Judi Oyama

Judi Oyama, born on 22 October 1959, is an American professional skateboarder who excelled in slalom and downhill skateboarding. She was the Women's Slalom World Skateboard Champion in 2003 and was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2018, and in 2024 she was included in the Guinness World Records as the oldest competitive female skateboarder. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to parents of Japanese heritage and began skateboarding at thirteen in her driveway, on a first board that her brother built in his wood shop class at Aptos Junior High. She attended Aptos High School, was inducted into its Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, and one of her first jobs was assembling and silkscreening skateboards for the Santa Cruz company NHS.