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The Exposure X video premiere took place on Saturday night at The La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, CA, and it was a blast!  So many girls from all over the world submitted parts, and the skating was insane. The evening started with a panel moderated by Exposure founder Amelia Brodka and included panelists Jamie Reyes, Lisa Whitaker, and Lizzie Armanto - great to hear about Lisa and Jamie's experiences in the early days of skate videos and hearing Lizzie talk about doing "The Loop" was so good. Thanks to Exposure Skate for a great evening!

Winners and videos are on the Exposure site!

We are so stoked to share this video part of team rider Klara Kermoade skating everything from parks to ditches. And lighting it on fire everywhere she goes! 

This is what skateboarding is all about - skating everything.

Sit back, watch it on repeat and enjoy!

Aori / Numero Mag ~ Photo Benjo Arwas    Rayssa / Vogue Brazil ~ Photo Pedro Napolinario

Its amazing how many pro female skateboarders are ending up on amazing covers of fashion magazines lately! 

It seems like just yesterday she was skating with fairy wings on... but today, Rayssa Leal  is on the current cover of VOGUE Brazil!

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Did you catch Aori Nishimura looking badass and stunning on the recent cover of Tokyo's NUMERO Magazine?

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And how about Briana King absolutely ruling as Dior's new muse? Lets not forget her photos for Prada, Square Soace, StockX and more.

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We love seeing all these new and exciting opportunities that women in skateboarding are getting from the fashion world - well deserved!

Photo of Mia by Shane Taylor

 

We are so stoked to announce that Mia Kretzer from Australia is now part of the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word movement and team!  Mia is just seven years old, but she skates way beyond her years - even earning herself a place as an Ambassador for Women in Sports Western Australia! 💗

Mia's awesome skating (No Fear!), fun personality and always wanting to encourage other girls to skate are what we feel make her a great fit for GN4LW. 

Check out her team bio page to learn more about Mia's favorite things and how she has been doing on the contest scene!

Photo Shane Taylor

 

 

 

Name:    Mia Kretzer

Nickname:   Mims / Flying Panda

Status:   AM skater

Home:   Perth, Australia

Age:    7

Favorite Skate Spot:   Scarborough Beach Bowl

Favorite Trick:   BS 360

Favorite Music:   Xavier Rudd / BTS

Favorite Food:   Sushi

Sponsors:   Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word, Panda Skateboards, Etnies, Momentum Skateshop

 

 

 

Contest Results:

1st Place Mandurah Action Sports Girls 2021

2nd Place 9/U King Of Concrete Melbourne 2021

1st Place 12/u girls Aus Skate Federation Scarborough Bowl  2021

 

 

Notable Achievements:

Ambassador for Women in Sports Western Australia

Follow Mia on Instagram  @miak.skate

Make sure you mark your calendar for November 13, 2021 because the 5th Annual Venice Ladies Day Jam is back!!

**Pup Cup for the little ones

**Ages 9-14 Comp

**Ages 15-20 Comp

**Ages 25-34  Comp

**Masters Comp 35+

 ** Best Trick 3 Block 

You don't want to miss one minute of this amazing day!

It's FREE and there are tons of medals, prizes, a DJ and more!

SEE YOU THERE!!!

Watch the full replay from yesterdays 2021 SLS Lake Havasu stop Women's Final!

Featuring Leticia Bufoni, Ryssa Leal & more as the best pros in the world battle for points for the top 4 spots that go straight to the 2021 SLS World Championship! 

Presented by Monster Energy | Visible | Tech Deck | Skater XL | Tech Deck | True Skate | MOB Grip | Santa Cruz Skateboards | Bronson Speed Co | 

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

 

The famous and historic La Paloma Theater in Encinitas will be teaming with female skaters next Saturday night. On November 6th the theater will become the site of the premier of Exposure's feature-length skate video, titled “Exposure X,” featuring 150 top female skateboarders from across the world.

The winners of each category will be highlighted during the event and awarded a total of $55,000 in prize money!

Tickets are just $10 and go on sale on Monday, November 1st on exposureskate.org.

Since it started 10 years ago, Exposure’s annual women’s benefit has grown into one of the largest skateboarding events for amateur and professional female skateboarders. Proceeds from the fundraiser, presented by Core Hydration, will go to the local nonprofit Community Resource Center’s domestic violence shelter, Carol’s House.

In past years the event is a live showcase featuring street, vert and park disciplines. Last year, because of the pandemic, the event included video parts and 230 female skateboarders from 23 different countries submitted curated compilations of their best skateboarding tricks.

This year, participants across age divisions submitted individual, two-minute videos for Independent Best Video Part Transition and Santa Cruz Best Video Part Street.

