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Lauren Perkins
American skateboarder

Lauren Perkins

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Intro
American skateboarder
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
United States of America, USA
Age
35 years
Residence
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA
Education
Orange Coast College
The details (from wikipedia)

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”
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