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Q&A with Lizzie Armanto
A couple years back I did a Q&A with Lizzie Armanto. She was 19 and several years into her skating career. She's one of those girls you want to be. She chose a career and she's blowing the competition away. Skateboarding is normally a male-oriented sport, but that's rapidly evolving. Gender roles are not so defined. There's a whole hub for ladies in sports, especially skating. The good news: she's still aiming for success in the skate world. The bad news: she's sporting a knee injury which has kept her from practicing and competing. What has she been up to?
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| Photo by: Ken Hada |
Name: Lizzie Armanto
Age: 21
Hometown: Santa Monica, CA
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Since our last chat, what has been the biggest change for you? Since our last chat, I've traveled to many more places and acquired more knowledge. I visited Japan last year and that was one of the top places I've wanted to go.
How often do you skate? Recently I have been injured so I haven't been able to skate. Before that I wast skating 4/5 days a weeks, not sure how many hours.
Where can your fans see you skate? I hope to be skating in the next Exposure event around the end of this year in San Diego.
What was the hardest trick for you to master? It took me a while to learn how to do airs properly but that was a few years ago.
What's been the proudest moment in your skate career? Last year, I won my first X Games in Barcelona, Spain. I was really proud to be there with my mom and my best friend at the event.
What goals do you have in 2014? Right now my main priority is to continue rehabbing my knee so I can get back to skating.
What's your all time favorite food? My mom's chicken adobo with rice is my favorite, I could go for that anytime.
What's the coolest thing to do in Santa Monica? The coolest thing to do in Santa Monica would be to check out some of their restaurants and hang out at the beach.
Where's one place you'd love to visit? I want to visit Finland, preferably when its warm out.
What hand do you write with? I write with my left hand.
The last few months have not been the same for Armanto, but she's working hard to grind the grip tape once more. "Recovery always seems to go super slow, but I'm really looking forward to getting back!" Armanto said.
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Q&A with Lizzie Armanto
NAME: Lizzie Armanto
AGE: 19
LOCATION: Santa Monica, CA
How long have you been skating? 5 years.
Why do you skate? People tend to do what they like and for me skateboarding is one of those things.
What do you having coming up? There's two contests coming up this month, one in Portland, Oregon and another in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Schools coming up and filming some more. Hopefully getting to the beach and surfing more. Other then that, lots of eating and sleeping.
In terms of skaters, who do you look up to? I look up to my friends but I mostly look up to Pat Ngoho. There's tons of people who can skate and do tricks but not everybody has a nice style. Pat's got it down, without trying. He's rad.
What do you do when you're not skating? Well, I'm probably eating, sleeping, or on my phone. Other then that I like cooking. I am learning how to surf and getting driving down. I finally got my license this year. I have a blog that I share with two of my close friends [somethinggreatpurple.com]. I sometimes draw. Film adventures/trips and edit videos.
So you were in Thrasher. How did that feel? It's just a building in the sketchy part of town, so pretty good.
What's the next step? Forward.
What advice do you have for the skaters reading this? Do what makes you happy and have a passion for whatever you do.
What's one unknown fact about you? If I told you it wouldn't be unknown.
What's your favorite TV show, musician and movie? Don't watch TV enough to have a favorite show. My favorite musician is Kate Nash/Katy Perry, I like them both. For movies I'd have to say the Original Pink Panther Series.
AGE: 19
LOCATION: Santa Monica, CA
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| Photo by: Ken Hada, used with permission |
How long have you been skating? 5 years.
Why do you skate? People tend to do what they like and for me skateboarding is one of those things.
What do you having coming up? There's two contests coming up this month, one in Portland, Oregon and another in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Schools coming up and filming some more. Hopefully getting to the beach and surfing more. Other then that, lots of eating and sleeping.
In terms of skaters, who do you look up to? I look up to my friends but I mostly look up to Pat Ngoho. There's tons of people who can skate and do tricks but not everybody has a nice style. Pat's got it down, without trying. He's rad.
What do you do when you're not skating? Well, I'm probably eating, sleeping, or on my phone. Other then that I like cooking. I am learning how to surf and getting driving down. I finally got my license this year. I have a blog that I share with two of my close friends [somethinggreatpurple.com]. I sometimes draw. Film adventures/trips and edit videos.
So you were in Thrasher. How did that feel? It's just a building in the sketchy part of town, so pretty good.
What's the next step? Forward.
What advice do you have for the skaters reading this? Do what makes you happy and have a passion for whatever you do.
What's one unknown fact about you? If I told you it wouldn't be unknown.
What's your favorite TV show, musician and movie? Don't watch TV enough to have a favorite show. My favorite musician is Kate Nash/Katy Perry, I like them both. For movies I'd have to say the Original Pink Panther Series.
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