Superstar volunteer Leah Eister-Hargrave is coordinating a Clothes Swap!

Clean out your closet and take home a new (to you) fall wardrobe!  Just in time for back to school!   Bring your gently used clothes, shoes, accessories, etc to swap.  Show up at 10:30am, swapping will start shortly thereafter.  Women and girls only, please!  Come mingle and have snacks with friends, and update your wardrobe all while benefiting Skate Like a Girl!

Entry is one bag of clothing (bring more if you did a super closet clear out! Leftover clothes will be donated to local organizations) + $20 per person, or $30 per family.  Cash or checks only please.

The event will take place on Sunday September 19 from 10:30am -12:30pm.

Location: University Heights Center (5031 University WAY NE, Seattle RM 109).

Bring all your friends!

Yes! That’s right 10 years ago in the summer of 2000, Holly Sheehan and Fleur Larsen ran their first girls skateboard clinic at Ladyfest in Olympia, WA.  That has snowballed from a small skate crew into a volunteer run non-profit with three chapters in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco.  Help us celebrate by coming to the party August 1st, 2010 at Bellevue Plaza.  We will have a free BBQ for the first 100 folks – thanks to the best Field Roast Grain Company maker in the world + all natural sodas from Hansen’s!

What’s the schedule?  It’s a surprise – keep you on your toes, but we will have some FUNTESTS (trade marked by Kristin Ebeling) $200 bucks to pass out thanks to the generous Chang family, sweet prizes thanks to Sno Con, Black Box Distribution (Fallen, Mystery, Slave, and Zero), Manik, Nomadic, DC, Mavrx and others! Fun activities including clinics! And what’s a party if there isn’t a piñata? BOOM! Fun for all ages.  Guys come out and support – we will have a game of SKATE for you as well!

Rumor has it we will have ladies coming from all over the West Coast of North America: Oregon, California, Montana, and our favorite skateshop in Vancouver – Anti-Social and some ladies from Australia will be jamming with us!

Come check out another park that Seattle Parks built!

Join us this summer!

Hey parents and friends…

Click here to pre-register for summer camps! They will run through July, and are offered in Seattle, Bellevue, and Kirkland. Check the flyer for more details, and other events going on this Summer. As always, if you have any questions, shoot us an email at skatelikeagirl@gmail.com!

Ashley Jonessssss

Big ups to local living legend, Steve G, and all the Bellevue gentlemen for making the clinic and demo a success at the Cherry Blossom Festival a few weekends ago! Booyah.

Marge Barge! Mark your calendars: April 3rd. Benefit to build Seattle’s only DIY skatepark! BBQ, Ladies Jam, raffles, live music and more! If you are interested in volunteering, or donate food for the BBQ – email us! skatelikeagirl@gmail.com

Thanks to the following sponsors:

Seattle’s tastiest field roast makers: Field Roast Grain Meat for donating sausages
Jones Soda for the hydration, Grand Central Bakery for brioche, and our super star volunteer Leah Eister-Hargrave for rounding up goods!

More to come!

Ladonna Williams is hosting a ladies jam @ the Ranch to launch issue three of HOT.

Skate film with Rick McCrank!

What happens when the Portland girls head down to SF?
Tons of skateboarding mayhem, but don’t be scared.
It will be fun times for all!

Bay Area Skate Dates

Ladies! You asked for it, you got it! More skate dates in the Bay Area!

March 13th Santa Cruz: Hope to see you all in Santa Cruz at noon!

After skating the Santa Cruz park for a bit we might head to Derby or Scotts Valley.

April 18th St. Helena: There will be another skate date Sunday April 18th at noon at the St Helena skatepark in the North Bay, flier coming soon.

Memorial Day weekend: Skate date extravaganza at Willits and Fort Bragg. There will be lots of skating and a ladies clinic! (TBA).

Yoga for Skaters:

Every Sunday at 4pm: Donation based yoga class geared towards your skating aches, pains, and progression. Add skating years to your life! This is an all-levels ashtanga vinyasa class. It is donation-based, thus completely affordable, it costs whatever you can afford or desire to donate. Holler back for more info: skatelikeagirlsf@gmail.com.

The Skate Like a Girl Zine:

Thanks to everyone who sent in submissions and helped with the Skate Like a Girl zine. The first issue is in the final stages of ‘cut & past’. No name has been picked out yet. Please please send any title suggestions ASAP before we print: skatelikeagirlsf@gmail.com! Thanks!

You want more Skate Like a Girl SF?

We have accomplished a lot in the last year and a half, thanks to dedicated volunteers. If you want to help grow this chapter, consider donating money to cover costs such as photocopying fliers, printing zines, and obtaining gear for clinics. You can help us with an online donation and by passing this link along to others: http://www.firstgiving.com/skatelikeagirl

All March donations will go to the San Francisco Chapter of Skate Like A Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!

Part of this is getting a new website! We are working on getting it up and running, so please be patient. This will be easier to navigate and get information.  Give us your feedback as we get content up.

Skate Like a Girl is turning 10!

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March

03 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

07 Sunday 5- 8pm Ladies Night @ Bellevue Indoor

10 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

14 Sunday 10am – 12pm Girls in Space @ Innerspace

17 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

24 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

31 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

April

03 Saturday 12 – 5pm Marge Barge

04 Sunday 5- 8pm Ladies Night @ Bellevue Indoor

07 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

11 Sunday 10am – 12pm Girls in Space @ Innerspace

14 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

16-18 Cherry Blossom Festival

21 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

24-25 Vancouver trip

28 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

May

02 Sunday 5- 8pm Ladies Night @ Bellevue Indoor / Plaza

05 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

09 Sunday 10am – 12pm Mother’s Day Girls in Space @ Innerspace

09 Sunday 5-8pm Mother’s Day Girls in Space @ Bellevue

11-15 Children’s International Festival

12 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

19 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

26 Wednesday 6-9pm Ladies Night @ Skatebarn

The Winnipeg of Bust Tour made tons of friends and got lots of press:

See Jane Skate 2009 from Rochelle Trepanier on Vimeo.

Something Lisa Whitaker put together:

Bite This! with Skate Like a Girl from TheSideProject.com on Vimeo.