Z-Girl
Revolutionary skater, surfer, artist and activist Peggy Oki keeps the stoke alive
Written by Jim O'Mahoney
Enter the Zephyr Team: Dogtown's finest, feral and on fire, led by Jeff Ho and Craig Stecyk lll. These guys attacked with nonstop grind, handstand, powerslide, low hand plants, '70s surf moves with skate tricks thrown in and with a lot of improv.
The crowd howled a nonstop hoot! When the boys were done, Zephyr's only female member surfer, skater Peggy Oki was called up. When rolling into the arena she immediately slowed down the pace with a controlled and focused routine, hand down low turns, wheelies, 360s, a perfect flowing surf skate presentation softening the blow of rad.
When the smoke cleared, Peggy Oki had won the gold and became the first National Freestyle Skateboard Champion.
