Watch Rayssa Leal, Chloe Covell, Momiji Nishiya, Paige Heyn, Roos Zwetsloot and Pamela Rosa battle it out for the W in Sydney! Next stop - SLS Super Crown World Championship going down in São Paulo on Dec. 2-3rd!

Side Note: Women in street are keeping busy traveling around the world - between SLS stops and Olympic qualifiers they traveling are competing constantly, and have the ability to make money at each comp. This is something we need in park skateboarding as well. Where is the equivalent SLS series for park? We had that with Vans Park Series. Do we think anyone else will step up and we will have that kind of tour again? Fingers crossed!

Hedda Hjertberg

Photos by @lauren_brooke_photography - if using on social please credit!

We are so lucky to have photos of the vert comp from the talented Lauren Brooke Photography to share with you! Scroll down and soak up all the vibes from this amazing day!

Enjoy!

Grace Marhoefer

Joey Yarbrough

Jordyn Barratt

Juno Matsuoka

Kihana Ogawa

Mazel Paris

Tuli Lam

Kihana Ogawa being celebrated after throwing down a backside tailslide shove it to win “Best Trick”

Anna Shea

Photos @ianloganphoto x @girlisnota4letterword - please credit if using on social - Thanks!

We just have to keep sharing as the photos and vibe from Exposure Skate was amazing!

Mazel Paris

Mayzie Feher

Elle Warne

Lulu Johnson

Mei Nakano

Brooke Benton

Kate Kuno

Women’s Intermediate Bowl - 1st, Mayzie Feher, 2nd Mei Nakano, 3rd Anna Shea

Women’s Advanced Bowl - 1st Mazel Paris, 2nd Kate Kuno, 3rd Joey Yarbrough

Women’s Bowl 30+ - 1st. Deise Rivero, 2nd Shelby Reed, 3rd Jessie Frietze-Armenta

Women’s Pro Bowl - 1st Lilly Erickson, 2nd Jordyn Barratt, 3rd Bryce Wettstein

Mayzie Feher

PHOTOS @ianloganphoto x @girlisnota4letterword - please credit both if using on social - thanks!

Exposure Skate happened at Poods Park in Encinitas this past weekend and if you weren’t there you missed a GREAT event! Non-traditional skaters of all ages skated hard and had a great time with friends. They cheered for each other, pushed their own limits and showed just how fast the newest generation of skateboarders are progressing!

Thanks to Amelia Brodka and Lesli Cohen as well as ll the volunteers that make this huge event happen year after year!

Scroll on for more visual goodness!

Anna Shea

Brooke Benton

Lulu Johnson

Nico Suganami

Elle Warne

Mazel Paris

Kate Kuno

Tilda

Joey Yarbrough

Samantha Tieg

Kihana Ogawa

Jordyn Barratt

Ruby Lilley

Lilly Erickson

Ameia Brodka and Exposure Volunteers

Skate mags used to run the world, but now social media means every skater can start their own brand. In the year 2023, what does it mean to be a pro skater? Does that title mean anything anymore? Red Bulls Pushing Forward (tries to) break it down in this episode. Great advice and info for everyone involved in skateboarding

Nora Vasconcellos has paved the way for women In skate to do more than just the contest circuit. Nora has created a path where women, like the male skaters before them, can shoot video parts, have lucrative brand deals and skate for the fun of it. The days of thinking the Olympics are the only big dream for female skaters is being changed - thanks to Nora.

Skateboarder and YETI athlete Nora Vasconcellos joins The Lineup. She talks about her barrier-breaking career, from becoming the first woman signed to the Adidas Skate Team and putting out her film “Nora” to designing her signature shoe and landing the cover of Thrasher Magazine. She discusses her love of surfing and the crossovers between it and skateboarding, her favorite surfers today, and being inspired by Stephanie Gilmore and Carissa Moore as a kid. Nora also touches on gender equality in sports, advice to girl groms, skateboarding’s rawness and playfulness, the toughest trick she learned, and working with YETI.

