Girl Skateboard Company

Girl Skateboard Company

Girl Skateboards is a Torrance, California based skateboarding company that was started in August 1993 by Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, Megan Baltimore, and Spike Jonze. Their primary product is professionally endorsed skateboard decks. They also make shirts, hats, skateboard wheels, hoodies, pants, bearings, belts, wallets, skateboarding films and many other accessories. Their most well known film is Yeah Right!, which was directed by famed film director Spike Jonze. Their logo is the same as the symbol on many women's restrooms.

Girl is part of the Girl Distribution family, which also includes Chocolate Skateboards, Lakai Footwear, Royal Trucks, and Four Star Clothing, Crailtap, Ruby Republic, and Skate Mental.

Team

Professional team

*Eric Koston
*Mike Carroll
*Rick Howard
*Brian Anderson
*Rick McCrank
*Laurent James
*Steve Maris
*Jeron Wilson
*Brandon Biebel
*Andrew Mashkouri
*Guy Mariano
*Sean Malto
*Alex Olson
*Mike Mo Capaldi

Previous team riders

*Robert Fauver
*Tony Ferguson
*Sean Sheffey
*Tim Gavin
*Rudy Johnson
*Jovontae Turner
*Colin McKay
*Jereme Rogers
*Paul Rodriguez Jr.
*Robbie McKinley

Videography

*Goldfish (1993)
*Mouse (1996)
*Harsh Euro Barge
*Yeah Right! (2003)
*Badass Meets Dumbass (2006) (promo)

References

http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,704403,00.html

External links

* [http://girlskateboards.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.crailtap.com/ Crailtap]
* [http://theartdump.com/ the Art Dump, Girl Skateboards Art Department]


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