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Christiana Means

December 9, 2024

About this episode

Christiana Means discusses growing up in South Carolina, first seeing Elissa Steamer in the Bootleg 3000 video, getting on the Philippines Olympic team, coaching team China, Women's Battle At The Berrics, winning Gold in the Asian Games, Suffering a major back injury in Japan, getting on Powell Peralta and much more!

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The guest

Chapters

1. 00:00:00Christiana Means
2. 00:02:38Barcelona
3. 00:08:49Where did she grow up
4. 00:14:50Seeing Elissa Steamer in Bootleg 3000
5. 00:16:55Trying to hide the fact that she was a girl when skating around boys
6. 00:28:25Getting on the Philippines Olympic team
7. 00:33:46Coaching Team China
8. 01:01:06WBATB & Asia Games
9. 01:12:45Getting on Powell Peralta
10. 01:30:01Suffering a major back injury
11. 02:04:15Getting out of South Carolina & hustling in LA
12. 02:11:46Working on a new part

Links

• Christiana Means's Instagram
• Christiana Means's YouTube

Talked about in this episode

ATHENS, GREECE Part 1 - Copenhagen Open 20242024 · Christiana MeansMeow Skateboards in "Grandma" | SKATE & CREATE x BEHIND THE TEAMS2020 · Red Bull SkateboardingSEA Games 2019: HIGHLIGHTS: PHL's Christiana Means wins first gold medal | Skateboarding2019 · GMA News

Contest results & rankings

Selected career highlights, not a complete contest history.

• 4thDamn Am Los Angeles - Women's Street Finals2019Source

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