Women’s skateboarding is still rising up after dropping into the X Games scene 20 years ago. At that time, the majority of this year’s X Games California women skaters weren’t even alive yet.
Arisa Trew Puts the Gold in Gold Coast
The summer games in Ventura (July 21-23) saw the return of women’s skateboard vert, making an appearance on the event list for the first time since 2010. On Saturday, ten competitors hit the half-pipe for a 36-minute ordered jam session with 45 seconds per run.
Breakout Aussie star Arisa Trew, at 13-years old, led the podium, thanks to her ambitious efforts to land a 720. After a first unsuccessful attempt, she became the first woman to ever land the trick in X Games history in her last run, shooting her to the top of the leaderboard.
