Skate Like a Girl presents Winnipeg or Bust! An all girl skateboard tour!

Hot on the heels of the Shh Just let this happen tour. Skate Like a Girl presents Winnipeg or Bust!, a van full of international female skaters weaving in-between the US and Canada to skate! The tour starts in Seattle, WA, traveling north to Vancouver, Calgary, Missoula, Winnipeg, and everywhere in between - teaching girls and women to skate, performing demos and competing in See Jane Skate (seejaneskate.com) and Chicks Flip Out (chicksflipout.com)! The mission is to promote girl’s skateboarding!

Here are the tour stops:

August Tue 4 / 6pm Clinic + 7pm Demo
Seattle @ Sea Sk8 (2nd and Thomas)

August Wed 5 / 4pm Clinic / Demo
Renton @ Skatebarn (2900 Lind St)

August Thu 6 / 12pm Clinic + 1pm Jam
Vancouver @ Strathcona Park (Venables & Campbell Ave)

August Thu 6 / 8pm BBQ + Dear & Yonder Premiere
Vancouver @ Antisocial (2337 Main St)

August Sat 8 / 12pm
Calgary @ See Jane Skate (2000 69th ST SW)

August Mon 10 / 4pm Clinic + demo + Jam
Missoula @ 52 Skatepark (8404 El Way Building B Unit A)

August Sat 15 / 11am Clinic + 1pm Contest
Winnipeg @ Chicks Flip Out (Forks Plaza)

+ surprise stops!

Van of skaters include: Tamara Drybrough (Canada), Esther Godoy (Australia), Beth Nenninger (Canada), Susannah Young (Sweden), Chelsea Mullins (USA), Chrissie Lathrop (USA), Fred Luyet (Canada), Laura Silva (Canada), Sydney Goldberg (USA), J Nordh (Sweden), Nancy Chang (USA), and Nina Suesstrunk (Germany).
Skate Like a Girl summer tours: Shh.. Just Let this Happen / Winnipeg or Bust, where female skaters from all over the world will travel up and down the funnest West Coast skate spots to demo, film, and promote girls’ skateboarding.

In-kind Sponsorship by:
We are proud to be sponsored by the following businesses, which are helping to support girl skateboarders. Without these sponsors we wouldn’t be able to throw such a fun event. Please take time to check them out online.
• Snowboard Connection: snocon.com
• Manik: manikskateboards.com
• Evo: culture.evogear.com
• Nomadic: nomadicskateboards.com
• DC: dcshoes.com
• Vans: vans.com
• Rockstar Bearings: rockstarbearings.com
• Fallen: fallenfootwear.com
• 35th North: 35thnorth.com
• Northend: northendskateshop.blogspot.com
• Healeo: healeo.com
• Ugly Girls: uglygirlsclothing.com
• Nikita: nikitaclothing.com
• The Side Project: thesideproject.com
• Chica Rider: chicarider.com

Seattle's Skateboard Film Festival

Here's the latest on The Skateboard Film Festival happening in less than 3 weeks at SIFF Cinema. Tickets should go on sale at the end of the week or early next week.

Commercials (courtesy of Ally Video):

http://vimeo.com/5750001

-- The Skateboard Film Festival:

www.theskateboardfilmfestival.com
www.twitter.com/skatefilmfest

Tea Cosies in the house!

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Hot Night @ Nectar!

Thanks Nectar (Shaina, Dave + crew), DJ Bgirl, Canary Sing, Ms. Jones, and Tea Cozies for putting together a benefit for Skate Like a Girl. Super fun night!
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Skate Like a Girl in Nectar!

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Skate Like a Girl loves Canary Sing!

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Ladies Night was rad we had tons of fun! Now going to Nectar for the show.

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Hottest Ladies Night yet. It's like over 90 degrees in Seattle

Emimi (from Finland) and Lena came early to skate. Susannah and I are hiding in the shade eating ice cream from Moonie Icy Tunes (our ice cream truck sponsor)! Waiting for Carrie and her Rooks crew to roll up!
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Wendell the French Bulldog

Endorses the Skate Like a Girl tour.
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Winnipeg or Bust 2009 Tour!

Here's the poster! We would love to have folks caravan with us, but you need to do your own logistics.

Roll Play @ Nectar! July 28th

After you come to Ladies Night on Tuesday July 28th, plan to go to Nectar for an afterparty! Thanks Shaina for hosting!

Bite This! was awesome. Thanks to everyone that came by.

Ok, so obviously Bite This! went extremely well! We had tons of people come to the booth. Friday was rad, with friends from California (Lisa Whitaker, Amy Caron, Alex White), Oregon (Jessie Haungs, Tuna, AJ Cohen, Ashley), Canada (Beth Nenninger, Michelle, and Nugget), and of course the locals: Kristin Ebeling, Ashley Jones, and Chelsea Mullins) doing demos.

We had tons of gals come and do clinics! Susannah Young, Camille I had tons of fun teaching.

GO TO THE SEA SK8 Opening! Sat Jul 11!

This is a jewel of park. Be there! and meet the people who made it happen, so you can emulate them and build more skateparks in Seattle Center. Speaking of which, you can! Join SPAC (Seattle Skate Park Advisory).

Next meeting Jul 13 7pm (Parks and Recreation Building located at 100 Dexter North, Seattle, WA 98109).

PS have fun don't be a jerk

2009 Summer Tour News!

Yo! Let's get this party started!

First Off!
Shh Just Let this Happen Tour Poster! + SLAG Tour Blog

Second!
Poster for Chicks Flip Out!

See Jane Skate!

Hey ladies! Come skate this event in Calgary! More info: seejaneskate.com