Lauren Perkins is a professional skateboarder and model from Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

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Skateboarding

Perkins is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding

Skateboarding

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...

 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.http://etniesgirl.com/team/lauren-perkins/

Away from skateboarding, Perkins enjoys snowboarding

Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...

, surfing

Surfing

Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

, and motocross

Motocross

Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...

.http://etniesgirl.com/team/lauren-perkins/

Skateboard videos and films

Perkins is featured on the 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...

http://www.villavillacola.com/Website/GNFabout.htm.

Perkins was a stunt double

Stunt double

A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television , and for other sophisticated stunts...

 for Jennifer Morrison

Jennifer Morrison

Jennifer Marie Morrison is an American actress, model and film producer. She is best known for her role as Dr. Allison Cameron in House, whom she played for five-and-a-half years, and also as Zoey Pierson in the sixth season of How I Met Your Mother...

 in the film Grind

Grind (2003 film)

Grind is a 2003 American adventureassshole movie comedy film about four young aspiring amateur skaters Eric Rivers , Matt Jensen , Dustin Knight , and Sweet Lou Singer who are trying to make it in the world of pro skateboarding by pulling insane stunts in front of pro skater Jimmy Wilson...

, performing the characters skateboarding scenes. This was arranged by her team manager at Volcom.

Perkins was featured in the film MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate

MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate

MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate is the 2001 film, and the second in the MVP series. The film's title character, Jack, is a fictional chimpanzee...

 playing the character of Sammy Rogers, a young skater competing in a skateboard competition.http://posters.imdb.com/title/tt0285685/fullcredits#cast

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”

“The Grind”

Daily Habit (first girl street skateboarder to be on the show)

CNBC “On the Money”

External links

• http://www.laurengraceperkins.com