We absolutely LOVE this new "People Are Awesome" episode that dropped
today (below) featuring Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider, Amanda Caloia!
Give it a watch and learn about Amanda and why she loves downhill!
It's
always great when companies like this approach us and ask for some of
our team riders stories that they might want to share - all these girls
have rich, interesting lives, in and out of skateboarding - and it's
gratifying to see them highlighted, so others now what they do as well.
Big congrats Amanda - and thank you "People Are Awesome" for profiling our rad team rider!
Leo Baker and Cher Strauberry are everywhere right now! Gucci just launched Gucci Grip and Leo and Cher are the new faces of Gucci’s skate-inspired watch
advertising. Named for the way feet stick to the board, the Gucci Grip
was introduced last year as an ode to 1970s skate culture via a campaign
shot by Ari Marcopoulos. It's all pretty damn cool.
And in case you missed the premiere of SMUT from the newly formed Glue Skateboards - we have it here.
Leo Baker, Stephen Ostrowski and Cher Strauberry are changing the (male dominated) landscape of skateboarding and making sure the LGBTQ community is well represented.
We are so excited about this new book SKATE BUD from Zach Moldof at Stoke Much Magazine.
The new pocket size book goes over everything from skate etiquette at the skatepark and street spots, to what to do (and not to do) when you run into a pro at your fave park. The book also has diagrams and explanations for tricks, so you never get mixed up again on what's what. It goes over the different disciplines in skateboarding - from mega ramps, to freestyle and those who have paved the way are mentioned as well.
And here's a small spoiler, Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word founder, Cindy Whitehead, wrote the forward. 👍 and there are contributions from others we love, Daniel Fedkenheuer and Yash Presswalla
The book is 202 Page and the 4x7” size means it's easy to put in a back pocket or your backpack. And at $15 it doesn't break the bank - it also makes for a great stocking stuffer!
It is also a really great companion to the SKATE BUD app that you need to
download immediately! It comes up with a map showing you where the
skateparks are located, and once you click on that icon you'll get the
name of the park, the address, and see detailed photos. You can also
save the parks you like into "favorites" for easy access later. We love
that each location on the app has symbols that make key info clear: is
there parking or lights? Is the park a plaza, transition or hybrid?
Check out the new episode of Pushing For Gold, presented by TikTok, there is an interview with Team U.S.A.'s women about the historic importance of next year's Summer Games in Tokyo and how the pandemic has altered the timeline.
Featuring coach Mimi Knoop and Olympic hopefuls Samarria Brevard, Alexis Sablone, Alana Smith, Bryce Wettstein, Mariah Duran, Brighton Zeuner, Jordan Santana, Jordyn Barratt, and Minna Stess.
FLOW STATE Presented by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
It is so rad to see Leticia go way out of her comfort zone and try something new.
In this episode of Flow State, Dylan takes Leticia Bufoni rock climbing for her first time at Stoney Point. Leticia is afraid of heights and he asks her to boulder a 20-30ft project without a rope!
My heart was pounding when she got stuck near the top!
Leticia is a professional street skateboarder and five-time X Games Gold medalist currently training for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
What is Flow State? An optimal state of consciousness where we feel and perform our best while being completely immersed in an activity. It’s the feeling i live for and I find it most when i’m outdoors — whether in an activity or even a meaningful conversation.
In this series, Dylan take athletes and celebrities on adventures in and around Los Angeles, CA. By pushing them outside their comfort zone, he hope to get to know more about his guests, their drives and passions, and ultimately, more about himself.
Along the way, the show will pull back the curtain on Los Angeles, revealing its hidden outdoor gems and communities.
Costa Mesa, CALIF. (Nov. 11, 2020)–
Vans team rider
Fabiana Delfino’s smooth style and powerful approach is redefining
skateboarding from the ground up. The Florida native’s flowy style and
roots have been applied to a new Vans head-to-toe collection, led by the
Sk8-Hi Pro in cool blue featuring her signature
palm tree graphic.
