Lauren Mollica

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Lauren Mollica
Born (1980-07-07) July 7, 1980 (age 43)
Occupation Professional skateboarder
Known for Skateboarding

Lauren Mollica (born July 7, 1980) is an American professional skateboarder from New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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Skateboarding

Mollica is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. Started by snowboarding, and only skateboarded off and on until she graduated high school. [1]

Her sponsors include Gallaz and Rookie.[ permanent dead link ]

Skateboard videos

Mollica is featured on the skate DVD Getting Nowhere Faster. [2] She is also featured giving skateboarding tips as a bonus feature on AKA: Girl Skater but does not appear on the feature itself.

Feature films

Mollica made her feature film debut in Itty Bitty Titty Committee as the trans man character Aggie. [3]

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References

  1. http://www.thesideproject.com/laurenmollica.htm [ permanent dead link ]
  2. "About Getting Nowhere Faster". villavillacola.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. "Curve: POWERUP's Not So Itty Bitty Film". www.curvemag.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2022.