Monica Shaw
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| Monica Shaw | |
| Born | Australia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Professional Skateboarder |
| Known for | Skateboarding |
Monica Shaw is a professional skateboarder from Sydney, Australia.
[edit] Skateboarding
Monica Shaw is one of a very small group of professional female skaters, and regarded as the best female skater in Australia. She was introduced to skateboarding by her 3 older brothers.[1]
At the 2003 X Games, Shaw was unable to attend. Taking her place was a young Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, who went on to win the silver medal in the street competition. [2]
Major sponsors include Gallaz, Type-S, and Juice Clothing.[3]
Monica was featured in the Australian feature film Deck Dogz, as a stunt double for the character of Baby T, as played by Alyssa McClelland.[4]
[edit] Skateboard videos
Shaw is heavily featured on the skate DVD AKA: Girl Skater documenting an all-female skateboarding tour of her native Australia.
Shaw also appears briefly on Getting Nowhere Faster[5]. She was meant to have a bigger part, but her video ended up being returned to her by postal services. [6]