Check out Nora Vasconcellos in this YETI - POWER PINK video. It’s cool to see Nora do her art and watch her skate everything from parks, and ditches to a ramp in the woods.

Image by @ChristinekNg

The Newport Beach Film Festival Presents the World Premiere of THIS IS BRIGHTON

 A coming-of-age sports documentary about Brighton Zeuner, one of the best female contest skateboarders of her generation

Brighton Zeuner / Premiere of THIS IS BRIGHTON ~ Photo Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word

We caught the World Premiere of THIS IS BRIGHTON on Saturday at The Newport Film Festival and we have to say, you need to see this documentary. We were around during the six-year time frame that the doc was being filmed so we thought going in we knew a lot, but there was so much else happening privately and this film sheds light on a lot of that. Being a pro skateboarder at a young age and having so much pressure on you as you head into the Olympics takes it toll. Brighton’s documentary is full of positive moments, but also a serves as cautionary tale for those on the outside looking in, as skateboarding heads to its second Olympics.

Featuring:
✨Brighton Zeuner @brightonzeuner
✨Bryce Wettstein @brycewettstein
✨Poppy Starr Olsen @poppystarr
✨Jack Zeuner @jacksonzeuner
✨Chris Gregson @tweestopher

THIS IS BRIGHTON is a coming-of-age sports 93-minute documentary about Brighton Zeuner, one of her generation's best female contest skateboarders. As skateboarding becomes an Olympic sport, this character-driven film reveals the anxiety and pressures of competition, the effects of social media, and how a global pandemic upended the promise of a young skater destined to be the best. Nearly six years in the making, by an all-female film team, the documentary features Newport local teen Brighton Zeuner as she figures out who she is and what skateboarding means to her. On Saturday, October 14, THIS IS BRIGHTON will make its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

"For six years, this amazing team of women have been documenting the skateboarding journey of my youth," said Zeuner. "I am so excited this film will be presented in my hometown at the Newport Film Festival in Newport Beach. Hope to see you there!"

When/ Where:  Wed, Oct 18th, 5:30 PM @ Big Newport 4

Tickets: Purchase tickets for Wednesday’s Show HERE

About the Filmmakers

Director, Beth Aala

Beth Aala is an award-winning Filipina-American documentary filmmaker with her hand in all aspects of production. In addition to directing and producing, she shoots and edits. She has won three Emmy awards and a Peabody Award for her documentary work at HBO. Beth recently directed and produced the feature documentary Made in Boise. The film premiered at AFI Docs in June 2019 and was the season opener for PBS's 2019-2020 award-winning Independent Lens series. It was honored as a 2020 News and Documentary nominee. Other film credits include Rancher Farmer, Fisherman, which she co-directed and produced and premiered at Sundance in 2017, and Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (A&E IndieFilms), which she directed and produced with comedian Mike Myers and Academy award-winning producer Caroline Waterlow. Supermensch is an intimate and entertaining portrait of talent manager Shep Gordon, the most famous man you've ever heard of. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013 and was nominated for the 2015 News and Documentary Emmy Awards, and won the 2014 Hollywood Film Award for Best Documentary. Beth has been supported by the International Documentary Association, Chicken & Egg, and ITVS and is an honored recipient of the NYSCA Artist Grant, a proud member of ADOC, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Filipinx Filmmakers, and is a Wyncote Fellow. Her work has been featured on HBO, PBS, A&E, Discovery, and MTV.

Producer, Caroline Waterlow

Caroline Waterlow is an award-winning documentary film producer based in New York City. Waterlow produced O.J.: Made in America, an ESPN Films documentary directed by Ezra Edelman and winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards. Most recently, she produced QUALIFIED, an ESPN Films 30 for 30 documentaries about race car driver Janet Guthrie, the first woman to qualify for the Indy 500. Feature documentaries include Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, directed by Beth Aala and Mike Myers, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Academy Award-nominated documentary Cutie and the Boxer, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. In 2013, she was the senior producer of content for MAKERS.com. From 2006-2012 & she contributed to multiple award-winning HBO documentaries, including Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush and TEDDY: In His Own Words.-30-

Nike asked girls and all-star athletes like Jordan Chiles, Rayssa Leal, and Bebe Vio how they tackled obstacles that made them want to quit sport. Listen in as they share stories, inspire one another, and tell each other, “You Got This.”

