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Girl's Gospel IV
by
Kathleen Gasperini
(June 30, 1997)
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Hello my princesses, it's time for the summer Gospel, and girl, there
is a lot of fun-in-the-sun going on. But first let me get this off my chest:
the Boardercross tips I promised to give you will have to wait until Gospel
V. Marguerite Cossettini, our Gospel guru on the subject, is in Australia
and won't be back for a month or so.
There's more news that's fit to print though, so let me begin. First, some
women-inspired events that you may have missed:
Boarding for
Breast Cancer (the BBC), which took place April 19, was a huge success
despite down-pouring rain and Primus almost getting electrocuted. We raised
more than $55,000 for The Breast Cancer Fund and had a cool time snowboarding
with the ladies from 7-Year Bitch (Elizabeth Davis, the bass player is a
ripping rider, by the way) and
Luscious
Jackson (although lead singer Jill Cunniff was a bit of a wimp because
she was afraid to hurt her hands, but don't tell her I told you).
The BBC was inspired by Monica Steward, our friend who detected breast cancer
at 26. Michelle Taggart was her typical happy self at the event, which you
will be able to see, along with other rad interviews of Tina B., Shannon
D., and some of the pro guys in the upcoming movie about young women, heroism,
and breast cancer in, "Boarding for Breast Cancer-the Movie," due out on
PBS this October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you want to do something
in your area for young women and breast cancer education, send me an email
and I'll get you the scoop for your own little BBC
([email protected]).
The other big event you might have missed (I did) was the third annual Gathering
of the Goddesses, in Big Sky, Montana, April 9. Head Goddess Cristin Inglis
did a splendid job of getting some 30 women from the snowboarding industry
together to ride, discuss strategies on how women's companies can maintain
themselves in the future, and the growth of women in snowboarding. Next year,
it'll probably be in Brighton, Utah.
Some news from the Hood by Blue Montgomery (I know, he's a guy, but he wanted
to put in his 2 cents worth) is that Barrett Christy, Hillary Maybery, and
Jenelle Joncawitz are all skating and riding at the Hood for the month of
June. I guess at the beginning of the month the ladies were way more into
skateboarding than snowboarding because the snow conditions and pipe weren't
quite ready. In July, Athena, and Morgan LaFonte will be at High Cascade
for some guest coaching sessions-if you see Morgan you should check out her
skateboarding technique, too. I think she rivals Carabeth Burnside's when
it comes to big moves and aggressive pipe skateboarding. (Morgan also plays
a mean hackey-sack).
Speaking of Carabeth, she and photographer Patti Segovia are busting out
the first-ever
all-girl's skate
jam September 7, at Graffix Warehouse Skatepark just north of San Diego.
They've got $5,000 worth of cool prizes and swag. For info, call (714) 525-0925.
Tina Basich and Shannon Dunn are surfing it up at in San Diego for the next
couple of months, waiting to hear the scoop with their clothing sponsor,
Tuesday. In case you haven't heard, Twist, which owns Tuesday, lost their
big Japanese investors the first week of June and left the company in the
lurch. Burton is happy, according to Twist sources, because they may get
their dream girl, Shannon, not only on their boards, but into their clothes
for the Olympics.
Speaking of surfing, surf diva Isabelle Tihanyi's girl surf clinics are going
off every weekend. She also offers custom surf trips to cool, hidden locations.
Lots of women snowboarders have taken her clinics in the past.. If you're
headed to the ASR show this September 5-7, try to hang out for an extra day.
On the 8th, Izzy's going to offer a free clinic for us rowdy whitewater,
long boarders that can barely stand up on the damn things. For more information
call: (619-454-8273).
The Julies from J2 Productions just gave me the scoop on their all-chick
flick, "Trade-Out." These ladies have been all over the place filming Dresdan
Howell, April Lawyer, Jennifer Sherowski, Megan Pischke, and Rhonda Doyle,
among other princesses, to get the "killer footy for the seggie." You can
bet these film divas will be providing a unique female-inspired movie, which
will premiering this October.
My final bit of gossip comes from a buddy, whom I can't disclose because
she said she'd kill me. But the scoop goes like this: ESPN's Summer X Games
in June have been treating snowboarders in particular, with a high-handed,
I-don't-give-a-shit attitude. As an invite-only event, they were not willing
to help riders with expenses or offer anything other
than prize money for the women. Sarah Haynes of On Board Entertainment was
brought in to help build the big air jumps, but had virtually no say in how
they were constructed, so she told ESPN they could build their own jumps
and bailed. For the ladies, the X Games had such a bad vibe that even Morgan,
Athena, and Barrett Christy, the top-three invites, decided against competing
in it and opted for the MTV Games, this October. Why? More prize money, expenses
are covered, and the women riders are even paid just to show up because,
as my source says, "It's a show, not a contest, and they respect what we
are doing as women athletes." You go grrls!
So there you have it my princesses. I'm headed to the beaches in Cali, so
I'll see you all when I get back--tan, happy, blonder, and hopefully, a surfing
diva!
Love,
[email protected]
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