Lauren Perkins

Lauren Perkins
Lauren Perkins
	Perkins in 2008
Born	Lauren Grace Perkins; December 27, 1988 (age 35); United States
Other names	Perkulater or Perkie
Education	Orange Coast College
Occupation	Professional Skateboarder
Years active	1998–present
Known for	Skateboarding
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Website	www.laurengraceperkins.com

Lauren Grace Perkins (born December 27, 1988) 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 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.^[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]}

In the film MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, Perkins played Sammy Rogers,^[3] 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

^ ^a ^b "Lauren Perkins » Girls Team » etnies Girl". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
^ "About Getting Nowhere Faster". Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
^ "MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001) - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

External links

[etniesgirl.com-1] "Lauren Perkins » Girls Team » etnies Girl". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-05-03.

[2] "About Getting Nowhere Faster". Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

[3] "MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001) - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

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