#Petaluma's Minna Stess A Female Skateboarder Changing the Sport for the Better

In 2013, Minna Stess became the first girl to win the California Amateur Skateboard League (CASL) series in its thirty-plus-year history.

From and article in the East Bay Express this morning: She has also won first place in the NorCal competition for street skateboarding, and second place in CASL's State Championships.

Minna Stess is only 8 years old

In 2014, Stess made history again at the national King of the Groms contest in Minneapolis by becoming the first girl to win an event (beginner mini ramp), to win an ATV award (all terrain vehicle/best all around), to make the finals in three events (street, mini ramp, bowl), and to make the top five in street skating. And this year, she placed third in the Vans Girls Combi Pool Classic (a World Cup Skateboarding event). She has multiple sponsors — including BrokinBonz Clothing, Lakai Limited Footwear, Theeve Trucks, Silly Girl Skateboards, Sonoma Old School SkateShop, and Girl Is Not A 4 Letter Word, a brand by one of the original pro girl skaters, Cindy Whitehead — plus thousands of Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook fans.

Click here for more information about this incredible youth athlete including a video of her making history as she became the youngest skater ever to drop in on the monolithic 27-foot-tall MegaRamp.