She doesn’t get enough props when people talk about girls who walked so others could run. She’s one of those amazing women who broke down so many barriers for women. Truly someone who should be in history books. 👊🏼💜
Damn, her saying she had no idea what she was even capable of until during the filming of her first part just really hit me for some reason. I feel like that attitude is what subconsciously keeps a lot of girl skaters from pushing to be better than they are. Thankfully people like Elissa exist, as well as new generation skaters like Lizzie Armanto.
Krishtie Mofazzal hey, thank you! I'm actually a noob female skater, so this whole episode was just super inspiring and incredibly relatable. It made me think a lot about how sometimes we can be surrounded by awesome and supportive people, and yet still be 'held back' by our own attitude, and by negative feelings that are so deeply ingrained that we don't even understand them or where they come from. Something I need to work on with my own skating & in general!
A Clark that's so awesome, I'm the same!! I feel like female skaters are sometimes lumped together too often or are always called a "female" skater rather than just a skater, also they're always compared to male skaters and people always say "she's just as good as the boys", but never that she's better. Idk I have so many things to say, even though there's more diversity now the attitudes towards female skaters needs to change, they need to be normalised
Krishtie Mofazzal Right on! *highfive* lol yeah I definitely do agree, rather than "damn she's a good skater" it's always "damn she's as good as the guys." Truthfully I do think sometimes it comes from within us as female skaters, at least I know I'm guilty of it. Hell, the first thing I do when I go to a park is scan quickly to see if there are any girls there, just to see if I'm not the only one, and it shouldn't be like that, I shouldn't ever care who's around when I'm skating, yet subconsciously I do. Skating is so beautiful because it's about overcoming your ego and accepting failure again and again until you get it, not caring what others think...I think maybe that's not something that girls are taught how to do, or that it's okay to do that even. IDK, I'm rambling but that's the sort of feeling I got from hearing Elyssa talk - like, despite having awesome and supportive parents, she was still doing something that was SO completely unheard of for a girl that it was like, "Can you do it? Well sure, I don't see why not!" rather than "Fuck yeah you can do it, go blow them away!" I feel like that attitude of "I think I can" still hasn't shifted fully to "I KNOW I can" for female skating, and I'm hoping that will be the pivotal moment when the sport is pushed to another level. Lizzie Armanto (who competes with dudes instead of in female comps) is another huge inspiration to me for that reason. If we want to be more than 'just as good as', then we have to change our whole perceptions of what we're capable of, too...Everyone elses' perceptions will follow. /end laregly self-directed motivational rant
Wow, Muska pushed for Steamer. He moved skateboarding forward by decades by giving Steamer a chance. She was always better than a lot of the guy skaters. She deserves all the success she got but is still so underrated.
EMPTYHERO im a dude and that game was life back in the day....i always played with her. finished career mode over and over always found myself playing as steamer
Elissa was honestly one of the most humble people I knew growin up. She used to baby sit me in San Diego when I was 4 cause we all lived in the same house pretty much an she gave me my first board lol Shits crazy to remember haha Her an her friends used to set up ramps on the big ass hill outside of our house an they'd just fuckin mob down that shit an hit the ramps. Miss those days damn
Oh man, it's just so weird to see Jamie Thomas, Chad Muska, Templeton and Steamer in their late thirties-early forties. I'm in my early twenties, but this makes me feel a little old... ps. you guys should stop bashing her...she is an amazing, down to earth person who accomplished a lot in the past decades.
gyuziburcsany exactly how I feel. I’ll be 29 in a few days and I just can’t believe how old I feel. A couple years ago all these guys were ripping at my age. I still have a the OG fingerboard decks of all the sickest graphics. Even those shorty boards they came out with.
gyuziburcsany I feel you bro same here I'm playing Tony hawk 2 on N64 & decided to look her up pretty dope man although it does makee feel old & I'm in my mid 20s
I honestly don't think I could have convinced my sister to skate with me if not for her. Thank you! A life of childhood memories thanks to her influence on the sport.
Streamer ruled my skate world, when I was 13. There where very few girls in Seattle that actually skated. We always referred to girl skaters as Betties. No disrespect intended its just what we all called skater chicks. Any way Elissa Steamer you are so rad.