Krux Best Crew offers a division focused on three or more skateboarders coming together to show progression and camaraderie. The Impala Skate Rising Award recognizes skaters who work to make a difference in their communities. Those with standout tricks are honored with the Independent Best Trick Street and Skatelite Best Trick Park awards.

The event will be judged by legendary female skaters Jaime Reyes, Elissa Steamer, Vanessa Torres, Alex White and Olympic skateboarder Amelia Brodka, co-founder of Exposure Skate.

POSEIDEN FOUNDATION'S 13TH ANNUAL LADIES DAY x THE BERRICS

NOVEMBER 7th 2021

All Ladies, All Ages, and Abilities

In-Person Contest and Humanitarian Outreach Fundraiser

Please be sure to RSVP to grab a spot! 

An eagerly anticipated and time-honored tradition at The Berrics, the Poseiden Foundation is hosting their 13th annual Ladies Day this November 7th. Created in 2008, Ladies Day at The Berrics, has become the park’s flagship for hosting one of the largest female skate sessions in the world. 

Ladies Day welcomes all skateboarders who self-identify as female.

The day kicks off with a skate clinic hosted by the SkateSide [the premiere skateboarding school located in Los Angeles, California], followed by Andy Roy, MCing the traditional skate contest, where this year we have invited the SoCal Skate Series, a new series for the youth in the industry to host our Ladies Day 17 & under and 18 & over contest. 

During the first round of contests, Poseiden will be playing music provided by Professional Skater Nika Washington, Skate Designer Marissa Martinez, better known as Mama Skate, and PlayTime Music Projects, artist DJ DAD who believes that Skateboarding & Dance are good for the soul! 

After the skate contest, we will be hosting our traditional Skate Session with Las ChicAZ, ChrissySparkleM4ker, and Di’orr Greenwood who together, demonstrate how skaters have no borders, and skateboarding is about having fun!

The day will end with the World Cup Skateboarding hosting the 21 and over Open Skate Contest. We are so excited and honored to have Meme Expert and Professional Skater, Alex White MC the contest and thank YOURIP for being the presenting sponsor with a prize purse of $3,500 and donating 300 skateboards to youth in need! During the Adaptive Skate and 21+ Open Street contest, Skateboarding Legend Jake Brown and Professional Skater Daniel Cuervo (DC the Crow) will be hyping up the Ladies with fun beats and DJing skillz. 

Due to current COVID guidelines, space is limited to 20 skateboarders per session and requires a $20 entry fee.  

All proceeds from the registration fees will be dedicated to providing skateboards for fostered, orphaned, and homeless youth. For every entry to the event, one underprivileged youth in California will receive a free skateboard deck.

 

Come meet Mariah Duran and Jenn Soto this weekend!

PSA Athletes in the first of its kind installation where male and female athletes (Skaters) of Latin heritage: Paul Rodriguez Jr. (P-Rod) will be exhibiting the Nike SB “What the P-Rods” release; Mariah Duran will be exhibiting the signature Adidas brand release; Manny Santiago will be exhibiting his signature Mijos by Axion and Jenn Soto will be exhibiting the signature Adidas brand release; each of the items to be placed in a specialized capsule.

On Saturday October 23rd from 12:30- 3PM PSA & Sneakertopia honor PSA Professional Skateboard Athletes with an enshrinement of their signature shoe, Jersey, and skateboards from this summer’s Olympic games; each item to be held in a special PSA capsule as part of Sneakertopia’s LA Skateboarding installation and exhibit. The special event is a celebration of their achievements, not only as athletes, but as Latin Women and Men who’ve achieved a high level of influence and prestige within the world of Skateboarding.

Where: 

Sneakertopia Los Angeles inside HHLA (Formerly the Promenade at Howard Hughes
6081 Center Drive, Ste. 222 LA, CA 90045

Athletes:

 
Paul Rodriguez Jr. (P-Rod): Nike SB & Primitive Athlete
Mariah Duran: Adidas Athlete and USA Women’s Olympic athlete
Manny Santiago: Puerto Rico Olympic Men’s Olympic athlete
Jenn Soto: Adidas Athlete

Mazel

Klara

Callie

Mayzie

Photos Ian Logan x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word

If you thought that the girls snake run at the Mini Ripperz contest looked like fun, the bowl was even better (if that is even possible).

The girls were ripping hard and even though it was 95 degree's no one held back.

Congrats to all the girls for practicing, showing up and killing it!

Thanks to Mini Ripperz for having us!

