifter MFG with silk screened graphics. It's a small batch run, so get yours quick! Comes with stickers and pin. It's a gorgeous board and should be fun to ride too!
Art by Chris Alliston
Get yours HERE