Elissa Steamer Interview  
december 1998    
     
 
tailslide photo Bob K
 
 
 
 
click below for video
clips from toy machine's
'jump off a building'
nollie tailslide to fakie
noseslide
ollie
 
 
  1. How old are you?
A woman never tells her age.

2. Who are your sponsors?
Toy Machine, TSA clothing, Etnies, and Landspeed Wheels.

3. Where were you born and where do you live right now?
I was born in Fort Myers, Fl., but now i live in Huntington Beach, CA.

4. When did you start skateboarding, and what made you want to start?
I started skateboarding when I was about twelve with my friend Sylvan that lived next to me.

5. Who was your first sponsor?
My first free skateboard was given to me by Barker Barrett. After that Lance Mountain gave me free boards for a while. My first real sponsor was Toy Machine.

6. Influences?
Sean Sheffey, Guy Mariano, Matt Hensley, Frankie Hill, and several others.

7.When did you turn pro?
I turned pro in April of 1998.

8. Do you like it? (being pro)
Yeah, it is probably one of the best things that ever happened to me.

9. Do you wish there was more competition from female pro's?
No, because then i wouldn't have a job.

10. Is your family supportive of your skateboarding?
Yes, my family is very supportive.

11. What's it like touring with the Toy Machine team?
It is great, everyone on the team is really cool.

12. Did you have fun filming for the last video?
Filming is kind of sketchy sometimes, because sometimes you feel like you have to land a trick or you suck. I did have fun filming for it and I do have fun filming. I don't do it as much as I used to, but when I do film and I land a trick it is one of the best feelings.

13. What's wrong with skateboarding? What gets you bummed?
Nothing is wrong with skateboarding. If you are talking about the industry, the thing wrong with that is that a lot of people get ripped off.

14. What's right with skateboarding? What gets you stoked?
Everything is right with skateboarding.  Just being on my board and feeling like I'm supposed to be on my board gets me psyched.

15. Have you ever broken any bones skating?
Oh yeah. Ive broken my wrist and my hand.

16. Which movie is better, Thrashin or Gleaming the Cube?
Thrashin.

17. What do you like to do other than skateboarding?
Just live life.  I like to watch movies.

18. What's your favorite place to skate?
Philadelphia.

19. What do you see yourself doing ten years from now?
Probably the same thing that I'm doing now.

20. Do you get approached by other girls, asking you for your advice on skating? How does that make you feel and what do you say?
I really don't get approached by that many girls that ask me about skating. If I did I guess that I would just tell them, if they like to skate all they should do is skate and learn on their own.  That's how everybody else does it.

Any last words?
Thanks to everyone.