Skateboarder Lizzie Armanto's Uncharted Path to the Pros | Just Women's Sports Podcast

The skateboarding icon discusses her uncharted path to becoming a professional skater and how the sport is changing right before our eyes.
Skateboarding unicorn Lizzie Armanto joins Kelley to talk about her uncharted path through the world of professional skating. Lizzie discusses the importance of skate park culture to early education in the sport, why an injury of all things was what convinced her to go pro, the lack of an obvious blueprint and professional role models at the start of her career, how she ended up on Tony Hawk’s Birdhouse team, landing on the cover of Thrasher the same day she got a pro model, why she’s optimistic about the sport’s inclusion in the Olympics, and the story of how she became the first woman to complete the infamous 360 loop.
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[@squishyek9487]

Just had to pause and go watch Lizzie do the loop, wow it was awesome!

[@xXMyDogisEmoXx]

This is so cool she’s on this, I’ve been a fan of you both for a while so this is a cool crossover!

[@ericmoberg9316]

Love the podcast! Any plans to interview a chess player? Koneru Humpy was just awarded as Indian Sportswoman of the Year, so she might be a good interview. Or Irina Krush who overcame long-haul COVID and won the US women's championship in the same year. Or one of the brilliant young Americans like Carissa Yip or Annie Wang.

[@eric1138]

Interview Helen Maroulis.