Baby Prodigies Nineteen Seventies – Womxn Skateboard Historical past

Baby prodigy skate boarders are fascinating, particularly at the moment on this extremely seen realm of competitors main as much as the Olympics. Again within the Nineteen Sixties, since skateboarding was primarily branded a baby’s toy, the vast majority of skaters have been youngsters, whereas within the Nineteen Seventies a lot of the sponsored professionals have been youngsters.

There’s a number of names of kids that seem in contest outcomes like Beth Fishman, Bonnie Votaw, Canon “Bunny” Worth, Gina Esperanza (Esparza?), Jaime Luster, Jennifer Dimon, Kim Kinsley, and Sunshine Lee, that I’ve had some luck gleaning a backstory, however there’s so many extra who stay a thriller. I’m assuming that over time their names modified, and maybe skate photographers have been much less inclined to doc the very younger feminine skaters.

I’ll share what I’ve in hopes that they jog somebody’s reminiscence and doubtlessly increase into correct profiles!

Amber Lacayo

• In June 1978, on the LA Nationwide Freestyle Contest at Oceanside, Amber represented Professional-Am and positioned 2^nd within the 8 and underneath ladies behind Jaime Luster. There’s a tiny picture of her by Jim Goodrich within the September 1978 difficulty of Skateboarder on p. 108.
• Amber acquired recognition on the Oceanside Nationals in July 1979, within the November 1979 difficulty of Skateboarder. “The climax of those occasions was supplied by Amber Lacayo within the 8-and-under ladies’ division who did all of the required sorts of maneuvers adopted by a head stand for at the very least 15 seconds with out shifting, and had the group roaring their approval.” She positioned 2^nd behind Jaime Luster.

Heather Corridor

• Heather Corridor was sponsored by Sims and C&D, and constantly appeared in contest outcomes.
• In February 1979, Heather took the win for women 10 an underneath for pool-riding on the Pomona, CA contest, in addition to first in slalom at Lakewood, and a 2^nd in slalom at Upland behind April Oxarart (who additionally gained the freestyle).
• A tiny picture of Heather skating slalom appeared within the April/Might 1979 difficulty of the Nationwide Skateboard Overview, and it’s attainable she turned sponsored by Vans, as she is famous for being a part of a gaggle picture (above left).
• Heather loved driving pool and took first place at Skatopia for the All-American Sequence on June 23, 1979 for women 10 and underneath.
• On the Oceanside Nationals in July 1979, Heather took fourth place within the Ladies 9-10 grouping.
• For All American Beginner sequence, sponsored by Vans, Heather gained first place for the Ladies 10-under at Marina Del Rey, August 1979, and was given the general AAA title for her age group.
• In 1980, she was additionally the factors chief for the ladies 13 and underneath title within the ASPO sequence.

Katrina Tena

• Katrina takes second place on the All American Beginner sequence for the Ladies 10-under at Marina Del Rey, August 1979. She was listed as unsponsored.
• In October 1979, Katrina is listed as 2^nd total for the AAA sequence behind Heather, and forward of Jaime Luster.
• Her dwelling skatepark was Marina del Rey and it appears like she additionally competed within the Vans sequence in 1979, up towards Gale Springer, Elaine Poirier, Sue Smith and Joanna Area.

Lark Calderon (Gomez)

• Primarily based on her Fb profile (Lark is now a visible artist), she was the youngest member of the Unity group (which included Debi Eldredge and Andra Malczewski) based mostly out of Hermosa. There’s a photograph of her performing a hand-stand on the Cow Palace World Skilled championships in 1976 and attempting out for the Unity group (in crimson pants) in a parking-lot for a used automobile dealership.
• Lark’s identify appeared within the Fall 1975 difficulty of Skateboarder, inserting first in slalom on the 1^st Annual Southern California skateboard championships at Orange County Fairgrounds, with Jennifer Dimon in 2^nd.
• The next summer season in June 1976, Lark competes on the YMCA contest at La Costa inserting first in freestyle for women age 8-9.
• Lark’s household then moved from the seashore to the mountains and needed to modify to being caught indoors through the first winter snow with out skateboarding.

Shirley Parkins

• The Magic Mountain “Cling-Ten Skateboard Olympics” in April 1978 was a giant draw for giant names like Jana Payne, Cindy Whitehead, and Brenda Devine (with Ellen Oneal and Di Dootson performing as judges!). Shirley was a part of the combo, inserting 2^nd in slalom behind Pattie Hoffman and forward of Canon “Bunny” Worth within the ladies 9-12.
• In June 1978, on the LA Nationwide Freestyle Contest at Oceanside, Shirley took 3^rd place for the ladies 9-12 behind Canon Worth and Bonnie Votaw, representing Professional-Am.
• Shirley was a part of the California State Championships in 1978, competing within the Ladies 12 and underneath class. She took a 1^st place in Big Slalom, a 2^nd in Snake-run, one other 2^nd in Slalom, and three^rd place in Freestyle.
• Her identify continued to seem all through 1979 with a 2^nd place in slalom in February at Upland for women 11-12; in March she was first for freestyle at Skatopia, and she or he was awarded the general level winner for 11-12 on the USASA Massive 5 Sequence for freestyle.

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