Lauren Perkins

Lauren Perkins
Lauren Perkins
	Perkins in 2008
Born	Lauren Grace Perkins; January 1, 1995 (age 29); United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Perkulater or Perkie
Education	Orange Coast College
Occupation	Professional Skateboarder
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Skateboarding
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Website	www.laurengraceperkins.com

Lauren Grace Perkins (born January 1, 1995) is a professional skateboarder and model from Los Angeles, California.

Skateboarding[edit]

Perkins is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding in 2005 when a skate park was built close to her house. She thought it looked fun, so she asked for a skateboard for her birthday.^[1]

Away from skateboarding, Perkins enjoys snowboarding, surfing, and motocross.^[1]

Skateboard videos and films[edit]

Perkins is featured on the skate DVD Getting Nowhere Faster.^[2]

Perkins was a stunt double for Jennifer Morrison in the film Grind, performing the characters skateboarding scenes. This was arranged by her team manager at Volcom.^{[citation needed]}

In the film MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, Perkins played Sammy Rogers,^[3] a young skater competing in a skateboard competition.

Career skateboarding highlights[edit]

2005 – First girl to compete street in CASL
2006 – 2nd place in All Girls Street Jam
2006 – 2nd place overall 11-12 age group against all boys
2007 – 1st place at the Gravity Games amateur contest (beating out 45 boys)
2008 – 3rd place Triple Crown
2009 – 1st place All Girls Street Jam
2009 – 2nd place Australia
2010 – 1st place West 49th
2010 – 2nd place overall ladies street rankings
2011 – 2nd place Gravity Games
2012 - 3rd place XGames Womens Street
2012 – 2nd place Australia
2013 – 2nd place XGames Womens Street
2014 – 2nd place Mystic Cup
2015 – 1st place S3 Super Girl Jam

Television and movies[edit]

Fruit by the Foot Commercial
“MVP II”
“Grind”
Daily Habit (first girl street skateboarder to be on the show)
CNBC “On the Money”

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Lauren Perkins » Girls Team » etnies Girl". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
^ "About Getting Nowhere Faster". Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
^ "MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001) - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

External links[edit]

[etniesgirl.com-1] "Lauren Perkins » Girls Team » etnies Girl". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-05-03.

[2] "About Getting Nowhere Faster". Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

[3] "MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001) - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

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