CHAPTER 391 Ft. Lizzie Armanto

Gypsy Tales

Jase Macalpine

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 208 minutes

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Lizzie Armanto joins us in the studio for Chapter 391 of Gypsy Tales. Lizzie is one of the most influential skateboarders of her generation, helping pave the way for women in skateboarding while building an incredible career of her own. From filming iconic parts with Thrasher Magazine and landing the cover of Thrasher, to turning pro with Birdhouse Skateboards, working alongside Tony Hawk, and creating her signature shoe with Vans, Lizzie has helped change what’s possible for women in skateboarding. She’s even been featured in Vogue, showing how far skate culture has reached beyond the streets. In this Chapter, Lizzie talks about her journey through skateboarding, the evolution of women’s skateboarding, launching YEPA helmets with Tony Hawk, and what it really takes to build a career in skateboarding.

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00:00:00 Intro

00:02:31 What drew Lizzie Armanto to Skate Boarding

00:13:31 Loving the Process of Skating and Learning New Tricks

00:17:35 The Artistry of Lizzie's Skating

00:24:59 The First Tricks Lizzie Mastered

00:30:49 Lizzies Late Start in Skating

00:37:39 What the World Has Exposed Us To

00:41:47 Finding the Positives in Life

00:49:46 Fist Handwear Ad

00:51:11 The Biggest Injury of Lizzie's Career

01:04:56 How Important Visualization Is to Action Sports Athletes

01:12:35 Finding the Positive in the Hardest Moments

01:15:41 Lizzie Armonto on Skating in the Olympics

01:24:13 Being a Girl Growing up in Skate Culture

01:29:47 Lizzies Parents Influence on Her Life

01:43:47 Dixxon Flannel Ad

01:49:11 The love of Competition

01:54:04 Traveling the World Skating

02:00:14 When Skating Become Lizzies Career!

02:09:16 Lizzie Armonto Fire

02:18:29 Lizzie turns Pro

02:26:08 Becoming a Monster Athlete

02:31:05 Moving Across California

02:33:06 Grateful to be Skating

02:39:27 Vans The Lizzie

02:51:25 Cash App Ad

02:59:33 Lizzies Best Years are Ahead

03:08:02 LA Home Remodel - Domino Lizzie Armonto

03:16:31 YEPA - Lizzie Armonto and Tony Hawks Brand

03:26:59 Thank you Lizzie Armonto

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0:00.0	When you think about skateboarding, you think of self-expression.
0:04.0	Creativity, a community built on the love of progression.
0:08.0	At the center of that world is Lizzie Armanto, a pioneer of inclusivity in the sport.
0:13.0	From a young age, Lizzie knew she wanted to make skateboarding her career,
0:17.0	even if she had no clear idea how that would be possible.
0:20.0	In a male-dominated culture, she had to figure it out as she went. Like, I remember growing up being a woman at a skate park meant like, oh, you're there to watch the guys. And that's all you're really allowed. I wasn't really a part of their crew because, like, being a girl is just like, you can hang out, but like you're not like a part of our crew there wasn't a
0:37.8	clear blueprint for turning skateboarding into a career for women but lizzie carried the torch and
0:43.1	created a path for women to build careers in skateboarding to be on skateboarding like one it's like so
0:48.7	fun but like you also have to like know that like at some point you're gonna slam you're gonna like get hurt to do that
0:55.9	and get back up again like you have to you have to be a little tough her skating has taken her from
1:00.7	concrete parks to the pages of vogue and thrash a magazine not by demanding the space just by skating
1:07.2	but i watched someone skate my home park at the cove and they just like flowed around.
1:12.2	But watching it, I was like, it's so easy.
1:14.6	At some point, skateboarding will feel that easy if I just keep doing it.
1:19.2	As skateboarding continues to grow from local parks to the Olympic stage, Lizzie Armanto
1:24.3	remains a true reflection of what it means to be a skater. For the next generation of female skaters, Lizzie Armanto remains a true reflection of what it means to be a skater.
1:28.2	For the next generation of female skaters, Lizzie is a path they can follow.
1:33.0	You found skating and it became a form of expression and it became an outlet.
1:37.5	But you're just an artist.
1:38.9	I think that you would have found success in whatever thing you ended up doing.
1:43.1	But cool for all of us that it was skateboarding.
1:45.0	I'm grateful.
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