Vanessa Torres
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Vanessa Torres (born July 17, 1986) is a professional skateboarder. She is sponsored by Meow Skateboards[1] and is the first woman to win X Games gold.[2]
In 2003, the X Games first featured female skateboarding competitions; Torres placed first, winning gold, in the street event (then called Park).[3] Torres won silver in the X Games Street Competition in 2004 and placed in the top ten in 2005–2011 and 2014.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[4] In 2015 at the X Games in Austin and 2016 at the X Games in Oslo, Torres won bronze. She again placed in the top ten in 2016 and 2017.[5]
She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater (2003), Getting Nowhere Faster (2004), and Quit Your Day Job (2014). She also appears in the video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, making her the third female as a playable skater to appear in the Tony Hawk's video game series after Elissa Steamer and Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins.
Torres is of Mexican descent from Modesto, California.[6][2] She dropped out of high school to pursue skateboarding.[2] She splits her personal time living in San Diego and San Francisco, California.[7]
| Name of Skatepark | City | State |
|---|---|---|
| Belvedere | East Los Angeles | California |
| Sheldon | Sun Valley | California |
| Santa Clarita | Santa Clarita | California |
| Sunnyvale | Sunnyvale | California |
| Ceres | Ceres | California |
| SoMa | San Francisco | California |
| Potrero del Sol/La Raza | San Francisco | California |
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External links
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- Vanessa Torres at The Boardr