Lauren Perkins
Quick Facts
Biography
Lauren Grace Perkins (born January 1, 1995) is a professional skateboarder and model from Los Angeles, California.
Skateboarding
Perkins is one of a very small group of professional female skaters.She began skateboarding in 2005 when a skate park was built close to her house.She thought it looked fun, so she asked for a skateboard for her birthday.
Away from skateboarding, Perkins enjoys snowboarding, surfing, and motocross.
Skateboard videos and films
Perkins is featured on the skate DVD Getting Nowhere Faster.
Perkins was a stunt double for Jennifer Morrison in the film Grind, performing the characters skateboarding scenes.This was arranged by her team manager at Volcom.
Perkins was featured in the film MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate playing the character of Sammy Rogers, a young skater competing in a skateboard competition.
Career Skateboarding Highlights
- 2005 – First girl to compete street in CASL
- 2006 – 2nd place in All Girls Street Jam
- 2006 – 2nd place overall 11-12 age group against all boys
- 2007 – 1st place at the Gravity Games amateur contest (beating out 45 boys)
- 2008 – 3rd place Triple Crown
- 2009 – 1st place All Girls Street Jam
- 2009 – 2nd place Australia
- 2010 – 1st place West 49th
- 2010 – 2nd place overall ladies streetrankings
- 2011 – 2nd place Gravity Games
- 2012 - 3rd place XGames Womens Street
- 2012 – 2nd place Australia
- 2013 – 2nd place XGames Womens Street
- 2014 – 2nd place Mystic Cup
- 2015 – 1st place S3 Super Girl Jam
Television and Movies
- Fruit by the Foot Commercial
- “MVP II”
- “The Grind”
- Daily Habit (first girl street skateboarder to be on the show)
- CNBC “On the Money”