Anna with her new quiver of Welcome Skateboards

We are excited to share the news with you that Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider Anna Shea is now on flow for Welcome Skateboards!

Photo of Anna ~ Sev Boosinger

Nine year old Anna Shea has been tearing up the Nor Cal (and So Cal) scene for a couple years now and at Santa Cruz’s 50th Anniversary party she caught the eye of Welcome Pro and skateboarding icon, Nora Vasconcellos, who kept her eye on Anna in the months to follow and eventually brought her onto Welcome Flow.

Anna loves to skate everything from a great skatepark to an extreme DIY spot, which makes her a versatile skater and fun to watch!

Big Congrats Anna!!

Grab the March issue of Thrasher while you can - Elissa Steamer (aka The Goat of women’s street skating) is on the cover. You don’t want to miss this!

Most people in skateboarding are aware of this collab deck, but hearing Chloe talk about it on the Jimmy Fallon Show was the best! The “Chloe” board was designed by Jason Dill, who started the skateboard brand F---ing Awesome.

"They do these boards where they put all the pro skaters' school photos on them and he saw my high school portrait and he was like, 'Oh my God it's amazing, can we put it on a skateboard?' I was like, 'I'm not a pro skater but I'm pro skaters, so yes,' " laughed Sevigny, adding that she gave her "blessing" for her photo to be used.

This board sold out in minutes - so good luck getting your hands on one - your best bet is Ebay.!

We are BIG fans of TOGETHXR and they have just released a rad video on one of our favorite street skaters, Chloe Covell.

Chloe Covell just gets better with age. The 13 year old made X Games history as the youngest women’s street gold medalist earlier this year. Prior to that, she became the youngest skater with two podium finishes in competition history. Now she looks ahead to represent her country of Australia at the Paris Olympics and continue her impressive run. Already with sponsors from Nike SB and Oakley, TOGETHXR caught up with one of the hottest street skater in the world.

A "relationship" that began in 2019 and has always been filled with growth and unique moments is now summarized in the most coveted video part.

Filmed and edited by Ivan Vicente, this video part of Rafaela is a moment of dedication and mutual respect... In the end, it is said that they only celebrate relationships.

Team riders Mazel Alegado and Brooke Benton win their divisions at CASL National Championships

What a fun weekend! CASL National Championships were this weekend, and they even had a live stream. Four of our Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team riders competed this weekend and had a blast!

Team rider Mazel Alegado is the new CASL National Champion for Girls Open Advanced Vert and Bowl.

Team Rider Brooke Benton is the new CASL National Champion for Girls Street.

Congratulations to Brooke, Mazel, Elle Warne, and Anna Shea for being invited to compete and for putting together and executing some great runs!

Make sure you grab the February 2024 Issue of THRASHER Magazine, because Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider, nine-year-old Anna Shea, has a quarter page photo in it. Anna is blasting a backside air in Newark, CA. The rad image was taken by Busenhart.

Congrats Anna!!

We love seeing mainstream luxury brands like Golden Goose support female skateboarders. Take a trip to China in the latest episode and meet skater Zhang Xin who shares her incredible story of discovery, transformation, and resilience.

Zhang Xin is a Chinese skateboarder. She has competed in women's park events at several World Skateboarding Championships, finishing 19th in 2018 and 25th in 2019. Zhang placed fifteenth in the preliminary round of the women's park event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Watch to see what she is up to next!

We are starting 2024 off with a BANG and would like to introduce you to our newest team rider, Emma Sue Cloudt from Texas!

Emma Sue is eight years old and a shredder - she skates bowl, vert and street and loves to push herself to learn new tricks. Living in a small town, she mainly skates with the boys and has no fear. We are excited to get the team together to skate with her when she comes out to California this year - hopefully to compete in Exposure Skate in November.

In the meantime, make sure you follow Emma Sue on Instagram and check out her team bio page HERE.

Welcome to the team Emma Sue!