Women's ISF World Championships

The games have been played and the results are in. Newbies come out on top of the ISF (international skateboarding federation) women's world championships. Geeze, why they have to make it such a long ass title? The girls got four 30-second runs each, and the best two runs were used to calculate the results.

Gaby Ponce killed it in Vert and took gold over the reigning champ, Lyn-Z Adams. “I didn’t expect it, you know, because I’m the new kid out here,” Ponce said. “I’m just so grateful, and especially to my parents for supporting me.” It was her solid tricks that got her the win, including a kickflip indy, a gay twist and a lez twist.

As expected, Leticia Bufoni claimed gold in street. She moved from Brazil to California a couple years ago to pursue her pro career. “In Brazil there’s not a lot of contests like this and all the parks and everything is more rough, so we practice a lot in really bad rain, and stuff, so when we come here it becomes easier. It’s like paradise. All these parks that are really smooth and nice.”

When she’s not competing, she skates the Volcom skate spot, Rob Dyrdek’s skate plaza, and all the street spots in L.A. “I watch the guys skating and I want to skate like the guys,” Bufoni said. “So I keep looking and I train and I try to do the same things that the guys are doing.”

Bufoni won the event with solid tech tricks, including a crooked grind on the picnic table, 180 ollie on the big stairs, back Smith grind on the rail, nose blunt slide, and an overcrook.

This competition kicked off the beginning of the Dew Tour season from Boston, Mas with over 40K fans. Skateboarding, so HOT right now!

Women's Vert:

Gold, Gaby Ponce (18)

Silver, Mimi Knoop

Bronze, Cara Beth Burnside

Women's Street:

Gold, Leticia Bufoni (17!)

Silver, Lacey Baker

Bronze, Alexis Sablone

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