Cette fois-ci, on remonte un peu plus loin. Dix ans plus tôt pour être précise. Annie Guglia n’avait que 7 ans et toujours pas de dents de sagesses! (ok, ça c’est une inside joke entre Annie et moi) À cette époque, il n’y avait tellement pas de filles qui skataient que je me rapelle être suprise de constater que j’avais des seins en voyant la photo. Peut-importe, il s’agit d’une photo prise par Dan Mathieu en 1998 (ou 1997, nous ne sommes pas certains) pour une pub de Molson Dry. À ce sujet, allez lire l’article écrit par Dan le 16 avril dernier sur le blogue d’Exposé Magazine.

This time, we go back a little further. 10 years ago to be precise. Annie Guglia was only 7 years old and had no wisdom teeth! (ok, this is an inside joke between Annie and I). Back then, there was almost no female skateboarder and I remember being surprise to notice I had boobs when I saw the picture. Anyways, the photo was taken by Dan Mathieu in 1998 (or 1997, we are not sure) for a Molson Dry ad. About that, you can read the article written by Dan on Exposé Magazine’s blog.

Mathilde Pigeon - summer of ‘98 (or ‘97)

Entrevue avec Anne-Sophie Julien
Exposé Magazine numéro 2
Back to school 2003

Interview with Anne-Sophie Julien
Exposé Magazine #2
Back to school 2003

cliquer ici pour agrandir / click here to enlarge

Allez faire un tour sur le site de Sitka, Rébecca y a récemment publié un article à propos de la tournée mexicaine. Elle y raconte son expérience vécue en tant que “skateuse enceinte” et y publie quelques photos de son cru. D’ailleurs, parlant de Reb et de Sitka, avez-vous lu le Product Spotlight de Sitka sur 33mag?

Check out Sitka website to read the article Rébecca recently published about the mexican tour. She tells us about her “pregnant skater” experience and shares a few pictures of her own with us. Talking about Reb and Sitka, have you read the Sitka Product Spotlight on 33mag?

Lire l’article de Rébecca / Read Rébecca’s article

Hier soir, à la traditionnelle session du jeudi soir au South Parc, nous avons fait la rencontre de Camille, une québécoise qui a grandit entre la France, le Costa Rica et le Panama. Allez jeter un œil à ses petits vidéos sur Myspace, parce que pour une fille qui n’a pas eu la chance d’apprendre à skater dans un park, elle s’est TRÈS bien débrouillée hier soir!

Last night, at the usual Thursday night session at South Parc, we met Camille, a québécoise who grew up in France, Costa Rica and Panama. Check out her vids on myspace, because even if she didn’t get the chance to learn to skate in a park, she managed it VERY well last night!

Parking run
Varial heelflip
Heelflip

Hasta pronto Camille!

Camille Lanctôt - Heelflip @ South Parc    photo: Yanick Nolet

Dans le même esprit que la chronique “sortie du grenier” sur le blog d’Exposé Magazine, j’ai décidé de dépoussiérer les archives qui se sont empilées dans le coin de mon salon, au fil des années. Parce que oui, les Skirtboarders existent depuis maintenant 6 ans et nous savons toutes à quel point la scène féminine internationale et locale a évolué depuis le temps! Je tenterai donc, grâce à ce “blast from the past”, de remémorer des souvenirs au plus vieilles tout en exposant notre parcour à celles qui n’étaient pas encore des nôtres. J’espère que vous apprécierez!

The articles “sortie du grenier” on the Exposé Magazine blog inspired me a chronicle of our own. I decided to dust off the archives that pilled up through the years in the corner of my living room. Because yes, the Skirtboarders have been existing for 6 years now and we all know how the female skateboarding scene in general has changed since then! With this “blast from the past” chronicle, I will try to bring memories back for the oldest girls and to expose our history for those were not yet one of us. Hope you’ll like it!

