Amy Caron
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Skateboarding
Caron is at the forefront of a small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboardingSkateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
at the age of 12.
Skateboard videos
Caron is heavily featured on the skate DVD AKA: Girl SkaterAKA: Girl Skater
AKA: Girl Skater is a 2003 documentary about four female professional skateboarders on a skateboarding tour in Australia.The documentary follows Dave Carnie as he leads pro skaters Amy Caron, Vanessa Torres, Monica Shaw, and Jaime Reyes on a tour of Australia, visiting a variety of skate parks and...
. It features footage of her 1st place win at the Gallaz Skate Jam in Australia. Caron's prize was a new Ford car, which she crashed in the stadium.
She is also featured in the renowned female skate DVD Getting Nowhere Faster
Getting Nowhere Faster
Getting Nowhere Faster is a 2004 American documentary about female skateboarders. The documentary features skateboarding footage of the world's best female skateboarders, as well as a fiction film called The Skatepark Hauntings of Debbie Escalante...
.