The Fabiana Delfino
Sk8-Hi Pro offers stellar performance features that Vans Pro Classics
have become known for, including Ollie Guard for added durability – a
first for the silhouette. DURACAP reinforced underlays
in high-wear areas have also been added to prolong the life of the
shoe.
Paying tribute to the
Sunshine State, Fabiana incorporated her signature palm tree insignia
paired with a cool blue colorway into the Sk8-Hi Pro and apparel
collection. Custom artwork also appears on the heel
counter with her namesake emblazoned across the tongue label. A cool
blue Sidestripe over a natural corduroy upper rounds out her
Floridian-inspired design.
Fabiana’s shoe is
supported by a head-to-toe collection of apparel and accessories,
including a body-skimming stripe polo with contrast ribbing at the neck
and sleeve cuffs and Fabiana logo embroidery on the chest.
Pair it with the Fabiana cord backpack and Fabiana cord hat in oil
blue, both with embroidered logos on the front and back. A Fabiana boxy
tee, long sleeve boyfriend tee and boyfriend fleece crew, and crew sock
finish off the look, complete with the oil blue/black
colorway and custom art.
The Vans Fabiana Delfino Collection is available now at Vans retailers andVans.com/skate.
Photo of Bryce Wettstein via Dew Tour ~ Photographer Bryce Kanights
Nice "day in the life video" of Team USA's Bryce Wettstein!
Via Dew Tour: Skateboarding has the power to open endless creative avenues that go beyond four wheels and a wooden plank.
A pure example of such energy is apparent through the vibrant life of Bryce Wettstein. Currently sitting as USA’s top-ranked Olympic skateboard hopeful in women’s park, Bryce shows us first-hand that skateboarding is just one of her many creative outlets.
Follow along as we join Bryce for a day of observing her musical talents, inspiring the next generation of young women skateboarders, and more. And of course, it wouldn’t be a proper day in SoCal without wrapping things with a sunset surf session.
Via Juice Magazine Instagram: The Future is Now and we are so happy to announce that Juice Magazine #77
will begin mailing out to subscribers this week and hitting the
newsstands soon too. We are honored and grateful to have the amazing
Beatrice Domond @BeatriceDomond gracing the cover of this edition with an epic photo by @MikeOMeally
! As all generations of skateboarders continue to grow, adapt and
contribute to keeping the fire burning, the new generation is coming in
hot with many strong women leading the charge. Beatrice Domond is a
great example of someone who skates for all the right reasons with pure
stoke and positive vibes. Beatrice is setting the streets on fire and
representing the now and future of skateboarding, and we’re stoked to
feature her in the mag and on the cover.
Via Quell Skate Instagram: "Community has been more important than ever. @_froskate_
has demonstrated through every challenge that this year has brought,
together we can figure out a solution. We are so thrilled to feature
them on the cover of Issue 006- releasing this Friday on quellskate.com
This month is so exciting - two skateboard magazines, JUICE and QUELL, both feature Black Female skaters on their covers!
Supreme's Beatrice Domond is featured on the cover of JUICE Magazine launching over a fire hydrant and the founders of Fro Skate are featured on the cover of QUELL.
What a great time in skateboarding - change just keeps happening in a positive way and we love seeing it!
Where it all began... This video filmed back in 1975 shows how transition and vert skateboarding began. Some freestyle and slalom mixed in too. Brings back some good memories...
Skaters Vote has teamed up with filmmaker Colin Read to create its self-titled
official voting PSA. Narrated by Tony Hawk, and featuring a diverse
ensemble of skaters including Mark Gonzales and Mark Suciu, the goal of
the “Skaters Vote” video is to not only energize the skate community to
vote in the upcoming election but to explain that voting is an easy way
to stay activated.
The
video PSA was the concept of Colin Read, skate video creator and
director of music videos for groups such as Radiohead, Danny Brown, and
Doves. Produced pro bono by Sea Cow and Pulse Films, with a team of film
industry professionals who love skating—including creative director
Jacob Ireland, producers Leon Derriey and Cameron Cuchulainn, and
director of photography Eric Schleicher—it was filmed within New York
City in the month of October.
