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<\/p>\nJuice Magazine is thrilled to announce that Patti McGee, the 1964 Woman’s first National Skateboard Champion, will be making a special guest appearance in Venice, California, this Saturday, to sign her interview featured in the new issue of Juice #75. Patti will be signing autographs and handing out complimentary copies of Juice and, most importantly, supporting the girls competing in the Venice Annual Ladies Jam – July 29th, 2017, which begins at 10am at the Venice Skatepark in Venice, CA.<\/p>\n
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For those that don’t know, Patti McGee was the first female professional skateboarder and she set the world record for the fastest girl on a skateboard at 47mph during Dick Clark’s World Teen Fair 1964 held at the Orange County (CA) Fair Grounds.\u00a0She was paid by\u00a0Hobie<\/a>\/Vita Pak to travel and demonstrate the Hobie skateboard on a national level and, during the tour, Patti appeared on the TV game show What’s My Line?<\/a>\u00a0on May 16, 1965 and on\u00a0The Johnny Carson Show<\/a>.\u00a0Patti McGee was featured on the cover of Life magazine May 14, 1965 and the cover of the fourth issue of\u00a0Skateboarder\u00a0in October 1965. In 2010, the\u00a0International Association of Skateboard Companies\u00a0(IASC) held the “2nd Annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame Honors Six of the Most Influential Skateboarders of All Time.” and Patti McGee was the first female to ever be inducted into the\u00a0Skateboarding Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n