Sunday, July 27, 2008

Supergirl Jam video from Explorer Girls




S3 Supergirl Jam, Huntington Beach, CA, July 27 – Day Three wraps up an amazing weekend at the Supergirl Jam in Huntington Beach. It’s been an action-packed three days with the best female athletes pushing the limits and setting the bar in competitive skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding.

There was sweat, blood and possibly a few tears after over 100 of the world’s best tore it up across the many venues set up on the sand around Huntington Beach’s pier. Girls performed their best tricks in the ocean, the skateboarding bowl, street park, vert ramp and rail jam.

Where else in the world can you witness an all-female assault from so many talented women in different action sports in one place. I can’t think of another female dedicated event quite like it.

The S3 Supergirl Jam, only in its second year running, is proving to be a huge success drawing out crowds in the thousands. And, the crowd was a mix of all types, young and old, male and female. This year’s event also ran along side the U.S. Open of Surfing showcasing big talent in the water.

I went the day after I had surgery and was on a lot of pain killers. It's hard to watch and not get to skate when that's all you know. I severed a tendon in my wrist from a skating accident and had to have reconstructive surgery. FUN!!!!

Explorer Girls interviewed me after a couple minutes of skating. It was a great event. Warner Bros. ROCKS and Sk8Grl made the event t-shirts for the third Supergirl event in a row.

Check out this cool video that the Explorer Girls made of all the girls ripping it up!

Friday, July 25, 2008

Supergirl Jam: Injured veteran skateboarder and founder of Sk8Grl Holly Lyons talks hand tendons, surgery, and the joys of the Bowl Jam

Zannel interviewed me at the Supergirl Jam/US OPEN. They are a mobile media blog, where you can post picture, video, or text updates from your phone as you’re out and about so fans can follow what you’re up to, and even follow you and leave you comments. There are Zannel widgets on Facebook and Myspace pages so they get updated with posts automatically but could just as easily embed the widget code on a website.

Here's my interview:

Zannel

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Holly on USA 'Character Road Trip'


On Wednesday, May 21st at 8pm pacific time on USA, I will be the featured Character for USA 'Character Road Trip'. Here is the link to see more, I will be featured during the 'National Treasure' Movie!

http://www.usanetwork.com/movies/characterroadtrip/

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Sk8Grl donates to Ross school fundraiser in the Hamptons


Ross School is pleased to announce that its Fifth Annual Starlight Ball, scheduled for Saturday, May 17, at 6:30 p.m., will be a special concert gala with entertainment by Chic featuring Nile Rodgers. This important benefit raises money for the Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund, which currently enables 46 percent of Ross School students to receive some form of financial aid.

Sk8Grl tops and posters were placed in a black Paulpac bag which had been donated and went for $200.00!

See more about the event details at Hamptons.com


Check out the Ross school website

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Sk8Grl Welcomes Allysha Bergado to the team!

Sk8Grl wants to welcome Allysha Bergado to the Team!  At 11 years old this girl is competing at the World Cup level, getting interviews in magazines, and filming for a sk8 video this summer.
  

Saturday, April 12, 2008

WOODWARD NEWS. 2008 PlayStation Am Jam Tour Dates

Team rider Gaby Ponce is set to compete on May 10th in Rye and on May 17th in Philly. 

If you are an AM rider looking for places to go, and places to compete at then check out Woodward East

 Find out more about the Playstation Am Jam on the Woodward East site.  They have great skateboard and BMX parks!


Thursday, April 10, 2008

ESPN Decides to Continue Vert Competitions at This Year's X Games

Holly Lyons Invert X Games 2007

Skateboarding has spoken, and vert stays!

ESPN has decided to continue its 13-year tradition of vert competitions at this year's X Games. Over the past month ESPN has engaged in many conversations with the X Games BMX and Skateboard vert athletes in an attempt to transition the Vert discipline into one featuring a skatepark course design. While many athletes were initially receptive to the idea, the majority of them have indicated to ESPN that they would prefer to compete on a halfpipe.

ESPN will also continue its plans to hold SuperPark as a new discipline for skateboarding and BMX at the X Games while working with the athletes to better define exactly how the SuperPark course will be designed.