Sea
Cow explains: “It’s the most pivotal year in modern history. There’s a
lot at stake—and a lot to skate for. Plenty of messaging has already
been created that targets the youth vote…but skaters are a peculiar
breed. We don’t like people telling us what to do—which is why we skate
in the first place! It’s easy for skaters to get turned off by people
who don’t understand them, seemingly making demands.
Skaters
also have a finely-tuned “bullshit meter,” so we don’t want to turn the
audience off with overly serious or dramatic messaging. Instead, we’re
creating a simple message: If you can skate, you can vote. We’re making
it feel like a natural, community-oriented activity. It’s that simple:
skaters vote.”
ABOUT SKATERS VOTE
Skaters Vote was created with the goal of encouraging skateboarders in the
United States of America to register to vote. Skateboarding is a global
community. From the national level to the local, governmental policy and
politics impact our lives and love for skateboarding.
Skaters
Vote aims to give every skater in America a voice in the systems that
shape our lives by facilitating registration and providing non-partisan
information about elections.
Vans dropped this new video and photos with Cher Strauberry today and it's so good! Check it out and get some rad ideas for making your own custom Vans!
This Pandemic is bringing us all sorts of surprises - but we have to say that this is a good one!
Lizzie Armanto announced via Instagram yesterday that she and her boyfriend, and fellow skater, Axel Cruysberghs got married in a very private ceremony 10 days ago! Lizzie looks absolutely gorgeous in the photos that were taken by photographer Anthony Acosta and her friend Allysha Le.
Woolf Women is a true account of Jenny and her 4 friends who accept a
challenge to go to Sumela – an ancient monastery built in AD386. It
clings precariously to a vertical rock face with a terrifying sheer drop
of 1,280 metres and is located deep in the Pontic mountains of Turkey.
Jenny has been struggling to get over the unexpected and sudden loss
of her father. Her friends are worried about her welfare and state of
mind. Her depression has already led to her losing her job and as a
result she gives up her home to go live in her van and skate
professionally full-time. In order to seek solace and distraction, she
plans and dreams of an adventurous skateboard expedition with her
friends.
Upon
meeting Marchella, the expedition becomes a reality and the girls make
it their mission to go to Sumela, with the hope that Jenny finds closure
and they can become the first ever Downhill Skateboarders to skate from
Sumela. However, shortly before their departure, Jenny meets with
another major unexpected calamity.
Woolf Women is a film about personal courage, friendship, adventure
and duct tape. It is a testimony to the words – belief and
determination. Young, free spirited and athletic - the girls cruise by
road for over 5,500 kms each way into uncharted waters to reach Sumela.
Featuring exciting skate scenes, interesting conversation and
stunning scenery, Woolf Women is a modern-day Odyssey like no other.
You can watch it HERE via the Raindance Fim Festival taking place in the UK
Releases tomorrow 5:00 PM in the UK. You can rent it now, but you won't be able to watch it until then.
Available until Nov 7, 2020. You will not be able to view the content after this.
5 day rental from the date and time of release.
30 hour playback window. Once rented, your film will be available in your account for 5 days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 30 hours to watch the film as many times as you like.
Jenny ‘Jungle’ Schauerte International Downhill Federation racer Jenny was born in
Boston, USA but grew up in the mountains of Bavaria. Jenny is a downhill
skater, artist, designer and adventurer. She travels a lot, absorbs her
environment and uses the world as her creative outlet. She recently
left London because it got too flat and instead lives in her van,
chasing the sun and the mountains. Aside from the obvious thrill and
adrenaline, she feels lucky to be part of the skateboarding community -
seeing people at events and absorbing the crazy atmosphere and the
feeling of "no limits".
In her Masters project at Central St. Martins, adrenaline was featured.
Through experimentation, interviews, mixed media, a 9 mins short film, 2
magazines, her dissertation showed undeniably that adrenaline can
relieve mental and physical issues including depression and anxiety.
Alejandra ‘Salamandra’ Gutierrez
Salamandra was born in Colombia and qualified in university as a
mechanical engineer. Learning to skate at 22 years old, she forms part
of a nomadic tribe of millennials that prefer to always be on the move.
