We’re excited to kick off Women’s History Month with this exciting news!

The very first demo of the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word x Dusters cruiser board is featured as a two-page spread in the Smithsonian Museum’s new book, Entertainment Nation. We are thrilled to be in a book that is about all things entertainment, not just skateboarding. Why? It helps us reach a new and larger audience so we can continue doing what we do to help push and promote non-traditional skateboarding.

This black version of this board is also on display in the current exhibit “GIRLHOOD: It’s Complicated”, which has left the museum in Washington D.C. and is traveling across the USA for the next few years. You can find out more about seeing the exhibit HERE

Entertainment Nation is available HERE

The Pom Pom x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word collab Skate Deck

Check out our holiday gift guide, full of rad ideas for the skateboarder on your gift list!

We've put together a list of 5 amazing gifts, that any skateboarder in your life would love to unwrap this holiday season!

All products shown can be purchased online, so no rushing around from store to store, trying to hunt them down. Some sites are offering free shipping or discount codes as well. All products listed are things we put our trust in and have first-hand experience with.

Happy Holidays!

Elise Crigar with the new Pom Pom x GN4LW Deck

1. Pom Pom x Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word Skate Deck - We did our very first collaboration deck with Pom Pom Skateboards and we love the rad graphics that are infused with elements from our logos and artwork throughout the years. The beautiful teal color on bottom and pink wood stain on top makes it so beautiful you may want to hang it on the wall! But at 8.5 wide this is the perfect board to ride if you want some stability when you skate and to have a smooth ride. It also gives all proceeds back to our fiscally sponsored non-profit GN4LW Movement! $70 and there is a 15% off coupon on the site!

2. Four Wheels and a Board: The Smithsonian History of Skateboarding - this new book by co-authors Jane Rogers and Betsy Gordon, designed by skaters Elise Crigar and Alex Barnes, is a fresh take on the history of skateboarding. It also includes chapters from GN4LW founder, Cindy Whitehead, about what it was really like for women skateboarding in the 70s and 80s. Visually stunning and chock full of great information and beautiful photographs - any skater in your life will love it! On sale now at Amazon for $28.63

3. Independent Stage 11 Primitive Mid Skate Trucks - We just used these awesome trucks on our new Pom Pom x GN4LW Collab board and they are sweeeet! Gold trucks are a rarity, so get ready to be stopped every where you skate and get asked about them. We love the look and the ride so much! We used 159’s on our board. But they do come in 144, 149 and 139 as well. $64.95 Get them at CCS

4. Bigfoot Magazine - Our favorite non-traditional spicy skateboard mag has a special right now, the latest issue of Bigfoot and a Bigfoot tee for only $25. This is a deal that can’t be beat! Perfect as a core git or as socking stuffers. Get yours before they sell out! Did we mention that team rider Minna Stess is on the cover? Even more reason to get a copy! $25 includes Bigfoot Mag anda Bigfoot tee!

GN4LW team riders Briel, Evette, Quinne, and Klara with the new S1 Helmet collab

5. S1 Helmet x GN4LW - Our new Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word x S1 Helmet collab just dropped and we are in LOVE! S1 provides the best protection around and this new pink and purple color way with light blue straps is yummy! All proceeds from this helmet go back into our fiscally sponsored non-profit Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word Movement. $84.99 and available at S1 Helmets (they ship fast!)

Leo Baker’s essay in Four Wheels and a Board

A new coffee table book about the history of skateboarding, the skaters, board graphics, and pivotal moments in skateboarding drops today.

Four Wheels and a Board, edited by Jane Rogers and Betsy Gordon, designed by Elise Crigar and Alex Barnes, and published by Smithsonian Books, chronicles skateboarding from its early surf roots to the recent 2020 Olympics.

Judi Oyama’s interview for Four Wheels and a Board

With essays and interviews from well know female and LGBTQ skaters throughout history, this is a book that every non-traditional skater should buy and read. Never before have these stories been told all in one place by the girls, women, and LGBTQ community that lived them.

At times the stories are very direct, and all are inspiring, coming from a marginalized group who forged their own way in a male-dominated industry. The essays and interviews are a factual look at the evolution of these non-traditional skateboarders. The book is filled with visual examples of these skaters’ history, and the layouts are stunning.

The cover of Four Wheels and a Board published by Smithsonian Books

You can order a copy of Four Wheels and a Board HERE