Girls Skate Network

Due to the dwindling amount of events for the ladies the crew behind Something Great Purple decided they would make something happen themselves and organized a fun Sadie Hawkins themed session at the Channel St. Skatepark in San Pedro, CA. Event organizer Lizie Armanto and Amy Caron having agood time.
 

Co-oraganizer Allysha Bergado getting pizza supplies ready.  Lizzie and Allysha did a great job getting the event together, only downside was they didn't have time to skate themselves.  Dislike!

Baloons, streamers and good vibes all around. 

Amy Caron backside disaster.

Nichole King carves as a train passes by.

Caroline Dynybil from Czech Republic was in town for the weekend and skated non-stop. 

Amy Caron and Caroline Dynybil.

Julz Lynn Kindstrand shreds anything concrete. 

Vanessa Torres sliding over the bump. 

Caroline Dynybil getting vertical.

Vanessa Torres stylish back smith.

Check out Lizzie Armanto, Nora Vasconcellos and Allysha Bergado's blog at 

http://somethinggreatpurple.wordpress.com!

Vanessa Bonilla and Samarria Brevard at the Santa Clarita park.  This place is amazing, but was a little too windy while we were there. 

Samarria got a couple quick tricks before we got on the road.

Last minute detur to visit Alex White and her new baby.

Meet Henry!

The next morning we finished our drive to San Jose and met up with Jessie Van Roechoudt and Elizabeth Nitu.

Jessie Van Roechoudt.

Elizabeth Nitu is all grown up!

Next we went to check out the Skate It Up girls bowl contest at the Lake Cunningham Skatepark.

The small bowls looked like so much fun!

Patty Fung and Jessie Van Roechoudt.

Patty Fung.

Abby Zsarnay.

I was planning on filming the contest, but after I saw there was a good amount of people documenting it and Evelyn Abad filming as well we decided to take the car load of eager street skaters to a few more spots.

Quick stop to Sunnyvale.

Elizabeth Nitu at one of the spots she was able to navigate us to.

Miss Giggles.

Vanessa Bonilla noseslide.

Trip was way too short, but a lot of fun.

When I heard Mimi Knoop got a gig as a "Skater Bride" on a new TV show The Wedding Band I jumped at the chance to document the day.

We got to the studio mid afternoon and had a chance to check out all the sets.  Really interesting stuff and cool to see the behind the scenes.  It is mind blowing how much time, money and people go into making one 30 minute segment!

Mimi getting fitted for her wedding dress.  Some last minute alterations were needed to make it skateable.

Impressive ramp considering it was built for 1 day use by set designers who googled "ramp design" on the internet.

Another one of the sets.

Hair and makeup time.

Almost 10 hours later finally ready to start shooting the skate scene.

The wedding party in full wardrobe.

It was a very long day, but I had a good time and loved getting a chance to see what goes into making a TV show.  Thanks for inviting me Mimi!

Keep an eye out for the show which is set to premiere this summer on TBS.

www.mimi-knoop.com

Lacey Baker is studying at The Art Institute of California's Hollywood campus which just happens to be located accross the street from the new North Hollywood Plaza. 

I recently got a new HD camera, but haven't had much time to really mess with it and figure out the settings yet.  Ana Paula and I made plans to meet Lacey at the plaza after she got out of school to test it out.  Once word got out we were meeting up the session grew. 

Lacey was on it and skating good all day! 

Amy Caron nollie over the hip.

Ana Paula Negrao Instgraming (@anapaulanegrao).

Stylish frontside boardslide by Amy Caron.

Vanessa Torres and Amy Caron.

Rare Vanessa sighting.

Another rare sighting...Belgian Sophie Poppe!

Samarria Brevard noseslide over the dirt gap.

Lacey's bluntslide transfer over the hip.

Amy backside kickflip on the wedge.

Please excuse the video quality...still working on it...