Lauren Perkins Explained

Lauren Perkins
Birth Name:	Lauren Grace Perkins
Birth Place:	United States
Other Names:	Perkulater or Perkie
Known For:	Skateboarding
Education:	Orange Coast College
Occupation:	Professional Skateboarder
Yearsactive:	2005–present

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

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.^[1]

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

Skateboard videos and films

Perkins is featured on the skate DVD Getting Nowhere Faster.^[2]

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.

In the film, Perkins played Sammy Rogers,^[3] 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 - 3rd place XGames Womens Street
• 2012 – 2nd place Australia
• 2013 – 2nd place XGames Womens Street
• 2014 – 2nd place Mystic Cup
• 2015 – 1st place S3 Super Girl Jam

Television and movies

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

External links

• • https://web.archive.org/web/20090404065804/http://laurengraceperkins.com/
• Girls Skate Network Interview
• https://archive.today/20130122083811/http://etniesgirl.com/site-images/riders/hero/lauren-perkins-.jpg
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071020110833/http://etniesgirl.com/site-images/riders/hero/lauren-perkins.jpg
• http://www.rip.tv/direct/uploads/images/YZFBgIvS4tQLIZa.jpeg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lauren Perkins » Girls Team » etnies Girl . 2008-05-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080515014341/http://etniesgirl.com/team/lauren-perkins . 2008-05-15 .
2. Web site: About Getting Nowhere Faster . 2008-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080330072807/http://villavillacola.com/Website/GNFabout.htm . 2008-03-30 .
3. Web site: MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001) - Full Cast & Crew. IMDb. 8 June 2023.