1960s
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Author_Tootie Nienow
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extreme sports
female athletes
girl power
girl skaters
kids biography
nonfiction picture books
picture book biography
skateboarder
skateboarding
skateboarding history
skating
women in sports
women skaters
womens biography
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Product details
- ISBN 9780374313999
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2021
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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When Patti McGee first saw a skateboard, it was a board with wheels nailed onto it. At the time, skateboarding was considered boys' domain - not something for girls to take part in. Despite the jeers, discouragement, and admonitions to be “less like a tomboy,” Patti went on to become one of the most talented skaters around.
In 1964, she entered the first-ever national skateboard championship. Patti won first place in the women’s division with her rolling handstand, a move she invented for the contest and that would later become her signature. Patti went on to become the first-ever professional female skateboarder, touring around the country and proudly proving that anyone can skate.
