Girl Is NOT A 4 Letter Word

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Who's Rad? Sonso Masia.

 photos via Sonso

She's beautiful and FAST. She hasn't met a hill she doesn't like and she much prefers freeriding to racing and competition. Sounds like a true soul skater to us!  Meet Sonso Masia and find out which skater girls inspire her!

Who's Rad?    Sonso Masia

Age: 22

Home is?   Madrid, Spain. I grew up in Avila, a medieval town 1hour away from the capital, in Castilla, the land of Castels.

How Long Have You Been Skating?     3 years and a half, I started on October 2010

What type of skateboarding do you do?  Downhill and freeride (longboarding)

Girls Who Skate that inspire YOU?

 Definitely Marisa Nuñez, Spoky Woky, Alicia Fillback; and some Spanish baddass like Cristina Mandarina, Laura Guancha, Eider Walls, Tana Rohrer, Laura Amoros, Ales Cardenas, Cristina Verdú and all the rest of #PrettyGirlsDontSkate crew!


Favorite place you've ever skated? In Norway, at the end of the fiord of lights, Lysebotn. But my favorite race ever was Catalina Island Classic, I was there last year and I had such a good time, that place is beautiful and the road amazing.

Favorite tricks/maneuvers?    Bombing a nice hill and Switch frontside sitdown powerslide.

Sponsors? 

The amazing people of XS Helmets, Arbor Europe, Daktak Shop and Nikita clothing. Thanks folks!

Three Things You Don't Know About Me?


1. I hate racing and competitions, don’t take me wrong, I love traveling and skate closed roads with hay, that’s why you might see me at some IDF races, but at the moment I have to start pushing at the start line, I prefer to chill and stay safe, don’t want to hurt myself and hurt the other riders on a attempt of wining something that is definitely out of reach.

2. I´m a Daddy's girl, but to get my own money, I work as a hostess on random congress, and as a skiing instructor. The truth is that my parents are my best sponsor.

3. I can’t fold a Camping tent by myself.

What’s Next? 

I just arrived from a freeride at the north-west of Spain, O inferno (the hill to the hell) and It was such a blast to skate again with the Spanish downhill crew. And I am looking forward this summer to stay in Norway and skate some fiords hills, I am taking it easy this year and I won’t be racing, I don’t have money and I need to do my architecture Internship. But in September I will move to Delft in The Netherlands for the fall term and stay with the Sickboard shop family.

Make sure you follow Sonso on Instagram and on Tumblr


Last Words...

Thanks so much for the opportunity of this interview Cindy, and to everyone out there for reading it. Big hugs to Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word.

Un beso,   Sonso