Schooled by a girl

This is my personal response to the comments below that pro street skater Nyjah Huston made in Thrasher Magazine this month about female skaters….

 

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(re-posted from instagram @Tempster_returns)

 

Nyjah – I was skating vert before you were even a twinkle in your mothers eye, (it’s amazing that I was even “allowed” to skate – right??) there were girls who skated before me like Patti McGee, Gale Webb, Laura Thornhill, Robin Logan, Edie Robertson, and girls who skated with me like Judi Oyama and many others.There are currently girls tearing it up right & left. And in case you live under a rock Nyjah – 12 yr old Alana Smith landed a 540 McTwist and girls were skating Superpark this past month at the X-Games.Maybe you feel threatened by all this amazing female talent in skateboarding? Or perhaps you are just young and haven’t learned your skateboard history properly? I’m hoping you won’t make this mistake again.FYI from me to you: “Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word” in skateboarding or anywhere else.
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This pic of me skating Marina Skatepark in 1981 – is  in case you need a reminder that I was doing this way longer than you have been alive,  and I had no worries about getting “hurt”. Thanks for your “concern” though
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My new board is called “Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word”  and take notes Nyjah, because that’s what it’s like to be schooled by a GIRL.
Please let us know what you think about Nyjah’s comments – we’d love to hear your opinion. Unless of course you are too busy skateboarding and having the last laugh on comments like his.
 

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