Freestyle: A Skateboarding Film

[@PauloBerni699]

I’m 59 and grew up skateboarding in her era and recall her name. After a long hiatus raising a family and having a long career with the courts in the latter half of the 80’s through just a few years ago, I returned to skateboarding, only now it’s mellower banks on a “surfskate” board, where the specially designed trucks allow for much more fluid, surf-like movement. Great, inspirational video and retrospective.

[@paulhewson4600]

Ya she is and was off the hook,,,I loved being a 70's & 80's kid building boards on Clearwater Beach,,,skated well into my 20's..

[@karenbrown2135]

I love your story. I am a Valley Girl myself. I grew up in North Hollywood since the 60’s. Skateboarding was so much fun back in the 70’s when I was a teenager. I would love to get back on a skateboard. Maybe one day I might try.

[@Mrbrbusby]

Karen we will leave the light on for you. Either Eat to the Beat by Blondie or Duty Now for the Future by Devo will be playing. The time is now. We survived. 🕉

[@helencambron518]

Michelle, I remember you in our teenage years at our high school, your athleticism, your drive, and your beauty was an inspiration then. What a pleasure to see your video and know that people our age, who subscribed to fitness and enjoying being alive have done so with such vigor and flair. Warmest Regards-- Helen Corallo

[@natashanicole67]

What a sweet comment- I’ve shared it with my mom ☺️ Thanks for your kind words!

[@TommyDrone]

Fantastic Wisdom. "Do what you can do today because tomorrow you may not be able to do it." So so true.

[@sn00kidoll]

So happy i found this i love your mom so much her, patti mcgee and ellen o'neal are the reasons i started skating and stuck with it I remember seeing her pictures in library magazines my school had and i fell in love with the sport, you're mom is truly amazing.😊

[@nighttrain022]

Natasha, thanks for posting this. Michelle is a wonderful woman and ambassador for skating and life in general. MIchelle, thank you for your message here, and bless you and your friend who invited you to skate way back when.

[@robynnsong]

Awesome photos ❤

[@lisaharrach9173]

Its nice to see Michelle with a such positive outlook on life! Great video. Columbus and Canoga alumni class of 1980 :)

[@Shorepoundsound]

Love this! It's about living the Dream!

[@worldprincess888]

this woman is powerful

[@domidayyy]

Wow’!! Im a freestyler and im soo inspired. Thanks for sharing this!

[@kelseylouise61]

Love this!!!

[@kthm4589]

👏👏👏👏

[@tudormiller8898]

Whoa!! She's so inspirational, so cool. How many of today's female skaters owe this woman a huge debt ? Lacey Baker, Nora Vasco cellos, Vanessa Torres, Nicole Hause ?

[@arc.insight]

My personal feeling as a "male" skateboarder is that, if anything, we owe the women a huge debt... for not giving them the respect, honor, and legacy they deserved in their own time. Thankfully it is finally changing. And, ironically, a lot of men are now realizing that the grace/balance of freestyle is an incredibly important foundation to all other forms of skating. No culture can survive without honoring the feminine, as equal and vital to our evolution, and I mean that quite literally.

[@Mrbrbusby]

See you on the Welby Way Michelle. Om and Prem.

[@decayentivus]

Join to group F-Forum - Freestyle Skateboarding on Facebook!

[@3DEditor]

Those world championship contests you entered, were you competing in the professional division? Or Factory sponsored division? Skateboard contests back then still had world championship contests for each division. Also did you skate in demos while getting paid to skate in them?