I think that its important to remember how much she innovated in the earlier days of street skating regardless of gender. In Welcome to Hell she was one of the best parts going up against some of the best dudes in skateboarding in the 90s. I think she deserves far more credit than just "great girl skater".
Use to watch Welcome to Hell religiously, before skating! That spot where she jumps the gap onto that triangle is in Miami, I look at everyday at work, pretty cool.
23 years of life and I’m moving from my hometown Fort Myers, Florida to North Carolina with the family I have made. Gonna miss this place more than I thought. Elissa thank you for first inspiring me when I was just a little tiny kid. You’re fuckin gnar.
I met Hawk when I was 5. Outside of a shopping center in The Bay, and that had me hooked on skating. But, this generation was the generation that got me completely sold
When I was a kid she was my biggest role model.We have the same first name and I wanted to be and still want to be an epic girl skater because of her :3. I have a classic Toy Machine board like hers in THPS. She really broke the mould. Had she not, someone else would have but the fact remains that she really brought about a change. Even so, a lot of skating videos are aimed at guys - "go out and impress that girl". I'm not going to do it to impress anyone. Just be myself. Dress/skate how I want.
Lolol I love her!! I live in englewood Florida for a while and we used to do the same thing, wait for the new skatepark to close and then go after and skate til dark! 😂😂😂
I moved to Fort Myers literally a month after she moved to Cali..I ended up at a party with all her friends..she is a big deal in Fort Myers..They are very proud of her there, as they should be..RESPECT.
Her last bail on Welcome to Hell was brutal. Always awesome to see a woman good enough to get credit for her talent and not the fact that she's a woman in a mans sport.
Big up Elissa! Massive influence on me starting skating from a young age in the 90s, fond memories of watching her pro vid on Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 (I think? Maybe Pro Skater 1). It's crazy to think there was hardly any female skaters in the 90s - guess it's just the way society is before people go against it.
I love epicly Later'd. it shows all the 'old' skaters that all those new school generation doesn't know anything about. I love to see all those old names, they've done a lot for skateboarding they made it big. thanks you all
@ 0:41 hi welcome back to Tony hawk pro skater on N64 🤔🎬😂🤘@ 5:07 that sounds about right that's how I use to meet alot of my friends at the skate parks or on the street 🌬️😤
Beautiful skating......nice style......clean but not boring. I hope I can skate that well before I'm 50 when my body will be old enough that I probably shouldn't be doing any skating regardless of my shape.........lol.
Elissa should get WAY more credit!! I remember that was during my time and she was the only chick that skated and even more a girl who skated because she loved skating and didn’t start because of some guy! True badass🤘
Michigan demo. I saw Steamer, Thomas (got autograph), Anderson, Satva,Ed. It was awesome. I had no idea who Elissa or Anderson was but they ripped. Actually 50'd the fun box opposite side Steamer at same time and THAT'S when I realized she was a girl. Good days. 90's
is it relating to their actual experience in that environment that requires one to become inspired? she inspires people to break boundaries in whatever they do. not just skateboarding. becoming strong and following your heart is a big part of being successful I bet 50 and Trump would give props to Steamer if they knew about her and her feats
Elissa is dope and super nice. Met her at a buds house in pb and she didn’t even mention who she was, I knew but played it cool..mostly because she was a better skater than me, and we were there to surf it was thru mutual surfing pals that we met..I definitely geeked out later tho..
I thought Cars Beth Burnside was the first female pro. Would all of you talking shit about her looks be saying the same shit if she waS a guy, I doubt it. it's fucked up sexist attitudes towards female skaters that probably keeps a lot of girls from even starting skateboarding. btw She still kills it.
I remember watching Welcome To Hell with all my skater friends and for a long time if anyone was afraid to try something or struggling to learn a trick someone would remind him that "Elissa Steamer can do that, what is wrong with you?". Mad respect.
Jaime Saenz the skatepark she references is Brotherhood Skatepark. Used to be in a warehouse off 41. I still have a shirt from there. I skated with her a few times when I was in middle school. She was always super nice to us even though we were younger and not very good.
