Lauren Perkins

Lauren Perkins
Perkins in 2008
Born	Lauren Grace Perkins December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27) (age 35) United States
Other names	Perkulater or Perkie
Education	Orange Coast College
Occupation	Professional Skateboarder
Years active	1998–present
Known for	Skateboarding
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Website	www.laurengraceperkins.com

Lauren Grace Perkins (born December 27, 1988) is a professional skateboarder and model from Los Angeles, California.

Perkins is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding in 1998 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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

In the film MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, Perkins played Sammy Rogers,^[3] a young skater competing in a skateboard competition.

• 1998 – First girl to compete street in CASL
• 1998 – 2nd place in All Girls Street Jam
• 1999 – 2nd place overall 11-12 age group against all boys
• 2000 – 1st place at the Gravity Games amateur contest (beating out 45 boys)
• 2001 – 3rd place Triple Crown
• 2002 – 1st place All Girls Street Jam
• 2002 – 2nd place Australia
• 2003 – 1st place West 49th
• 2003 – 2nd place overall ladies street rankings
• 2004 – 2nd place Gravity Games
• 2005 – 2nd place Australia
• 2006 – 2nd place XGames
• 2007 – 2nd place Mystic Cup
• 2008 – 1st place S3 Super Girl Jam

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

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