When Women’s Finals Weren’t Even Filmed - Judi Oyama, World Champion Skateboarder at 65

Judi Oyama’s story is a reminder of what women in skateboarding had to fight through:

🚫 Uninvited from a race because “it doesn’t look as gnarly when a chick goes down the hill”
📼 Paying $125 entry fees and getting a VHS tape while men got cash prizes
🎥 Women’s finals literally cut from broadcasts — cameras told to “go to lunch”

Through it all, Judi kept skating. She kept racing. She kept speaking up.
Now, at 65, she’s a Hall of Famer and World Champion — still fighting, still inspiring.

🎧 Hear her full story on Ageless Athlete Podcast — Spotify, Apple, YouTube.