She doesn’t get enough props when people talk about girls who walked so others could run. She’s one of those amazing women who broke down so many barriers for women. Truly someone who should be in history books. 👊🏼💜
Yes, she did she's the woman's skateboder legend ..
Damn, her saying she had no idea what she was even capable of until during the filming of her first part just really hit me for some reason. I feel like that attitude is what subconsciously keeps a lot of girl skaters from pushing to be better than they are. Thankfully people like Elissa exist, as well as new generation skaters like Lizzie Armanto.
big ups to you for being so respectful, I really relate to this comment and not just with skating, best comment here
Krishtie Mofazzal hey, thank you! I'm actually a noob female skater, so this whole episode was just super inspiring and incredibly relatable. It made me think a lot about how sometimes we can be surrounded by awesome and supportive people, and yet still be 'held back' by our own attitude, and by negative feelings that are so deeply ingrained that we don't even understand them or where they come from. Something I need to work on with my own skating & in general!
A Clark
that's so awesome, I'm the same!! I feel like female skaters are sometimes lumped together too often or are always called a "female" skater rather than just a skater, also they're always compared to male skaters and people always say "she's just as good as the boys", but never that she's better. Idk I have so many things to say, even though there's more diversity now the attitudes towards female skaters needs to change, they need to be normalised
Krishtie Mofazzal Right on! *highfive* lol yeah I definitely do agree, rather than "damn she's a good skater" it's always "damn she's as good as the guys." Truthfully I do think sometimes it comes from within us as female skaters, at least I know I'm guilty of it. Hell, the first thing I do when I go to a park is scan quickly to see if there are any girls there, just to see if I'm not the only one, and it shouldn't be like that, I shouldn't ever care who's around when I'm skating, yet subconsciously I do. Skating is so beautiful because it's about overcoming your ego and accepting failure again and again until you get it, not caring what others think...I think maybe that's not something that girls are taught how to do, or that it's okay to do that even. IDK, I'm rambling but that's the sort of feeling I got from hearing Elyssa talk - like, despite having awesome and supportive parents, she was still doing something that was SO completely unheard of for a girl that it was like, "Can you do it? Well sure, I don't see why not!" rather than "Fuck yeah you can do it, go blow them away!" I feel like that attitude of "I think I can" still hasn't shifted fully to "I KNOW I can" for female skating, and I'm hoping that will be the pivotal moment when the sport is pushed to another level. Lizzie Armanto (who competes with dudes instead of in female comps) is another huge inspiration to me for that reason. If we want to be more than 'just as good as', then we have to change our whole perceptions of what we're capable of, too...Everyone elses' perceptions will follow.
/end laregly self-directed motivational rant
Well said
Wow, Muska pushed for Steamer. He moved skateboarding forward by decades by giving Steamer a chance. She was always better than a lot of the guy skaters. She deserves all the success she got but is still so underrated.
Esp in bootleg 3000
She is a legend ❤️🤟🏴
Not sure about her being better, but she is good... and dedicated
She was not better than the guy skaters, stop.
@@greyk610 damn bro, chill
I remember playing her on the Tony Hawk games back in the days.
EMPTYHERO im a dude and that game was life back in the day....i always played with her. finished career mode over and over always found myself playing as steamer
me too =)
Same
EMPTYHERO same dude
EMPTYHERO I'm playing Tony hawk right now she's pretty cool ... Is she still skating?!?
I don't even skate, this is just interesting. People are so cool.
Aida You should consider skating, never too late to start :)
Love Elissa! As a girl skater, I was so stoked to have her in the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games. I always played as her.
Elissa was honestly one of the most humble people I knew growin up. She used to baby sit me in San Diego when I was 4 cause we all lived in the same house pretty much an she gave me my first board lol Shits crazy to remember haha Her an her friends used to set up ramps on the big ass hill outside of our house an they'd just fuckin mob down that shit an hit the ramps. Miss those days damn
Grime Mixtape Rec. are you serious??:o
You lucky prick!!! xD wow must be an honour!