We love seeing our team riders Quinne Daniels and Briel Weingartner featured in these NIKE spots along with South Bay surfer/skater Teagan Meza and pro skaters Rayssa Leal, Leticia Bufoni as well as Venice local, skater/influencer Brooklinn Khoury.

Watch this next video to hear what Quinne has to say aboutow skateboarding has helped her with fitting in - powerful stuff!

Today’s World Championships from Rome did not disappoint! All eight women in the final were on fire, but at the end of the day, one American stood on the podium along with two Japanese skaters. At just seventeen years old, Minna Stess, from Petaluma, California, pulled off what no other American female park skater has done - she made the podium at Olympic Qualifiers. Minna’s third-place finish now makes her the highest-ranked American woman in park skateboarding, which is a considerable feat!

There was a lot of stiff competition from the Japanese skaters. Cocona Hiraki had three flawless runs, and Hinano Kusaki was able to bump Minna from second to third at one point, but no one else in the field could crack the 90s scoring-wise that these three had on lock. They were in a league of their own, and the crowd loved it! The only other American to make it to the finals was Ruby Lilley, who placed seventh with a score of 84.40.

It was an exciting event, and we hope you watch the replay and see how much women’s skateboarding has evolved in the past few years - simply amazing!

Congrats to all the women who competed today!

Results from WST Rome Park World Championships 2023 Women's Final

1. Hiraki Cocona (JPN) 94.54

2. Kusaki Hinano (JPN) 93.20

3. Minna Stess (USA) 90.80

4. Raicca Ventura (BRA) 87.59

5. Naia Laso (ESP) 86.25

6. Lilly Stoephasius (GER) 84.79

7. Ruby Lilley (USA) 84.40

8. Yosozumi Sakura (JPN) 83.53

It was a nail biting semi-final, but when the final run was tallied, these eight women made it to the World Championship’s final! From ages fourteen to twenty-one and hailing from five different countries this is truly one of the best finalist groups we have seen!

Two Americans out of the five made it to the finals, Minna Stess and Ruby Lilley - big congrats to these ladies!

Tune in on SUNDAY to watch the FINALS - LIVE!

8:15 AM PT / 11:15 AM ET

You can catch the action on WorldSkate.TV or Olympics.com

Today’s quarter-finals had 32 women competing for one of sixteen spots in the semi-finals. Tomorrow a total of eight skaters will move on to compete in the finals on Sunday for those three coveted podium places.

This is not only the World Championships but this Olympic Qualifier means more points for skaters as we head into the Paris Olympics - so there is a lot at stake!

These are the skaters that made it into Saturday’s semi-finals:

Women's SEMI-FINALISTS

1. Kokona Hiraki (JPN)

2. Raicca Ventura (BRA)

3. Hinano Kusaki (JPN)

4. Dora Varella (BRA)

5. Lillian Erickson (USA)

6. Sakura Yosozumi (JPN)

7. Ruby Lilley (USA)

8. Minna Stess (USA)

9. Naia Laso (ESP)

10. Isadora Pacheco (BRA)

11. Bryce Wettstein (USA)

12. Arisa Trew (AUS)

13. Ruby Trew (AUS)

14. Hyunju Cho (KOR)

15. Lilly Stoephasius (GER)

16. Grace Marhoefer (USA)

With five USA women in the semi-finals along with skaters from Brazil, Australia, Spain, Germany and Korea in the mix, it doesn’t feel as if Japan is fully dominating as it has in past years. This group of women should make for a great semi-final!

WATCH THE SEMI-FINALS LIVE:

SATURDAY:

6:30 AM PT / 9:30 ET

Livestream coverage of WST Rome Park 2023 World Championships will be available to watch worldwide on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com

Meet the newest Monster Army team powerhouse, Arisa Trew!

