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Vanessa Torres

Vanessa Torres (born July 17, 1986, in Anaheim, California) is a professional skateboarder. She is sponsored by Meow Skateboards and is the first woman to win X Games gold. In 2003 the X Games first featured female skateboarding competitions; Torres placed first, winning gold, in the street event (then called Park). Torres won silver in the X Games Street Competition in 2004. In 2015 at the X Games in Austin and 2016 at the X Games in Oslo, Torres won bronze. She again placed in the top ten in 2016 and 2017. She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater (2003), Getting Nowhere Faster (2004), and Quit Your Day Job (2014). She also appears in the video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, making her the third female as a playable skater to appear in the Tony Hawk's video game series after Elissa Steamer and Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins.


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Born:
Jul 17, 1986 In Anaheim, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie AKA: Girl Skater 2002-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story 2022-08-11
Known For
Poster of Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Poster of Humanity Stoked
Poster of Skate Dreams
Poster of Underexposed: A Women's Skateboarding Documentary
Filmography
Movie Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story Self 2022-08-11
Movie Skate Dreams Self 2022-03-11
Movie Humanity Stoked Self 2022-03-11
Movie The Ridiculous 6 Sexy Bar Girl (uncredited) 2015-12-11
Movie No era penal... era puñal Sex Machine Team 2015-12-31
Movie Force of Execution Exotic Topless Dancer (uncredited) 2014-02-03
Movie 50 to 1 Upper Class Female 2014-03-21
Movie The Guest Party Devil (uncredited) 2014-09-05
Movie Underexposed: A Women's Skateboarding Documentary Self 2013-02-14
Movie This Is My Element Self 2007-06-21
Movie Skate Girl Self 2006-01-01
Movie Element - Elementality Volume One Herself 2005-11-01
Movie Getting Nowhere Faster Self 2004-01-01
Movie AKA: Girl Skater Self 2002-01-01