Amy Caron (born November 2, 1984) is a professional
skateboarder
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living in
Long Beach
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,
California
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.
Skateboarding
Caron is at the forefront of a small group of professional female skaters. She began
skateboarding
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at the age of 12, and is currently sponsored by Meow Skateboards. Caron has stood on the X Games podium in the bronze-medal position three times—2003 in Park and 2007 and 2008 in Street. She is co-founder of the skateboarding magazine
Bigfoot Skateboard Magazine along with co-founder and fellow skateboarder Meghan McGuire.
Skateboard videos
Caron is heavily featured on the skate DVD
AKA: Girl Skater. It features footage of her 1st place win at the Gallaz Skate Jam in Australia. Caron's prize was a new
Ford
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car, which she crashed in the stadium.
She is also featured in the renowned female skate DVD
Getting Nowhere Faster
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.
References
External links
Girls Skate Network Interview
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American skateboarders
Living people
X Games competitors
1984 births
Sportspeople from Huntington Beach, California
American female skateboarders
21st-century American sportswomen