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Magazine Covers
Have you ever wondered if your favourite skateboard magazine has featured photos of women skateboarding on their covers, and how many? Here is an overview, which will be updated as the skateboard industry evolves.
Special shout-out to the FLINTA magazines that have focused on female and non-binary skaters: Equal Time zine, Check it Out (Brazil / U.S.), Push(Canada), OH-SO, Quell, Dolores (Spain), SKATEISM, Bigfoot, Mess Mag, Mag De Zine (France) and Into the Mirror (Brazil). See the page on Zines for more DIY publications.
Jump down to: 1960s / 1970s / 1980s & 1990s / 2000s: Check it Out / 2000-2010 / 2011-2019 / FLINTA focus / 2020-2022 / 2023-2025
1960s
- Patti McGee – Life, May 1965 (Bill Eppridge)
- Patti McGee – Skateboarder, October 1965 (Ron Stoner)
*Skateboarder was briefly called The Quarterly Skateboarder and had two runs from Winter 1964 – October 1965, and then Summer 1975 – September 1980, but none of their 1970s or 1980s issues included a female skater on the cover. Boo!
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