Klara

 

Happy

Evette

Mazel

Nico

Klara and Nico

Dani

9 and under podium - snake run

10 and up podium - snake run

Mini Ripperz boys and girls

Photos Ian Logan x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word 

We had a great time at the Mini Ripperz contest this weekend!  Held at Manzanita Skatepark in Anaheim, the girls were out in full force!  Since the comp was held close to Halloween there were costumes in the early part of the day along with comps in the snake run, bowl and street. It was a full day of skating for the kids - and they were having a blast!

We love seeing events like this for the younger kids - and it was impressive to see both kids and parents cheering for all the girls when they skated. That is what skating is all about.

Thanks to Leah and Christine for having us and to all the volunteers for helping put on a really amazing event!

** Part Two  (Bowl Riding) - coming tomorrow!!

 

Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word founder and OG pro skater, Cindy Whitehead, and the GN4LW movement are featured on the cover and an article inside the current issue of PULSE Magazine this month. We are super excited and thankful to have this amazing opportunity to show over 250,000 households in Southern California what we are all about! 💗

Klara at a famous "off limits" skate spot ~ Photo Freddie De Sota

 

We are so excited to announce that Klara Kermoade is now part of the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word movement and team!  Klara is eleven years old, and loves to get outside the skatepark and shred it up OG style - skating drain pipes, ditches and backyard pools. Her mentor is OG pro skater, Freddie De Sota - so she's learning from one of the 70's best vert skaters around!

Klara's dedication to always skating anything she comes across, wanting to learn more and more, her ability to switch back to "contest mode" when necessary and the pure love of being on her skateboarding every single day are what we feel make her a great fit for the GN4LW team. 

Check out her team bio page to learn more about Klara's favorite things and see the rad places she loves to skate!

 

The next Cove Girls (@thecovegirls) Skate Session will be this Sunday, October 17th from 10am - 12pm at the Cove Skatepark in Santa Monica, CA. 

 

Please help spread the word!!  No reservations are required.  Just show up and skate. All ages and abilities welcome!!

Feel free to forward this post to friends. Just make sure any new skaters are registered in advance with the Cove in case the office isn't open.   

 

Helmet, pads and mask are required for entry.

 

We are so excited to be one of the hosts of the 5th annual Venice Ladies Day Jamis coming up on November 13th - so make sure you save the date!

This event is for girls, women, LGBTQIA skaters and our adaptive skater friends! Lots of medals, prizes, a pup-cup event for the little ones and so much more!

More sponsor shout-outs and info as we get closer!

Huge thanks to The City of Los Angeles Parks & Rec, Council member Mike Bonin,  Skatepark Association International, & Concrete Disciples - we are proud to join this group and working hard with them to put on another awesome event!

Huge thanks to our friend and badass rocker, Joan Jett, for always shining a light on our words and mission. (check out the GN4LW stickers on her guitar!) ❤

Make sure you follow Joan's Instagram and FB for all the latest updates on new projects, concert dates, merch and MORE!

Mini Ripperz is holding their Halloween Extravaganza this Saturday 10/16 and Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word will be there taking pics of all the girls shredding! We will be posting about the comp a few days after - right here. So stay tuned.

We can't wait to catch all the action and see the costumes. It's going to be a fun day - see you there!

**Please note that this contest is sold out as they are at capacity, but watch the Mini Ripperz Instagram page for the next one and sign up early as these comps are super popular!

Photos by Freddie De Sota

Name:  Klara Kermoade 

Status:  AM - contest skater but loves to soul skate!

Home:   Orange County, CA

Age:  12

Favorite Skate Spot:  Harbor City Skatepark, Linda Vista & Entnies 

Favorite Trick:  Blunt to Fakie

Favorite Song:  "Scars to Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara

Favorite Food:   Sushi

Sponsors:   Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word,  flow for S1 Helmets 

Contest Results:

2021, Mini Rippers, Prince Park, Street , First

2021, Socal Series, Prince Park, Bowl, First

2021, Socal Series, Prince Park, Street, Second

2021, Mini Rippers, Harbor City, Bowl, First

2021, Mini Rippers, Harbor City, Street, Second

 

Follow Klara on Instagram @klarakermoade

Skaters vs Trapeze artists... 

Featuring Eunice (aka @nocheeetos), Sierra Prescott and Erin Wolfkiel

The shoe is on the other foot as SELF challenges a group of skateboarders to try to keep up with professional trapeze artists. 

Can AJ help Eunice feel like a 'beautiful banana' on the low swing bar? 

Will the instructors convince the skaters to land on their backs? 

What happens when these boarders put all their new skills together? 

These amazing athletes take on the ultimate test to prove they can adapt to new skills and try to keep up in the high-flying world of trapeze arts.