Premier “blast from the past”:
entrevue avec Margaux Walker
Exposé Magazine #1
Printemps 2003

First blast from the past:
Interview with Margaux Walker
First issue of Exposé Magazine
Spring 2003

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En février dernier, alors que les élèves de l’UQAM étaient en plein rush de mi-session, Anne-Sophie Julien (étudiante en communications) se trouvait à Punta de Mita. C’est donc à cet encroit qu’elle a demandé à Julie Lévesque (organisatrice et responsable de la logistique) de lui parler de la tournée des Skirtboarders au Mexique. Elle s’est ensuite servi de cette entrevue afin de prouver à ses profs que même loin de chez-elle, elle trouvé le temps de rapporter de quoi faire un petit documentaire intéressant. Bravo Anne-Sophie, nous sommes très fières de toi! Ton montage est tout simplement magnifique et émouvant!

Ne manquez pas la série complète sur la tournée des Skirtboarders au Mexique en ligne sous peu sur le 33mag.tv!

Last February, while UQAM students were in a “half semester rush”, Anne-Sophie Julien (communication student) was in Punta de Mita. She then decided to interview Julie Lévesque (organizer in charge of the logistic) to tell her about the Skirtboarders Mexico Tour. After what she used the footage to proove to her teachers that even if she was far away, she found the time to make a short and interesting documentary. Congratulations Anne-Sophie, we are very proud of your work! Your video editing is simply amazing!

Do not miss the webtv show about the Skirtboarders Mexico Tour, online very soon on 33mag.tv!

Cliquez ici pour visionner le travail d’Anne-Sophie (EN FRANÇAIS SEULEMENT)
Click here to watch Anne-Sophie’s homework (FRENCH ONLY)

Les dessous de México. Chronique des “moments crus”, sans mise en scène ni editing. Petites capsules vidéos issues tout droit de nos caméras photos. Merci à Brigitte & Éloïse!

México, the insides. Video chronicle of the “raw moments”, without any scenario nor video editing. Short videos coming straight out of our photo cameras. Thanks to Brigitte & Éloïse!

http://www.skirtboarders.com/footage/bus_chicago_2768K_Stream.flv

Dernier vidéo mais non le moindre… La suite des événement, en direct de la navette à Chicago!
Last video but not least… Continuation of the shuttle moment, live from Chicago!

Les dessous de México. Chronique des “moments crus”, sans mise en scène ni editing. Petites capsules vidéos issues tout droit de nos caméras photos. Merci à Brigitte & Éloïse!

México, the insides. Video chronicle of the “raw moments”, without any scenario nor video editing. Short videos coming straight out of our photo cameras. Thanks to Brigitte & Éloïse!

http://www.skirtboarders.com/footage/bus_chicago_1768K_Stream.flv

Après avoir manqué leur vol, Anne-Sophie, Annie, Brigitte, Éloïse, Frédérique & Margaux ont pris une navette pour rentrer à l’hôtel… C’est juste moi ou nos navettes montréalaises ne sont jamais aussi funky?
After running for their flight and missing it, Anne-Sophie, Annie, Brigitte, Éloïse, Frédérique & Margaux took a shuttle to their hotel. Is it me or our Montreal shuttles are never this funky?

Les dessous de México. Chronique des “moments crus”, sans mise en scène ni editing. Petites capsules vidéos issues tout droit de nos caméras photos. Merci à Brigitte & Éloïse!

México, the insides. Video chronicle of the “raw moments”, without any scenario nor video editing. Short videos coming straight out of our photo cameras. Thanks to Brigitte & Éloïse!

http://www.skirtboarders.com/footage/beach_4768K_Stream.flv

Un brin de musique, pour amuser les touristes!
A little bit of music, to entertain the tourists!

On a enfin mis la main sur une copie du “Revista Gorila” sur laquelle figure Éloïse, en couverture. Voici les scans des pages originales suivit de la traduction. Merci Paloma!
We finaly got a copy of the “Revista Gorila” with Éloïse on the cover. Here are the scans of the original pages followed by the translation. Thanks Paloma!

Cliquez ici pour voir la couverture / Click here to view the cover

Cliquez ici pour lire les pages 1-2 / Click here to read pages 1-2

Cliquez ici pour lire les pages 3-4 / Click here to read pages 3-4

Cliquez ici pour lire la page 5 / Click here to read page 5

Thanks to Paloma Guerrero for making such a complete article and to Alejandro Pai for taking so many great pictures!

The Skirtboarders left a very good impression on us. They travelled from Canada to Mexico to enjoy two weeks of sun and skate, and to give mexican skateboarders the pleasure to watch a demo for the first time ever, of pro female skateboarders.