At just 13 years old, she's already made a mark in Women's skateboarding by being the first (and the youngest) female to land a 720 in competition and win a DOUBLE gold at X Games California.

Now get ready to be blown away as Arisa shows us how it's done and puts on an absolute skateboarding masterclass!

Congrats Arisa!

Get ready because this event is seriously gnarly!

The entire MECCA Ditch team is beyond excited to officially announce the addition of a WOMEN’S SKATEBOARDING DIVISION for the 2023 MECCA Ditch Race!! This overdue addition includes a $1,000 cash purse and custom trophies for the top 3 racers!!

We hear that badass Judi Oyama , Meghan Zuniga, Jennifer Coppa and Lari Rupp and some other badass women plan on showing up and shredding hard - this event is not for the faint of heart!

The third annual MECCA Ditch Race is lit to pop on October 7th of 2023 in the desert just east of Las Vegas, NV!! Nestled between two red rock mountain ranges, this seemingly unexpected venue is the site of the official ISSA Prime Sanctioned World Banked Slalom Championships!!

The MECCA Ditch Race is a multi-discipline, traditional race structure (using ISSA rules), single-day event. All skateboard and QUAD competitors are welcome to attend (ISSA points are only applicable to the skateboard divisions).

They will have a separate skateboard division for Men and Women and will track ISSA points for Pro, Am, and Master's brackets. We will have a roll-in ramp option for the skateboard banked slalom event and QUADS will begin from the top corner of the dedicated QUAD ditch.

MECCA Ditch Race 2023

DATE ║ October 7th, 2023

LOCATION ║ MECCA Ditch in the Las Vegas Desert

10.06 | FRI - Site/event prep, course setup, practice runs, and pre-event meet/greet.

10.07 | SAT - Skateboard and QUAD Banked Slalom races followed by awards ceremony.

Check out the Mecca Ditch Website for MORE INFO!

USA Skateboarding had its #ecosystems contest this past week and we are proud to say that three of our team riders placed in their divisions!

Congrats to all the girls who competed - you were all amazing!!

Read on for more results!

Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word team rider, Klara Kermoade earned a well deserved 1st place in Women’s 13 and Under Bowl. Her run was powerful and full of back-to-back tricks. She’s only 13 and after watching this, we can’t wait to see her future progression!! Get ready!!

Team rider Elle Warne resides in Utah where it’s hard to skate in the winter, yet somehow this young shredder always finds innovative lines and trick combos no matter what time of year it is. Entering into her freshman year of High School, we hope 14-year-old Elle encourages other girls in Utah to skate with her - maybe by forming a skate club at her high school. Her well deserved 3rd place finish in 14-16 year old Women’s Bowl at this comp makes her one to watch!

To win “Best Trick” in the Women’s division (all ages) is a major thing - and when you are 12 it’s even bigger! Team rider Briel Weingartner has been on the scene pushing the boundaries for young women in street skating for awhile now. It’s awesome to see her recognized for her innovative style and trick execution!

We are so exited to share the news that GN4LW team rider, Kat Folsom, now has a pro model with Embassy Skateboards!

The Kat Folsom “BRIDE of FRANKENSTEIN” is part of the Embassy Monster Series, by Shane Munce.  It measures in at 8.5″ Wide, 32.5″ Long, 14.5″ wheelbase, with a Modern functional concave. Made of 7 ply Canadian Maple Wood.   

Kat’s deck comes with a top screen-printed Skully graphic in white.  This is colorway is wrapped in a special Embassy green. Only 50 made in this color.

Order yours fast before they sell out!! BUY IT HERE!

Throwing out a big congrats to team rider Mazel Alegado! It has been a whirlwind for this young shredder. First up was a trip to the Philippines to meet up with the National Team and skate some spots, then being asked to be on the team and skate the Asian Games - representing the Philippines!

