Lauren Grace Perkins (born December 27, 1988) is an American 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 1998 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.
In the film MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, Perkins played Sammy Rogers, a young skater competing in a skateboard competition.
Career skateboarding highlights 1998 – First girl to compete street in CASL 1998 – 2nd place in All Girls Street Jam 1999 – 2nd place overall 11-12 age group against all boys 2000 – 1st place at the Gravity Games amateur contest (beating out 45 boys) 2001 – 3rd place Triple Crown 2002 – 1st place All Girls Street Jam 2002 – 2nd place Australia 2003 – 1st place West 49th 2003 – 2nd place overall ladies street rankings 2004 – 2nd place Gravity Games 2005 – 2nd place Australia 2006 – 2nd place XGames 2007 – 2nd place Mystic Cup 2008 – 1st place S3 Super Girl Jam
Television and movies Fruit by the Foot Commercial “MVP II” “Grind” Daily Habit (first girl street skateboarder to be on the show) CNBC “On the Money”
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20090404065804/http://laurengraceperkins.com/ Girls Skate Network Interview
https://web.archive.org/web/20071020110833/http://etniesgirl.com/site-images/riders/hero/lauren-perkins.jpg http://www.rip.tv/direct/uploads/images/YZFBgIvS4tQLIZa.jpeg
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