Klara at a famous "off limits" skate spot ~ Photo Freddie De Sota

 

We are so excited to announce that Klara Kermoade is now part of the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word movement and team!  Klara is eleven years old, and loves to get outside the skatepark and shred it up OG style - skating drain pipes, ditches and backyard pools. Her mentor is OG pro skater, Freddie De Sota - so she's learning from one of the 70's best vert skaters around!

Klara's dedication to always skating anything she comes across, wanting to learn more and more, her ability to switch back to "contest mode" when necessary and the pure love of being on her skateboarding every single day are what we feel make her a great fit for the GN4LW team. 

Check out her team bio page to learn more about Klara's favorite things and see the rad places she loves to skate!

Photos by Chris Dangaard

We are so stoked to announce that Mazel Alegado is now part of the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word movement and team!  Mazel is just seven years old, but in the two short years she has been skating she already has the skate scene talking about her and singing her praises.

Mazel's power, style and commitment, as well as always having FUN, are what we feel make her a great fit for GN4LW. 

Check out her team bio page to learn more about Mazel's favorite things and how she has been doing on the contest scene!

We are happy to announce that eleven-year-old, Elle Warne, is now part of the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team and movement. Elle enjoys skateboarding just about anything she comes across - and we love that. She is also a firm believer in getting groups of girls together to encourage more girls to get on a board and skate. 

Welcome to the team Elle!! 

Make sure you follow Elle on her Instagram @Elle_Warne

And on her super fun YouTube Channel  

We are excited to see our fourteen-year-old team rider, Minna Stess featured on the front page of the sports section of the Washington Post today!  Minna is gearing up for the 2020 Olympics (which will now be held in 2021) and figuring out how to train through a pandemic. She's also on the USA National Team for Women's Park Skateboarding.

Emma ~ Photo via  Braille Skateboarding

Watch Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider, Emma Houle, on Braille Skateboards video channel where she learns FIVE new tricks  - including her first Tre Flip!

We can't wait to see more of Emma on the Braille Skateboarding Channel!






Watch Emma learn a Tre-Flip in the video above  - and btw - who knew she was so poised and funny on camera?!

Go Emma!!

You can watch more videos from Braille Skateboarding on their YouTube Channel HERE

Bowl-A-Rama Practice - Photo Joanne Barratt

Bow-A-Rama Practice - Photo Tiffany Williams

 Additional photos via Jimmy's Skate & Street

Welcome to the team Grace!

We are stoked to announce that Aussie skater Grace Cochrane is now part of the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter team!

Fifteen year old Grace lives and skates in Tasmania and also counts Globe, Jimmy's Skate & Street and She Shreds Australia as her sponsors. She recently qualified to come in as a wild card to compete at this weekend's Bowl-A-Rama comp in Sydney, AU (her first BIG comp!) and we have heard she is attacking that pool like a veteran!

Get to know Grace:

*Favourite foods would be smoothies or pizza.
 
*I love pop music but when I skate I love any music that’ll get me hyped! 

*My favourite song before I skate is Bad Habit by offspring. It’s such a hectic song it pumps me up!

*And usually I have a lucky shirt or socks for comp days.
 

Grace will be competing along with our pro rider, Poppy Starr Olsen, this weekend at Bowl-A-Rama along with so many great female skaters from all over the world - all details to watch on the live web feed can be found HERE

Have a great time Grace!

 Photo Ian Logan

We are stoked to announce that Australian ripper Poppy Starr Olsen has joined the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team.  Poppy is the current 2015 World Cup Champion for over 15 years of age in bowl riding and will turn pro at this weekends Vans Girls Combi Contest on Saturday, January 23.

Poppy is not only a major shredder, she is also a well known speaker (have you seen her TEDx talk? It's a must see), she is also a talented artist and creates jewelry as well. Poppy is also one of the first people you will see step up and help another skater learn a trick, pick a line, and give support. She is with out a doubt a positive ambassador for our sport, as well as someone who is working hard to keep girls skateboarding exciting and progressive.

Welcome to the team Poppy!


 

 Photo: Michael Chantry

OG pro skaters Judi Oyama​ / Badass Skatemom​ and Cindy Whitehead / Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word​ are proud to announce their joint sponsorship of pro skater Katherine Folsom.​

We couldn't be happier to support a rad skater & badass mom like Kat!

Welcome to the team Kat! 

Photo Stu Brown

We are stoked to announce that 7 year old Sky Brown from Japan has joined the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team!

Sky will be repping our GN4LW apparel line and helping us spread the message that girls RULE.

We think Sky is pretty rad, and we hope you will enjoy seeing her skate & surf adventures here on the site as well as on our instagram and Facebook page!

Welcome to the team Sky!

 Saturday Inspiration. 

Nine year old Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider Minna Stess doing a huge backside air on the Mega Ramp at Woodward West this weekend. Impressive to say the least! Yeah Minna!!