In qualifiers for women’s Park at the Asian Games, Mazel made the finals by placing in the top eight. In the finals Mazel took 7th place - which is amazing! Mazel was the youngest person to compete at the Asian Games (in any sport/discipline). This is a huge accomplishment!

.Big congrats to Mazel - we are so proud of you!

USA Slalom Team Rider, Judi Oyama - Photo Tim Stahl

We are really excited to watch this event go down and we love that it’s LIVE - the USA women have dominated for years (Lynn Kramer and Judi Oyama) but we hear that some other countries are coming for the USA women hard and fast - so this should be the ultimate showdown!

This is a BIG deal!! They are expecting over 100 Racers at the World Championships of Slalom Skateboarding. This crown jewel of the 2023 global racing season, will take place September 29 - October 1, 2023 at Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem, Oregon.

USA Team Rider, Lynn Kramer - Photo Tim Stahl

The impressive roster of women’s racers ranges from young up and coming juniors - to the 16-Tme Women’s World Champion, Lynn Kramer – to legendary skateboarder and Skateboard Hall of Fame inductee, Judi Oyama

– and MANY more! This is going to an event for the record books with over 100 racers from 11 different countries and Women from 5 countries around the world.

Maggie Harrison is a USA Junior you should keep your eye on- she is making her mark! Photo Tim Stahl

The 2023 Slalom Skateboard World Championships is not only a huge step for Women’s Slalom Skateboarding, but also slalom skateboarding as a whole.

Current World Rankings as of August 2023

Key Event Details:

•  Date: September 29, 2023 – October 1, 2023

•  Location: Bush’s Pasture Park – 600 Mission Street SE, Salem, OR 97302

•  Schedule:

Friday September 29 – Giant Slalom (8am-6:30pm) – Finals 10:45am-2:00pm

Saturday September 30 – Hybrid Slalom (8am-6:30pm) – Finals 10:00am-2:00pm

Sunday October 1 – Tight Slalom (8am-5:30pm) – Finals 10:00am-2:00pm

*Note: The full schedule is posted on the usaslalomskateboarding.com website. Peak ac<on for viewing/media coverage is during Finals, which are noted in the schedule above.

You can watch the women compete LIVE on the official World Skate Channel (worldskate.tv) as well as other partner portals.

This three-day multi-camera “show” and will offer color commentary throughout to make sure the audience knows what they are seeing, who they are seeing and how everything works together.

Things are heating up at Olympic Skateboarding Qualifiers - with less than a year to go for the Paris Olympics, new faces are on the podium and the tide is changing (for now). Watch the women’s street final above to see how it all turned out this weekend!

Next up will be Women’s Park Olympic Qualifiers in Rome in early October . Stay tuned for all the info on how to watch the women’s events go down Live!

Women's Final Street results

1. Nishiya Momiji (JPN) - 259.81🥇

2. Oda Yumeka (JPN) - 249.77🥈

3. Paige Heyn (USA) - 243.93🥉

4. Yoshizawa Coco (JPN) - 224.47

5. Pamela Rosa (BRA) - 213.26

6. Nakayama Funa (JPN) - 180.37

7. Rayssa Leal (BRA) - 180.37

8. Roos Zwetslot (NED) - 140.86

RedBull dropped a new video of pro skater Brighton Zeuner last week, but we have to say that the interview (link below) was even more enlightening.

If you don’t know who Brighton is - prepare to get educated on the young phenom who won blew up women’s park skateboarding as a 12-year old winner of Vans Park Series, Malmo back in 2016. A year later, she would win an X-Games gold medal at just 13 years old - and her skateboarding career took off.

Her own Vans colourway and capsule collection demonstrated her burgeoning interest in fashion, which is where we begin our day in her company as she searches out appropriate ‘fits for Coachella.

We next high-tail it straight to the skatepark where Brighton shows us a little of the skate ability which made her the 2018 VPS World Champion, before the devastation of a broken nail sends her in search of comfort eating, Japanese-style.

Read her interview with Eunice Change HERE: https://www.redbull.com/us-en/brighto...