While much of the mythos of the origin of skateboarding is centered around teenage boys of Southern California, there was a strong contingent of female pioneers who helped shape skateboarding since it’s inception. Below we take a look at some of the women who influenced skateboarding culture in the 60s and 70s:
![Ellen O'Neal Photograph](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ellen-oneal-photograph.jpg)
![Vicky Vickers](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/vicky-vickers.jpg)
![Laura Thornhill Skateboarding](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/laura-thornhill-skateboarding.jpg)
![Ellen Oneal](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ellen-oneal.jpg)
![Peggy Oki](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peggy-oki.jpg)
![Pictures Of Female Skateboarders](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pictures-of-female-skateboarders.jpg)
![Laura Thornhill](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/laura-thornhill.jpg)
![Ellen O'Neal Hair Picture](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ellen-oneal-hair.jpg)
![Skateboarding Contest Torrance California](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/skateboarding-contest-torrance-california-1977.jpg)
Onlookers watch a skateboarding contest in Torrance, California in 1977.
![Farrah Fawcet Skateboarding](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/farrah-fawcett-skateboarding.jpg)
By the late 1970s, skateboarding was growing in size and reach, including to some famous Hollywood heroines. Above, Farrah Fawcet tries out skateboarding.
![Jodie Foster Skateboarding](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jodie-foster-skateboarding-in-paris-1977.jpg)
![Vicky Vickers Skateboarding](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/vicky-vickers-skateboarding.jpg)
![Patti McGee Skateboarding](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/patti-mcgee-skateboarding.jpg)
![Kim Cespedes](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kim-cespedes.jpg)
![Laura Thornhill Female Skater](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/laura-thornhill-female-skater.jpg)
![Ellen Oneal Skateboard Trick](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ellen-oneal-skateboarding-trick.jpg)
![Crouching](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crouching.jpg)
![Peggy Oki Skateboarding](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peggy-oki-skateboarding.jpg)
![Skateboarding In New York City](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/skateboarding-in-new-york-city.jpg)
Skateboarding wasn't just a California phenomena -- the above photograph was captured
![Watching At A Skate Park](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/watching-at-a-skate-park.jpg)
![Female Skateboarders In The 1970s](https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/female-skateboarders-1970s.jpg)
Enjoy these images? Check out some of these videos of the first female skateboarders: