Lauren Perkins

Lauren Perkins
Lauren Perkins
	Perkins in 2008
Born	Lauren Grace Perkins; January 1, 1995 (age 29); United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Perkulater or Perkie
Education	Orange Coast College
Occupation	Professional Skateboarder
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Skateboarding
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Website	www.laurengraceperkins.com

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.^[1]

Away from skateboarding, Perkins enjoys snowboarding, surfing, and motocross.^[1]

Skateboard videos and films

Perkins is featured on the skate DVD Getting Nowhere Faster.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[3]

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 street rankings
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”

References

^ ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://posters.imdb.com/title/tt0285685/fullcredits#cast^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

[etniesgirl.com-1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttps://posters.imdb.com/title/tt0285685/fullcredits#cast^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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