California's Amy Caron is only 24 years, but she is among the pioneers in putting women's pro skateboarding on the map. Amy Caron remains as active as she can in women's pro skateboarding, even though the events remain few and far between. Caron was a star in the still-popular 2003 movie, "A.K.A.: Girl Skater," which documented a group of lady pros on an event and contest tour through the skateboarding hotbed of Australia. Other stars of A.K.A.: Girl Skater also included women's pro skateboarding stars Vanessa Torres, Monica Shaw and Jamie Reyes.

Last summer, Amy Caron participated in the Supergirl Jam in her new hometown of Huntington Beach. She grew up in the San Francisco area, in the town of Half Moon Bay, and began skateboarding when she was 11 years old. "When I was a kid, there was no event that girls could compete in, let alone an event dedicated just to girls," Caron says. "Last year, I saw tons of little girls in the crowd, and you could tell they were just in awe, which was really cool."

Amy Caron didn't let the lack of role models hold her back. She describes how her family used to let her go into "The City," which is what the kids in Half Moon Bay say when they are describing San Francisco. She hung out on Pier 7 at The Embarcadero. "There was a big skate scene there with the San Francisco kids (mostly boys), and they rubbed off on me," Caron recalls. Mostly the San Francisco kids would go to street spots to skate the rails, she says, "but every now and then we would bomb down something big, like California Street. You gotta love it. It's definitely an art."

Male pro skateboarders have events year-round. Women such as Amy Caron are pretty much relegated to an every-weekend summer schedule, but she says that in the fall she is able to travel overseas with her sponsors. All in all, pro skateboarding helps Amy Caron to earn a living.

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http://www.examiner.com/a-1504907~3_Minute_Interview__Amy_Caron.html