Lauren Perkins

Lauren Grace Perkins (born January 1, 1995) is a professional skateboarder and model from Los Angeles, California.

Skateboarding
Perkins is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding in 2005 when a skate park was built close to her house. She thought it looked fun, so she asked for a skateboard for her birthday.

Away from skateboarding, Perkins enjoys snowboarding, surfing, and motocross.

Skateboard videos and films
Perkins is featured on the skate DVD Getting Nowhere Faster.

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.

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

Career skateboarding highlights

 * 2005 – First girl to compete street in CASL
 * 2006 – 2nd place in All Girls Street Jam
 * 2006 – 2nd place overall 11-12 age group against all boys
 * 2007 – 1st place at the Gravity Games amateur contest (beating out 45 boys)
 * 2008 – 3rd place Triple Crown
 * 2009 – 1st place All Girls Street Jam
 * 2009 – 2nd place Australia
 * 2010 – 1st place West 49th
 * 2010 – 2nd place overall ladies street rankings
 * 2011 – 2nd place Gravity Games
 * 2012 - 3rd place XGames Womens Street
 * 2012 – 2nd place Australia
 * 2013 – 2nd place XGames Womens Street
 * 2014 – 2nd place Mystic Cup
 * 2015 – 1st place S3 Super Girl Jam

Television and movies

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