Fucking blessed life
What an honor man
Hey San Diego bro, my dad met Riley Hawk in Carlsbad 2 weeks ago and my grandpa was a local pro sister in the 1970's
@@Padre619 what is his name? Are there any photos out there of him?
She's definitely paid the price physically for being ahead of the pack. Dedication. You don't have to like skating to admire that.
Late ass reply so ya probably won't see this but anyway tho damn right and well said, totally agree with ya dude
I think she paid mentally too..
I grew up next door to her in fort Myers FL. Watching her skate in front of the house. Soo Proud of who she became 💓
This girl is a legend
Mshak714 la primera skater mujer mundo famosa patrocinada etnies y otra marca una legenda
Oh man, it's just so weird to see Jamie Thomas, Chad Muska, Templeton and Steamer in their late thirties-early forties. I'm in my early twenties, but this makes me feel a little old...
ps. you guys should stop bashing her...she is an amazing, down to earth person who accomplished a lot in the past decades.
JEALOUSY IS A BITCH HUH.. I CANT BELIEVE THESE OPEN MINDED, SKATERS ARE SUCH HATERS..
This is on Vice. The majority of viewers and commenters have never touched a skateboard.
Try being in your mid 30's and seeing them. You realize you're old AF.
gyuziburcsany exactly how I feel. I’ll be 29 in a few days and I just can’t believe how old I feel. A couple years ago all these guys were ripping at my age. I still have a the OG fingerboard decks of all the sickest graphics. Even those shorty boards they came out with.
gyuziburcsany I feel you bro same here I'm playing Tony hawk 2 on N64 & decided to look her up pretty dope man although it does makee feel old & I'm in my mid 20s
Maybe its not all about being pretty and marketable. Maybe its about being yourself, doing what you love and enjoying the process. Just maybe
amnezija
I love you..
Real talk.
amnezija :)
Back then maybe..... NOT NOW
I honestly don't think I could have convinced my sister to skate with me if not for her. Thank you! A life of childhood memories thanks to her influence on the sport.
You think you're good, cousin? Try beating this high score
LMAO just was playin thps 4
+cdc71792 playing as elissa run :)
Streamer ruled my skate world, when I was 13. There where very few girls in Seattle that actually skated. We always referred to girl skaters as Betties. No disrespect intended its just what we all called skater chicks. Any way Elissa Steamer you are so rad.
Streamer? 😳
@@HowlingMad86 she's probably on Twitch
I thought betties were essentially skate groupies? Not girls that skate per say 🤔
After watching this I've gained even more respect for Steamer
Looking up all the skaters from the first Tony hawk Game. Remake 2020!
I can’t wait!
she's my aunt ; )
Delaney Jones *She looks like*
Delaney Jones cool
she's your aunt
nicholas Ramos She's that person's aunt
Delaney Jones Shes my mothers sister.
I think that its important to remember how much she innovated in the earlier days of street skating regardless of gender. In Welcome to Hell she was one of the best parts going up against some of the best dudes in skateboarding in the 90s. I think she deserves far more credit than just "great girl skater".
Still here checking on the O.G. Gnar Shredder video's 🎥 !
Use to watch Welcome to Hell religiously, before skating! That spot where she jumps the gap onto that triangle is in Miami, I look at everyday at work, pretty cool.
Legend in Girl Skating.. Skating as a whole really. Jamie Thomas is the man too and having JT as a filmer/wingman would blow my tiny little mind
Hands down the coolest chick to ever step on a skateboard, all these years and she has stayed true to herself, and stayed hardcore
She’s by far one of the coolest and talented person to ever touch a skateboard
Her and me are from the same town, it's awesome to look at the spots she skates and then to skate them myself
Dear vice stop doing pop up annotations that are nearly impossible to close
damn, are you really that lazy?
oh, im sorry.....i watch on a laptop and had not considered that. I'm sorry My bad.
Wish this was longer, Elissa is awesome
great doc. I remember seeing her skate in the late 1990's quite a lot. good to know she is doing well.
23 years of life and I’m moving from my hometown Fort Myers, Florida to North Carolina with the family I have made. Gonna miss this place more than I thought. Elissa thank you for first inspiring me when I was just a little tiny kid. You’re fuckin gnar.
