Hey what’s up everyone!
Hey what’s up everyone!
I’ve been traveling again and saw some really cool things and skated with some really amazing skaters.
I
was visiting my groovy sister Julie (who some of you
might have read her articles in Inline Skater, Electric
Ink & Warped) I competed in the Oceanside B3 ASA Pro-
Tour event.
The street course was very difficult in my
opinion & I am proud to say I took 8th and I had an
awesome time because I was skating with my friends and
girls that I admirer very much.
After the comp I met up with street skater
extraordinar Mimi Shing. Some of you might remember
her coming out in Daily Bread last year doing a Porn
Star on a ledge.
Well we hooked up at the Daily Bread office and
sessioned their mini ramp. Then we headed over to UDSU
for some hard street skating. No pictures this time
girls just use your imagination.
Most of the time when I decide to go out street skating
it’s usually spur of the moment.
After visiting a few skate parks I attended the ASR
show in San Diego. This show is the #1 skate and surf
trade show in the world. Basically I went to hang with
some pro skater friends and party.
Andy is the coolest guy and a friend of mine for years.
He’s responsible for the new and improved 108th street
riverside Skate Park in NYC. We love you Andy. Andy
and Jim are starting a skateboard company called
Wounded Knee. The boards will be larger for those
that like to skate bowls.
My main reason for heading out west was to go to this
event called The All Girl Skate Jam,
the first women only skateboarding competition.
This
was the 2nd annual held at Escondito Skate Park. I
believe that this event was the most important event of
the year.
Although aggressive inline gets
a lot more exposure then skateboarding the struggles
are similar.
Over the summer I had the pleasure of
meeting the women responsible for making this event
happen, Patty Segovia.
Over 120 girls showed
up at the All Girls Skate Jam. It was incredible! The
energy was awesome. There were girls from 7 to 35, from
New York to Portland Organ.
Most of the girls came
souly because they knew they would be skating with
other girls.
Pro skater Jody “Grind” (named after her
grinding ability) showed up in the support that more
girls would get together and jam more often. “Girls
skate differently then guys and when we get together
and session it’s great”.
The All Girls Skate Jam was an incredible inspiration
towards my efforts to improve the women’s aggressive
inline skate scene.
I hope to have an Aggressive Inline event similar to this
event in the summer of ’99. Look for information about
my event sponsored by the Women’s Aggressive Skating
Network next year!
Oh, and by the way, I’ve taken up skateboarding and it’s
a blast!
Next up I’m off to the ASA Finals in Las Vegas and I
promise to take lots of pictures of all the skater
girls.
Here I am hanging
with my good friends Barbara, who I skate with and Jim
Murphy pro skateboarder from NYC.
Jim writes for Juice Magazine about skating and such.
Andy Kessler is poking his head up in the background. 
Why may you ask? I even missed the NISS
finals for this one. Well it’s simple; there were at
least ten companies that sponsored the even, Vans
being the title one. That meant that these companies
recognized that girls are good at this alternative
male dominated sport. 
I was overwhelmed by her
passion to help women skateboarders. Patty does photography (like the photo to the left)
skateboards, lives in Southern California, and
usually can be found hanging out with her best friend
and pro-skater Jen O’Brian. Jen was on tour this past
summer with the Warped Tour in case some of you went
and saw a girl on the vert ramp. 
7 yr. old Julian Stokes from Sara Santa, Ca. has been
skating for 1yr. Started skating when she saw some
boys “jumping off these curbs” and decided to get a
skateboard. This was her first comp although a bit
nervous Julian had a lot of fun.
Thanks, Kate
