Can you believe HELLO KITTY sponsored a girl's skate competition?
She's not exactly known
for her roughness, being the cute kitty that she is. So, it's
just that more neat that on the
Hello Kitty Girl's Surfing & Skateboading Boadfest (www.boardfest.com) over Labor Day
weekend was fun and memorable. I was one of the skate instructors
teaching about 40 girls and women of all ages to learn to skate. The next generation of girl skaters, and some future
prodigies, were right under my nose. Future looks bright for
girl's skateboarding.
About the contest, there were 13 girls entered. The one to
look out for is Lacey Baker who
does hardflips over banks. Yeah, hardflips are HARD.
Hence the name. But, she landed it
about 10 times in practice. Cakewalk for her. Stephanie Thomas
does technical tricks:
nolie heelflips, nollie boardslides, kickflip down a steep, steep
bank, nose manuals in strange
inclines, and so on. Then, Ariel Lockshaw put a line together that
she worked on for at least
10 hours in practice. She's very well-rounded and gifted skater.
Eva Jackson plays club soccer
and her powerful legs allowed her to do switch tricks. Not to mention,
she loves old school freestyling and starts off with rail stands and some fancy footwork! YEAH! I love old school...ballet
on a wheels! Some great skate legends were out to support the girls by juding the event: especially the VOICE OF SKATEBOARDING
Dave Duncan and the indescribable
Christian Hosoi! I heard the event will be held again next
year so look out! Anyways, Lacy
Baker skates like she's a guy...that's a good thing...so
androynous!
Most importantly, Hello Kitty herself came out and boy, was her
head big. I tried hugging
her and only got one arm around her whiskers! But she was cute as
a pickle!
The Contest Results are:
1. Lacy Baker
2. Ariel Lockshaw
3. Stehanie Thomas
4. Rebecca Styropoulous
5. Eva Jackson
6. Mandy Eschmann
Reporting out from another wonderful girl's skateboarding event,
and oh..., don't forget to
go out and get some yourself...practice, practice, practice!
