What inspires you to compete?
I skate to encourage young and older women to get out and skate. It`s never too late. I`ve enjoyed skating for all these years. I always have other mom`s and girlfriends of skaters encouraging me to keep skating and how they are glad I`m still out there representing. It`s fun and I`ve had many girlfriends and wife`s of skaters get out and start skating. It`s not that fun watching and not doing it.
Why do you compete?
It helps me to set goals with real dates and keeps me in shape. It`s a good excuse to visit with my skate friends at the events and meet new ones as well. New terrain is always a bonus.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Exactly what I`m doing now. I would like to be doing more art. Painting and drawing for fun. It`s all about having enough time these days. I never thought I`d still be skating and competing that`s for sure. Here`s a tip. Never stop! doing what you love. Even if people tell you your too old or that your a girl.
Do you like to travel? What's your best (clean) road trip story?
Yes, I go to some west coast events. One great one is in Hood River Oregon the other is in Breckenridge Colorado. It`s tough to get use to the altitude. Added to racing, walking up and down the hill it`s a bit tough on the system. Hood River had an amazing 100 cone course on a road that had an amazing view. It was a single lane course and with every turn down the mountain you got a surprise of how the cones were arranged how fast or slow you needed to correct to make sure you didn`t go over the side of the mountain or hit the rock wall that was on the other side. No run outs total commitment and a foot brake that made shoes smoke at the bottom.
Employment / Experience Summary
I've have a small design business called Maximum Impact Design since 1986 doing surf, skate and snow graphics. A year ago I finished the Fullpipe wave art public art project at the Santa Cruz Skate Park with Jimbo Phillips. I have over 20 years of graphic design industry experience creating graphic design for many of the top consumer brands. My strengths are in all things print, which includes in-store graphic displays, packaging, catalogs, product graphics, trade show exhibit signage, and currently I am adding web and mulitmedia design experience to the mix.