Met Elissa once in front of a coffeeshop in the Outer Sunset in SF. She was incredibly nice and shook my hand. Awesome skater.
I met Hawk when I was 5. Outside of a shopping center in The Bay, and that had me hooked on skating. But, this generation was the generation that got me completely sold
Nostalgia when hearing her name and seeing her film.
Good times being a kid. Crazy how fast time rolls on by.
I'm form Ft, Myers and it was so cool seeing a pro from my hometown as a kid.
When I was a kid she was my biggest role model.We have the same first name and I wanted to be and still want to be an epic girl skater because of her :3. I have a classic Toy Machine board like hers in THPS. She really broke the mould. Had she not, someone else would have but the fact remains that she really brought about a change. Even so, a lot of skating videos are aimed at guys - "go out and impress that girl". I'm not going to do it to impress anyone. Just be myself. Dress/skate how I want.
little known fact about Muska: he's literally just a blurry dude
Lolol I love her!! I live in englewood Florida for a while and we used to do the same thing, wait for the new skatepark to close and then go after and skate til dark! 😂😂😂
She is so RAD!
I used to play her on Tony Hawk Proskater.
Judo Madonna and Primo Grind ftw! 🤙
This is very old I'm glad I found this again!! I adore her all over again Toy Machine Awesome ! But she was and is my Idol Awesome at 42 woohoo!!!
I moved to Fort Myers literally a month after she moved to Cali..I ended up at a party with all her friends..she is a big deal in Fort Myers..They are very proud of her there, as they should be..RESPECT.
"I rode down a hill one day, and I wasn't like, 'Ok, I'll move down here'".
Man. That took me back to middle school. Welcome to hell was the first skate video I watched with my friends when we got into skating.
Her last bail on Welcome to Hell was brutal.
Always awesome to see a woman good enough to get credit for her talent and not the fact that she's a woman in a mans sport.
This was the best one I've watched. Loved seeing all the Florida spots mentioned :D
Elissa you are sick. Stoked on this.
One question. Why is Rodney Mullen telling this story?
She looks like Gotye.
Tbh now she's just somebody that I used to know. Somebodyyyy eeeee.
I used to pick her in the Pro Skater games. I LOVED Elissa Steamer!
Good old classic! Vice as always
Welcome to Hell... sums up my childhood in three words. Toy Machine was the fuckin shit, hands down.
Elissa Steamer is AWESOME!!
wow great camerawork. I love how you managed to shoot Muska's interview completely soft!
I remember meeting her at the farmers market she's awesome
Big up Elissa! Massive influence on me starting skating from a young age in the 90s, fond memories of watching her pro vid on Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 (I think? Maybe Pro Skater 1). It's crazy to think there was hardly any female skaters in the 90s - guess it's just the way society is before people go against it.
I never knew her name was pronounced like Alyssa. How cool.
Elissa doesn't age. I've concluded she's the Highlander.
Goat female skater 🛹
I remember in the old toy machine videos when i was like 10yrs old im 32yrs old now .. love you steamer!!!!
Elissa has always been a rad chick and skater. Proud to say I came up skating around the same area as her in Florida.
I love epicly Later'd. it shows all the 'old' skaters that all those new school generation doesn't know anything about. I love to see all those old names, they've done a lot for skateboarding they made it big. thanks you all
whos that guy who ate ed templeton?
NoNoDigUpStupid i know right lol
C'mon bro, all of us skaters from the 90's have gotten fat. Lol.
she is defiantly one inspiring person. she defiantly is legend as well
Yea! I've been waiting for this one
I wouldn't learn who she was for a number of years but I'm pretty positive I saw her skating at Skatepark of Tampa in 1994 or so.
I met her in Fort Collins colorado during a skate demo for toy machine in the nineties
Katie?
@ 0:41 hi welcome back to Tony hawk pro skater on N64 🤔🎬😂🤘@ 5:07 that sounds about right that's how I use to meet alot of my friends at the skate parks or on the street 🌬️😤
I was 12 when I 1st saw steamer & Jamie thomas, chad muska, good ole days I'm 33 now ,still smoking...
