Karen Jonz - World Champion Women's vert - again!!

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Karen Jonz - World Champion Women's vert - again!!

Post by Flavio Badenes » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:22 pm

The brazilian vert girl skater Karen Jonz became World Champion for the second year in a row.

Check out her pics here



Skateboarding is now the SECOND, you read it right, the SECOND most popular sport in Brazil. The most popular is obviously football. There are 1,2 skateboards por household in Brazil!

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Post by Cat Young » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:50 am

Thanks for posting that Flavio!
Great stuff!
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Post by Flavio Badenes » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:35 pm

Don't mention it Cat.
It is always great to see the girls ripping!
Girls do deserve more attention from the skateboarding media though. Not from a sort of "girls specialized media" but rather from the "normal" skateboarding media. I am pretty much sure that will come one day, but we are not there yet.

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