As Sidewalk put it yesterday, Elissa Steamer is for sure “one of the most iconic female skaters”. Take a look at this video of Elissa shredding whilst talking of her favourite skaters, retirement and making a living from her company Gnarhunters.
Skater Bio : Carla Calero
If you’ve been to any of the skate events from this year, you’ll definitely have seen Carla ripping it up big time, with a look of friendly composure on her face and her impressive thigh tattoos out. I first met Carla properly at the Brighton event for Go Skate Day and was well impressed with her determination and natural skill – she makes it all look so easy! I’d already seen Carla as part of a girl skater feature in a magazine (either Cooler or Coven, I can’t remember which) and had thought “now there’s someone who lives to skate”. You can see it in the way she seems to put more energy into skating than most people put into other forms of artistic expression.
Above: flip on the transition
I caught up with the 20-year-old after she’d had a very busy week – working as a skateboarding instructor and as a barista.
Great to finally catch up with you! What have you been up to?
It’s been a super busy week for me, I’ve been working… and skating of course.
So, you’re from Spain originally… that’s a pretty big move. I’m living in south west of London at the moment with my boyfriend. I moved to stay with my boyfriend, and obviously to skate!
Above: tail stall
Is there a difference between the skate scene back in Spain and here in the UK? Yeah, I think there is a big difference between the UK scene and the Spanish one. We don’t have many events for girls. There are not many girls in Spain, but the few girls that skate in Spain are really good, I would like to mention some of them: Andrea benitez, Clara Ferrer, Anais becca, Amanda Perez…
It’s great that you’re super supportive. I’m always impressed by the girls scene in Spain. What was the hardest thing about moving to England?
The language.
How did you get into skating? Lots of girls end up stopping…
It happened two years ago when my boyfriend encouraged me to try skateboarding. I just can’t stop skating, this sport has become a big part of my life and my routine. I meet a lot of girls who skate, and that makes me want to skate more. 
Above: front side flip
What other things do you do apart from skate?
I like hanging out with friends, playing video games, surfing…
Most people have a favourite skate spot – what’s yours?
In London – Clapham Common, Mile End, or any good street spot.
Where in the world would you love to skate other than your fave London spots? California, Poland, Berlin, and Melbourne.
Yes, I’m with you there for Berlin and California. Berlin is my favourite city to skate in – it was built fort us! I’ll have to check Poland out too. What does skateboarding mean to you?
For me it is a way of life.
Best advice you’ve heard or would give to fellow skateboarders?
The best advice someone gave me is just have fun skating, and don’t worry about what other people think about you. This is my advice: Skate for fun, respect, improve your tricks, and love skateboarding. 
Above: boardslide
Cheers for the chat Carla!
Stefani Nurding Copenhagen Footage – Animal UK
Our beautiful mate Stef headed to Copenhagen earlier this summer to film for Animal, she took along pal and Neon Stash boss lady Hannah Bailey to document the trip and here is the end result!
“We cycled to a lot of different spots, swam, ate really nice food, had some funny slams, said ‘one more time’ A LOT and had an awesome time. The best spot was the Fællenparken bowl, I learnt to go over the stairs which was pretty scary but really fun, the scariest spot was the bowl with the runes called Hullet, which just means hole; it was as slippery as an ice rink!” – Stef
To read more about Stefs trip, head over to the animal blog where you can also peep some more photos!
Helena Long Mile End Line!
Our good friend Helena Long is one of the countries best female skateboarders, check her out at Mile End in London with this trick after trick line. We heart her.
For more footage of Helly check out the Unicorn Jam footage from earlier this month and this rad edit from the Sidewalk vaults featuring alongside yesterday’s birthday girl Lois Pendebury!
We also have a short edit in the making from the Cornwall week of Camp WeSC that Helena helped to coach at, so keep an eye out for that soon.
ALL NIGHT HALLOWEEN SKATE JAM AT PIONEER SKATEPARK!
YEP! We have teamed up with Rogue Skateboards and Rokeo to bring you ladies an all night halloween skate party at Pioneer Skatepark in St Albans, Hertfordshire on Halloween night!
Spooky happenings will kick off Friday 31st OCT at 9PM, with skating going on until you drop dead! If you’re in need of a place to kip, (like you’ll be sleeping!) then there is space to stay at the park. Bring a sleeping bag and bear in mind there won’t be any showering.
Fancy dress is a MUST and we’ll also be hosting a SPOOKY BAKE OFF so think bloody jam sponges and brain brownies – there’ll be prizes for the best cakes and costumes so get creative!
We’ll also be doing fun little games throughout the night, including but not limited to; apple bobbing, pumpkin carving and limbo… If you’ve got any ideas just let us know!
There’ll be a BBQ and chef at the ready so if you want to bring some burgers or sausages please feel free. And of course there’ll be loads of free cake for everyone!
This is our absolute favourite night of the year so we hope you can all join us for a scary sleepover! See you theeeeeeere!!
Unicorn Skate Jam Photos By Jenna Selby
We’ve got some more photos for you from the Unicorn Skate Jam at Mile End last fortnight, this time from Rogue Skateboards founder and Photographer, Jenna Selby.
Peep the gallery below! See more photos from the jam by David Lawrie here, along with some video footage, our write up and the results!
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