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Sitka Skate Team Rider Goes to Mexico

Sitka Skate Team rider Rebecca Filiion went on tour with Skirtboarders in Mexico.
Photo by: Martin Gagnon
Skirtboarders is an all girls skate crew out of Montreal who rip. Read Rebecca’s report and see some more pictures below:
Last February I did a 15 days Skateboard Tour in Mexico along with 10 members of my great girl crew: The Skirtboarders, even though I was 5 months and half pregnant of my second kid! It was an absolute success story! The schedule was very busy! The trip’s goal was to promote our first DVD: Skirtboarders, Le film (shot and produced by Mathilde Pigeon), as well as to do demonstrations and judge competitions. We visited 5 cities: Mexico City, Guadalajara, Zapotlanejo, Aguascalientes and Punta de Mita. In every city, there were so many people attending the demos! It was totally incredible! Mexicans were so welcoming and excited to have us in there park! We signed tons of autographs every places we went! Mexico City was definitely the most impressive stop. There were at least 1000 spectators for the demo, and we judged a girl comp with 25 contestants. At this park, I participated to the demo doing a pregnant air!! ha!ha!ha! Well, it was a little front side air, but re-named because of the circumstances!! ha!ha! We also visited the Pyramids of Theotihuacan, and surfed in Punta de Mita. My belly and I enjoyed the beach very much as well as the virgin Margaritas!!
This trip was super well organized by Mathilde Pigeon and Julie Levesque! All the girls skated at their best! Our Mexican guides were so nice and devoted! A special thanks to Renata and her sweet family! It couldn’t be better! This trip allowed cultural, social and sporting exchange with the Mexican feminine skate scene. We had such a great adventure, and we all look forward to go back on tour again!!! I would like to say thank you to all the sponsors that made this possible. And a very special thanks to Sitka, who sponsored me since summer 2005, even though I keep having kids since!! ha!ha! But I am now proudly representing the Skate Mamas of this wide world!