Lizzie Armanto

Elizabeth Marika Armanto, known professionally as Lizzie Armanto, is an American-Finnish professional skateboarder, born on 26 January 1993 to a Finnish father and an American mother, with dual citizenship in the United States and Finland and Filipino descent through her maternal grandfather. She grew up in Santa Monica, California, and started skating in 2007 with her younger brother, developing a love for bowls and vert. She rides for the Birdhouse team and is sponsored by Vans, which gave her a pro-model shoe. She placed first overall in the World Cup of Skateboarding points race in 2010, 2011 and 2012, won gold at the first women's skateboard park event at the X Games in Barcelona in 2013, and in 2018 became the first female skater to complete The Loop, a 360-degree ramp.