SKATEBOARDING FOR EVERYBODY
Getting to know the face behind SF’s finest grip tape From displaying her art in the San Francisco International Airport as a teen, to later creating her own custom grip
On the evening of Aug. 6, over 40 queer and femme skaters unabashedly rip throughout the parking lot of Rockridge Bart Station in Oakland, CA.
A crowd full of groms gather under a Converse canopy and draw unique designs on fresh kicks, soon be given away to some lucky raffle prize winners. A row of blank white tote bags sit on a table next to markers for people to color on in the shade of an Element Skateboards tent.
“It’s not about the best or coolest skateboarding,. I like to create intimacy and I want that to be apparent without it having to be told. I think this video captures that.” -Leo Bañuelos
Friends, family and rippers all gathered at Stoner Park Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday March 6 in support of DC Shoes’ first annual women’s skate contest. A couple days before International Women’s Day, about 15 femme skateboarders shredded three different segments in the jam with big smiles and contagious laughter.