Thanks VICE! Elissa is awesome
ELISSA!! Finally we get to learn more about her!
Beautiful skating......nice style......clean but not boring. I hope I can skate that well before I'm 50 when my body will be old enough that I probably shouldn't be doing any skating regardless of my shape.........lol.
I remember her from the 411 / Shorty's / Toy Machine vids, love Elissa Stramer!
Jamie Thomas seems to be the coolest dude - what legends they are
All the female pioneers who blazed the path and elbowed their way into male spaces deserve a medal.
She's definitely awesome!
Elissa should get WAY more credit!! I remember that was during my time and she was the only chick that skated and even more a girl who skated because she loved skating and didn’t start because of some guy! True badass🤘
FORT TOWN!! I used to skate at the same skate park behind Sonny's BBQ with Elissa! Good Stuff!
fort myers!!! the cute pet video thing this week was from here too... i met allisssa at fort myers skate park a couple times when i was real young
Michigan demo. I saw Steamer, Thomas (got autograph), Anderson, Satva,Ed. It was awesome. I had no idea who Elissa or Anderson was but they ripped. Actually 50'd the fun box opposite side Steamer at same time and THAT'S when I realized she was a girl. Good days. 90's
Legendary!!!
"Elissa Steamers a superstar" I watched Welcome to Hell so much the VHS wore out. Love Elissa.
THPS.... Rowley, Burnquist, and Steamer were my favorites...
Thought this was a new upload until I checked the comments
is it relating to their actual experience in that environment that requires one to become inspired? she inspires people to break boundaries in whatever they do. not just skateboarding. becoming strong and following your heart is a big part of being successful I bet 50 and Trump would give props to Steamer if they knew about her and her feats
I always had a huge crush on elissa back in 2001 when skating was my life
Those fisheye lenses man takes me back to watchin the videos on thps i liked the bails haha
Lacey Baker would be a fuckin amazing one too . Very interesting and cool person exactly what skating used to be about .
Elissa is dope and super nice. Met her at a buds house in pb and she didn’t even mention who she was, I knew but played it cool..mostly because she was a better skater than me, and we were there to surf it was thru mutual surfing pals that we met..I definitely geeked out later tho..
I used to skate with her back in the day when on toy machine
Muska was my favorite in THPS because he rocked the backwards hat and backpack.
Radical
Such an inspiring person, I wish someone would teach me how to skate. I'm autistic and I feel I could achieve a lot.
She's so rad.
6:07 button up and books in the background haha so sk8r
I thought Cars Beth Burnside was the first female pro. Would all of you talking shit about her looks be saying the same shit if she waS a guy, I doubt it. it's fucked up sexist attitudes towards female skaters that probably keeps a lot of girls from even starting skateboarding. btw She still kills it.
+impactofredemption Trigger alert, gamer with mummy issues who is actively a prick.
impactofredemption Why do you keep calling me a Sexy Juicy Wombat? :(
impactofredemption Wait,what sign?
impactofredemption But you don't know what I look like. Unless your mum told you.
its weird how since I actually lost my virginity that seems to be the only lazy insult attention seeking idiots like you use
Very Good 👏👏👏👏👏
I didn't know elissa skateboarded in the 80's that's so sick 😎
I remember watching Welcome To Hell with all my skater friends and for a long time if anyone was afraid to try something or struggling to learn a trick someone would remind him that "Elissa Steamer can do that, what is wrong with you?". Mad respect.
nice watched this 10 years ago, seeing that florida thunder truck again was well worth it though
Mark Gonzales book in the background when Templetons talking
I thought she had wicked buttery talent ever since I saw her part in Welcome To Hell and been a fan of hers since
Her part in Welcome to Hell defined my view of skateboarding. And she still rips.
Watching this in Ft Myers florida right now... when she said she was from there I shit the fuckin bed fam
Jaime Saenz the skatepark she references is Brotherhood Skatepark. Used to be in a warehouse off 41. I still have a shirt from there. I skated with her a few times when I was in middle school. She was always super nice to us even though we were younger and not very good.