History Of Women S Skateboarding

From vert and park to slalom freestyle and street girls and young women got involved.

History of women s skateboarding. I would to read your views on this fascinating topic so please respond. Like the women s movement s 3 step process of. These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels slapped on the bottom. Women of course are not new to the sport of skateboarding since the skateboard was invented in california sometime around the middle of the 20th century women such as patti mcgee peggy oki kim.

For everyone who loves to skateboard. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated 4 8 billion in annual. Meet alana smith a 14 year old phenom whose interest in skateboarding began when she was 6 years old while watching the x games on television.

Old school skater list. While women have been skateboarding since the sport was invented in the 1940s it took nearly 20 years before the first major women s skateboarding competition. However the late 1970s saw a mass extinction of parks and a narrowing of the industry as well as the fusion of skate and punk rock. A brief history of women s skateboarding female skateboarders have been integral to the development of skateboarding as a sport.

Women stayed on the scene as an important minority for as long as the skateboard industry focused the action on skateparks and remained broad in its definition of the sport. The history of women s skateboarding part 1. The book is a well researched detailed account featuring the pioneer skateboarders interviews articles videos zines magazines websites sponsors companies and contests that have led to the incredible skateboarding scene for women today. Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard as well as a recreational activity an art form an entertainment industry job and a method of transportation.

This will mean that the girls will have to step their level of skating in order to finish well. This is the only comprehensive guide to the history of women in skateboarding from the 1960s to the new millennium. And they ll have equal coverage to men since they re all skating together. Women s skateboarding has been on the rise for the last decade and it s having a profound effect on the sport.

Get new posts by email. As you might imagine a lot of people got hurt in skateboarding s early years the boxes turned into planks and eventually companies started producing decks of pressed layers of wood similar to the skateboard decks of today. Kim adrian jun 18 2020 03 00 pm pacific time us and canada with kim adrian cindy berryman ellen berryman amy bradshaw deanna calkins kim cespedes judi oyama jana. Not only is skate culture becoming more inclusive but women are pushing the sport.

Let women skate along side men in contests. To compliment the book i have two.