Vanessa Torres
Vanessa Torres (born July 17, 1986, in Anaheim, California) is a professional skateboarder. She is sponsored by Meow Skateboards and is the first woman to win X Games gold. In 2003 the X Games first featured female skateboarding competitions; Torres placed first, winning gold, in the street event (then called Park). Torres won silver in the X Games Street Competition in 2004. In 2015 at the X Games in Austin and 2016 at the X Games in Oslo, Torres won bronze. She again placed in the top ten in 2016 and 2017. She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater (2003), Getting Nowhere Faster (2004), and Quit Your Day Job (2014). She also appears in the video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, making her the third female as a playable skater to appear in the Tony Hawk's video game series after Elissa Steamer and Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins.
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
as SelfCelebrated skateboarder Leo Baker shares the details of their rise to fame and the clash between...
Movie pageUnderexposed: A Women's Skateboarding Documentary
as SelfProfessional skateboarder Amelia Brodka examines the skateboarding industry's approach to how it...
Movie pageSkate Dreams
as SelfSkate Dreams, the first feature documentary about the rise of women’s skateboarding, profiles a...
Movie pageAKA: Girl Skater
as SelfA skate video film that provides a fascinating insight into the unique and rapidly emerging...
Movie pageThis Is My Element
as SelfElement's 8th skateboarding video featuring Nyjah Huston, Chad Muska, Brent Atchley, Chad...
Movie pageHumanity Stoked
as SelfA documentary about the beauty in overcoming fear and other challenges facing humanity as seen...
Movie pageGetting Nowhere Faster
as SelfSkate video featuring Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Pastrana, Cara-Beth "CB" Burnside, Vanessa Torres, Amy...
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