The best legacy of the tour is the inspiration they gave to the mexican skater girls. Since mid 2005, the female skate scene in Mexico has been growing very fast, and with no doubt it’ll keep on growing. Much more with the visit of the Skirtboarders. The tour was a very important encouragement for all the skater girls in our country, and for those who are eager to learn to skate.

The Skirtboarders crew was formed in 2002 with the idea of skateboarding, taking photos, filming and sharing a good laugh with a good dinner and beer -as they say. Mathilde Pigeon, skater and film director, has been at the centre of the female skate scene in Quebec since the beggining, with her camera. Her film ‘Skirtboarders Le Film’ is the first canadian girls skate film, released in 2007. The link of Skirtboarders with Mexico is Renata Ruiz, mexican Skirtboarder who lives in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The Skirtboarders demos in Mexico were full of energy, adrenaline and fun. Every one of the Skirtboarders has a unique style and particularities: Êloïse Théorêt (Rugged Riders, Palm Isle), 100% street rider, showed 360 flips, boardslides, fs boardslides, nose manuals and k-grinds; Annie Guglia (Circa, RUgged Riders) had fun either on rails or banks with kickflips and heelflips and showed a heavy bag of tricks on trannys, everything revert. Frédérique Luyet (Dickies Girl), killed every transition with alleyoops, layback lipslides, reverts, frontside hurricane, backside disasters… style! Margaux Walker (Nikita, Nixon), born in Switzerland, didn’t lose glamour not even when doing 5050s, fs noseblunt disaster and laybacks. Anne-Sophie Julien (Volcom) standed out with her panama and her casper flips -her signature trick- and casper flip to pogo. Renata Ruiz (Té Verde), pulled stylish boneless, 5050s, 5050 sex change, 5-0 to tailslide. All in all, the performance of the Skirtboarders, either on trannys or street, was awesome.

Julie Lévesque, Briggite Emond, Louise Hénault-Èthier and Rébecca Fillion are also part of the crew. Rébecca’s five months pregnancy wasn’t an obstacle for her to throw a frontside air on a miniramp at the Mexico City demo… impressive! Mathilde Pigeon filmed everything while the photographer Martin Gagnon was doing his job.

The Skirtboarders Mexico Tour began on February 17 in Mexico City at La Fuente Sk8park (Fountain sk8park). There was a female contest which was judged by the Skirtboarders, and after that they dedicated only to have fun on the demo they gave. They invited the mexican skater girls to join the demo and skate all together.

THe winners:
Begginers
1. Melody Reséndiz
2. Mariana Muñóz
3. Brenda Magaña
4. Fernanda Castillo
5. Mariana Sevilla

Advanced
1. Andrea Sánchez
2. Estefanía Gómez
3. Adriana Calahorra
4. Daffne Piña
5. Constance Gómez

The recently opened Zapotlanejo Sk8park (no translation for Zapotlanejo!) was the next stop of the tour. The sun and the heat is really heavy on this part of my country, but that wasn’t a problem for the Skirtboarders, who made the day of many kids who didn’t attended school just to go and watch the canadian girls rip! They also signed autographs and gave interviews for local tv channels.

The next stop was los bowls de Zapopan (Zapopan Bowls) where there was also a female contest won by Blanca Contreras and Florencia. The tour ended on February 22 at Aguascalientes Sk8park (again, no translation. Aguascalientes is the name of a town… but wait a minute, there is a translation… it means ‘Hot waters’… that’s for real). In Aguascalientes there was also another female contest -won by Pamela Anaya- and the Skirtboarders destroyed the park, specially when Renata challenged Éloïse to do a fs boardslide on a big rail if Renata landed a boneless transfer. They both nailed the tricks, which was an amazing ending of the tour.

The Skirtboarders Mexico Tour was possible thanks to the organization and logistics of Te Verde Producciones and the sponsorship of Heat Co. Chica Rider, 4Twenty Store, Insane, Vans, Diarrhea, Tecnic, Fluye, Chakota, Destructible and Comudaj Zapopan.

To know more of the Skirtboarders check out www.skirtboarders.com and watch the vids of the tour on www.chicarider.com/skirtboarders