SkaterGirl has had an email from Gareth who is currently casting for unique speciality acts to take part in a UK (Manchester based) flagship childrens TV series for the BBC.
He is looking for a female skateboarder to come down to Media City Studios on Monday of next week (7th) if possible, to try out some skateboarding skills on our set with a view to appearing in the series.
If you are up for it, then please call Gareth direct on 07969 196 573.
(as always – if anyone takes a job from SkaterGirl – please let us know how it goes and what it was like)
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If the girls you send in are chosen we will pay you $1,000 when the show begins shooting.
Do you LOVE TO SKATE BOARD? Have you always wished you could get better at it? Do people in your life think it’s a boy’s world and girls aren’t skaters? Do you have challenges with your parents, classmates and social scene at school? If this is you or someone you know, we want to hear YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY.
Send us an email with your NAME, AGE, LOCATION and BRIEF STORY OF WHY WE SHOULD PICK YOU to TVShow@allgirlskatejam.com
If the girls you send in are chosen we will pay you $1,000 when the show begins shooting.
Far ‘N High Girls Jam 2012: One of the first events of the Summer is the World Cup skate contest in France called the Far ‘N High Girls Jam. This year it’s taking place on Sunday 27th May at the Halle de Skate du Val d’Orge in Villiers-sur-Orge.
Registration will cost 20 euros and Girls Qualification will begin at 12:00, with the Finals at 16:30 and Results and Prizes at 18:30.
The contest format for the qualifications stage will be 2 individual runs of 45 seconds each, whilst the Final will be a Jam session.
Judging will be based upon the average of the 5 judges on the best of the both runs, with use of the whole layout being awarded out of 10, speed & amplitude out of 20, technical ability out of 30, and style out of 20. Judge’s personal appreciation is scored out of 10 and there is a penality for identical runs of 10 but a bonus of 10 for highest number of tricks. Total out of 100.
The prize purse is 1st: 800€, 2nd: 500€, 3rd: 300€, 4th: 200€, 5th: 100€, 6th: 100€
There’s already a great line-up of girls getting ready for the event including local riders Marie Dabbadie, as well as girls from Norway, Sweden, Belgium and Brazil.
Mimi Knoop- Stalefish, Wanchese NC.
Mimi Knoop: Frontside tailgrab at the old Clairemont ramp.
Mimi Knoop: Frontside lipslide off the table into the bank. Photo: Brian Fick (Concussion Magazine - 2007)
Mimi Knoop: Frontside Invert (Thrasher Magazine - May 2004)
Mimi-Knoop Stoked to be featured with Kyle Berard, another VA Beach local that rips! (Link Magazine - July 2008)
German skater and artist Inga Guzyte features in The Berrics latest video episode of Aberrican Me. Watch the video and check out all the crazy characters she makes from old skateboards. Great stuff. (via Inga Guzyte in latest Berrics episode Aberrican Me)
Lucy Adams Boat Thrashion
Jéssica Florêncio
Leticia Bufoni: Bs Smith.
Next Up Foundation: Leticia Bufoni.
Next Up Foundation: Leticia Bufoni.
