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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Lauren Perkins

Other names
  
Perkulater or Perkie

Education
  
Orange Coast College

Height
  
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Known for
  
Skateboarding

Weight
  
125 lb (57 kg)



Born
  
December 27, 1988 (age 35) (
1988-12-27
)
United States

Occupation
  
Professional Skateboarder

Parent(s)
  
Trina and Robert Perkins

Residence
  
Huntington Beach, California, United States

Profiles

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Lauren Perkins (born January 1, 1995) is a professional skateboarder and model from Los Angeles, California.

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Skateboarding

Perkins is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding in 2005 when a skate park was built close to her house. She thought it looked fun, so she asked for a skateboard for her birthday.

Away from skateboarding, Perkins enjoys snowboarding, surfing, and motocross.

Skateboard videos and films

Perkins is featured on the skate DVD Getting Nowhere Faster.

Perkins was a stunt double for Jennifer Morrison in the film Grind, performing the characters skateboarding scenes. This was arranged by her team manager at Volcom.

Perkins was featured in the film MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate playing the character of Sammy Rogers, a young skater competing in a skateboard competition.

Career Skateboarding Highlights

  • 2005 – First girl to compete street in CASL
  • 2006 – 2nd place in All Girls Street Jam
  • 2006 – 2nd place overall 11-12 age group against all boys
  • 2007 – 1st place at the Gravity Games amateur contest (beating out 45 boys)
  • 2008 – 3rd place Triple Crown
  • 2009 – 1st place All Girls Street Jam
  • 2009 – 2nd place Australia
  • 2010 – 1st place West 49th
  • 2010 – 2nd place overall ladies street rankings
  • 2011 – 2nd place Gravity Games
  • 2012 – 2nd place Australia
  • 2013 – 2nd place XGames
  • 2014 – 2nd place Mystic Cup
  • 2015 – 1st place S3 Super Girl Jam
  • Television and Movies

  • Fruit by the Foot Commercial
  • “MVP II”
  • “The Grind”
  • Daily Habit (first girl street skateboarder to be on the show)
  • CNBC “On the Money”
  • References

    Lauren Perkins Wikipedia