Sk8Grl - Holly Lyons

Holly has been skateboarding and snowboarding competitively since the mid 90's. She is a World Cup Bowl Champion, 5 times X Games Athlete, TV and movie stunt double, co-host, and owner of Sk8Grl.

She grew up in Walnut Creek, Ca. and graduated from the University of Santa Cruz with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Economics.

After graduating, Holly moved to Lake Tahoe to snowboard. Holly also produced, directed, and organized amateur skateboard contests. She helped raise $150,000 for the Truckee skate park which was the first permanent skate park in the area. She said, "It felt great able to make a difference in my town."

After snowboarding, competing, and traveling, Holly wanted to concentrate on skateboarding more, so she moved to Encinitas, CA. to skate vert, bowls, and pools more often.

In 2003, she was asked to be a part of the first and only female vert demo at the Gravity Games. She was also invited to compete in the first ever female vert contest at X Games lX. Holly has now competed 5 times in the summer X Games from 2003 - 2007.

In 2005, Holly was given her own Signature Shoe with Power Shoes. She decided to immortalize her Chihuahua, Rerun by making him the icon for her shoe.

Holly has worked as a skateboard stunt double on many TV shows, including Disney's "That's So Raven" and "Hannah Montana." She was also a stunt double for Haylie Duff in the movie "Dishdogz." Holly has also been a co-host on a pilot TV show called "The Cage" and many episode of "GKA" for Fuel TV.

In 2006, Holly was given her own Pro Model Skateboard through Cool Girl Skateboards, which is the top selling board for the company. Holly is one of a select few females in skateboarding to have both a signature shoe and a pro model skateboard.

In spring 2006, Holly was one of a handful of professional female skateboarders who were invited to be a castee for the first ever 100% Keep-A-Breast Art Show and Auction to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.

For 3 years, she had an "Ask A Pro" page on Cool Girl Skateboards where she answered questions from girls around the world about skating, etiquette, boys and more. Some people even write her back via e-mail and even letters to tell her how she really helped make a positive difference in their lives. Holly loves being able to help others and has said many times that, "Inspiring each other is what life's all about!"

In 2007, Holly started her own clothing company called, Sk8Grl. She saw a need for girls to have their own identity and community in skateboarding. She feels like skateboarding is a love of her's and has given her so much, so this is a way she can give back to skateboarding and to the girls that love it too. She plans on making it a very interactive site where girls can meet eachother, design tops, and more.

SPONSORS: Sk8Grl, GO211.com, CG Decks, B4BC, Sweenie, Nixon, Etnies, Manitoba Harvest, Guayaki,