Read more: http://expn.go.com/expn/story?id=3338823

Thursday, April 3, 2008

ESPN decided to drop Vert at X Games 2008

Tony Hawk invented more than 80 tricks. I'm not sure I can even count that high.

On April 3, ESPN announced the biggest event shakeup since the inception of the X Games. As of this summer, vert, the oldest discipline in the Games, is out, and a new "SuperPark"-type discipline is in for the 14th year of competition.

"It's time. It's been time. ESPN's always a little slow on the uptake. It's no secret that the vert field has stayed the same for the last decade. It's no secret that there aren't any vert ramps for kids to ride outside Southern California. If you want a vert career, you have to move there," says X Games General Manager Chris Stiepock.

Vert's dead. Again. It's just that this time, it's the X Games that say so.

Read more: http://expn.go.com/expn/story?id=3327593

Friday, March 14, 2008

LA Fashion Week: Get Lost With Easy - Writer By: Kanani Fong



Holly went to LA Fashion Week! Top up and coming designers unveiled their masterpieces to the world....CLICK click, FLASH flash.

Holly sat next to a women named Kanani at the Suh-Tan Runway Show. Kanani has a blog that's loved by a diverse and distingued group of followers. She mentioned SK8*GRL and Holly as part of her LA Fashion Week experience: GET LOST WITH EASY - WRITER

Kanani has a son who loves the rush of bombing hills and living the skater life too so they had much to discuss....SAFETY for her adrenaline junky son :-)

Thursday, February 14, 2008

SK8Grl: Girls Riders Organization GRO

SK8Grl: Girls Riders Organization GRO

Girls Riders Organization GRO




gro’s mission is to inspire, educate and support girls in action sports.
Bringing together a team of girls from across the nation reaching out
increasing awareness and providing clinics for girls of all ages and
skill levels.

Girls Riders Organization

www.Sk8Grl.com

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

The Girls United Skateboard Team G.U.S.T. 'ALL GIRLS SK8 DATE'




On February 14th, from 9 PM-12 midnight check out the ALL GIRLS SK8 DATE!! Located at the Charm City Skate Park in Baltimore. They'll be a skate contest, music, fun, and excitement. It's the best date ever!

For more info. goto:
G.U.S.T. Website
myspace.com/girl_skaters_unite

www.Sk8Grl.com

Friday, February 1, 2008

Girls Learn To Ride



If you want to learn how to Skate, Surf, Snowboard, Motocross, BMX, Ski, Wakeboard, or Mt. Bike you have to check out this site!!
They have such a wealth of information about clinics, girls contests, what's going on in all girls action sports, interviews and so much more.

Girls Learn To Ride

www.Sk8Grl.com

Saturday, December 15, 2007

2007 SPAUSA/WFSA Women's Skateboarding High Jump World Championships

On Saturday the 15th of December 2007 Amee Jay Paplelra set a new women's world skateboarding high jump record of 40 inches (101cm) at the 2007 SPAUSA Women's World Record Sk8Fest. She also won the Open High Jump contest and became the 2007 SPAUSA/WFSA Women's Skateboarding High Jump World Champion for the second year in a row.

 
Then just for fun she set a first time ever women's world ramp skateboarding record by doing 16 consecutive fakie Smith stalls.

Everyone had a great time watching the contest, enjoing the excitement of seeing records being set, drinking Kronik Energy drinks and listening to the raw blast of Ben Farquar's Lenins Landlord punk band.

Thanks to Amee Jay for her great sportsmanship pioneering women's ramp world records. We hope to see more women's skateboarding world records set at next years event.

And many thanks to our sponsor Sk8Grl for providing prizes.

Thank You: Bob Staton - SPAUSA Women's World Records Sk8Fest Director

Video of High jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSG-dEeFW-U

Video of Fakie Smith Stalls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-suZQ-yRKU&NR=1

www.Sk8Grl.com

Thursday, November 29, 2007

The Los Angeles Times, Business section 'Cover Page'



November 29, 2007 - Cool Girl Skateboards graced the cover of LA Times Business section with a business makeover. Also on the hard copy wan an action photo of Cool Girl and Sk8*Grl team pro Holly Lyons.

It is a great article promoting girls' skateboarding and mentioned how Sk8Grl sold 3,000 units to 100 stores in the month of November, its first, without any advance marketing.
Los Angeles Times

www.Sk8Grl.com