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Olympic Bonus: Shredding Skateboarding’s Glass Ceiling

Season 6
July 22, 2021
illustration of woman skateboarding.

This summer—for the first time ever—skateboarding will be an Olympic sport. In honor of its Olympic debut, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes: the story of how the best women skateboarders stood toe-to-toe with the most powerful people in the industry to demand equal pay. One of those women is none other than Mimi Knoop, who is coaching the USA women’s skateboarding team. In this bonus episode, we also talk about how Skateboarding’s entry onto the Olympic stage is a major achievement for the sport, but one not everybody is happy about.  

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From the Collections

Skateboard deck used by Mimi Knoop at the 2004 X-Games

Girl Is Not a 4 Letter Word skateboard created by Cindy Whitehead

T-shirt worn by Mimi Knoop co-founder of the Action Sports Alliance

Photograph of pro skater Judi Oyama, 1978

Skate shorts worn by Cindy Whitehead

Laura Thornhill model skateboard used by Laura Thornhill

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Skateboard helmet worn by Judi Oyama

Skateboard helmet designed by pro skateboarder Cindy Whitehead

It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls

Prototype skateboard created by Girl is not A 4 Letter Word, 2015

Skate card for Marina Del Ray Skate Park used by Cindy Whitehead

Skate wrench used by Cindy Whitehead

Thrasher magazine with Jaime Reyes on the cover

Skate card for Skateboard World used by Cindy Whitehead

Patti McGee skate deck commemorating her 2010 induction into the Skateboard Hall of Fame

Skate card for Skatopia Skate Park used by Cindy Whitehead

Pro model skateboard designed and used by professional skateboarder Nora Vasconcellos in June 2018

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Skatedeck used by professional skateboarder Leo Baker

Laura Thornhill (Caswell) skating Carlsbad Skatepark, 1976

Robin Logan model skateboard deck

Life magazine featuring first professional women skateboarder, Patti McGee

Photograph of pro skater Judi Oyama, 1978

Laura Thornhill (Caswell) skating on a Logan Earth Ski skateboard, 1976

National Skateboard Review, Vol. 1, No. 3, June-July 1976

Photograph of pro skater Judi Oyama, 1980

National Skateboard Review, Vol. 2, No. 5, August 1977

Laura Thornhill (Caswell) skating at an unknown skatepark, 1976

Hobie Super Surfer skateboard used by Patti McGee

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Skateboard used by professional skateboarder Jaime Reyes

Package of skate wheels designed for professional skateboarder Leo Baker

Laura Thornhill (Caswell) skating in a concrete pipe, 1976

National Skateboard Review, Vol. 3, No. 3, June 1978


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