Albeit Salamandra has suffered multiple injuries during her travels, the
freedom to skate and the rush of adrenaline has helped her find focus
and peace from troubled times. She always takes good care of her fellow
skate women and would bind everyone’s wounds up and put a smile on all
faces.
Jasmin ‘SpaceyBee’ Hangraef
SpaceyBee moved from the rather flat Belgium to Austria to feed her
passion for Downhill Skateboarding. Light and breezy, Bee is the
acrobatic member of the Woolf Women crew and will most likely be the
risk taker that the girls will have to watch over. She is a player and
will whip out her slackfline or find a funny game to play at any boring
moments. Her love for skateboarding has led her to promote the sport
through sponsorship programmes and advertising.
Lisa ‘QueenApex’ Peters
QueenApex is a sports teacher from the Netherlands and is known as the
girl with a cute accent. Full of energy and a desire to conquer the
world, Queen Apex spends most of her time travelling the world and
competing as a pro skateboarder. Apex is looking forward to the Woolf
Women expedition and due to her experience will play a crucial part in
testing out the risk and safety hazards during the expedition. She is
always smiling and manages to cheer up Jenny and the gang when there are
edgy moments. She knows how to play safe and still be wild and free.
Anna ‘PixieCharms’ Pixner
Pixie is an Austrian travelling the world. Being an ardent Buddhist,
Anna is a believer of fate and destiny, having had a near fatal accident
which included puncturing her lungs. She finds peace and healing in the
nature and would climb a mountain like a jumping mountain goat. She is
also a highly skilled street skater and said to be one of the best at
toe sliding. Anna hears the calling of wolves and believes that Woolf
Women will help other women embrace the sport without fear.
We love this trailer for the film Skateboarding's First Wave - a documentary short about skateboarding in Pacific Palisades in the early '60s.
Featuring the Palisades Skateboard Team:
Barry Blenkhorn Williams, Scott Blenkhorn, Colleen (Boyd) Turner, PhD, Lt Col, USAFR, Retired, Peter Burg, Don Burgess, Ric Burgess, Donna Cash Harris, Jerry Giancola, Kevin Jones, Terry Keller, Tim Keller, Chris Picciolo, Rick Purcell, Suzie Rowland Levin, Burke Murphy, Shane Murphy
If you'd like to get a copy of this amazing film (well worth it) you can buy it HERE
We love that Allysha Le is on the "Talkin Schmit" podcast this week! Tune in to hear all about her history in skateboarding.
"Allysha Le was born in Torrance and raised in El Segundo and started skateboarding at an early age with the likes of SAlba and MAlba before getting sponsored by Osiris and H-Street and then eventually riding for Mimi Knoop's all female company Hoopla Skateboards.
Now on Creature, we talk: skating with T.Mag, Lizzie Armanto, SF and Potrero Park, Chris Russell and Patrick Ryan, leaving Hoopla, Joe Fong, solving the Rubiks Cube, The Chili Bowl contests at Potrero Del Sol and much more... "
We are happy to announce that eleven-year-old, Elle Warne, is now part of the Girl is
NOT a 4 Letter Word team and movement. Elle enjoys skateboarding just
about anything she comes across - and we love that. She is also a firm
believer in getting groups of girls together to encourage more girls to
get on a board and skate.
Welcome to the team Elle!!
Make sure you follow Elle on her Instagram @Elle_Warne
RIP 🙏🏼 Sad news that one of our
‘70s skate sisters and one of the original freestyle girls of that era,
Ellen Oneal passed away.
Ellen was known for her beautiful
flowing style and her perpetual smile during hard freestyle routines.
She was sponsored by Gordon & Smith back in the day. She was also
the featured female skater in the movie SKATEBOARD starring Leif Garrett
and Tony Alva.
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recently a retro photo of Ellen was featured on the side of the Vans bus that toured around - it was awesome to see one of our own be
recognized years later like that. . Ellen was inducted into The Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2014. 🛹
