{{short description|American skateboarder and snowboarder}} {{Infobox person |name = Lynn Kramer |image = |caption = |birth_date = 1968; {{age|1968}} years old |birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = skateboarder, mechanical engineer |alma_mater = University of California San Diego | known_for = 17× world champion in slalom racing | awards = * USA Skateboarding Slalom Hall of Fame (2023) *SHoF Skateboarding Hall of Fame (2024) |children = |website = [http://www.lynnkramer.com/ Lynn Kramer] }}
'''Lynn Kramer''' (born 1968) is an American skateboarder and snowboarder. She has been crowned 17 times as the world champion in slalom racing. Kramer was inducted into the USA Skateboarding Slalom Hall of Fame in 2023, and the SHoF Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2024.
==Biography== Kramer is from San Diego, California.<ref name=usas>[https://usaslalomskateboarding.com/team/2024-usa-slalom-skateboarding-national-team/lynn-kramer/ "Lynn Kramer,"] ''USA Slalom Skateboarding''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Seimas |first=Jim |date=2023-08-31 |title=Santa Cruz skateboarder Judi Oyama, 63, takes second at US slalom championships |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/31/sc-skateboarder-judi-oyama-63-takes-second-at-us-slalom-championships-local-roundup/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Billing |first=Karen |date=October 16, 2023 |title=La Costa Racing's Lynn Kramer wins 17th world title in slalom skateboarding |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/10/16/la-costa-racings-lynn-kramer-wins-17th-world-title-in-slalom-skateboarding/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> As a child, she was not permitted to skateboard, because her father was an orthopedist.<ref name=eve>Ron “Fatboy” Barbagallo and Maria Carrasco (January 2018)[http://everythingskateboarding.com/category/articles/page/4/ "From The Archives: In Her Own Words Lynn Kramer,"] ''Everything Skateboarding''.</ref> She attended the University of California at San Diego.<ref>Jack Smith (2010). [https://books.google.com/books?id=s3IROVSEMZ4C&dq=%22lynn+kramer%22+skateboarder+%22ucsd%22&pg=PA320 ''The Skateboarder's Journal - Lives on Board'']</ref> She is a mechanical engineer.<ref name=eve/>
Kramer started skating in 1985.<ref name=usas/> She suffered torn ACLs in 1988 and 1992, and quit from 1992 to 2000 as she focused on snowboarding and surfing.<ref name="Lynn Kramer,">[https://womxnskatehistory.ca/2022/08/31/lynn-kramer/ "Lynn Kramer,"] womxnskatehistory.</ref>
She has been crowned 17 times as the world champion in slalom racing.<ref>[https://usaslalomskateboarding.com/ "Racer Spotlight; Lynn Kramer,"] USA Slalom skateboarding.</ref><ref name="Lynn Kramer,"/><ref name="shf">{{cite web|title=Lynn Kramer|url=https://skateboardinghalloffame.org/shof-2024/lynn-kramer/|website=Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum|access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref> Kramer was inducted into the USA Skateboarding Slalom Hall of Fame in 2023, and the SHoF Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2024.<ref name="shf"/><ref name=usas/>
She ran the Women's Skateboard Network from 1988 to 1990, and published the zine ''Girls Who Grind'', later known as ''Equal Time''.<ref name=ind>Indigo Willing, Anthony Pappalardo. [https://dokumen.pub/skateboarding-power-and-change-9789819912339-9789819912346-9819912334.html ''Skateboarding, Power and Change'']</ref> She also coaches and teaches the sport of slalom racing to youth, and works as an engineer supporting manufacturers of skateboards and surfboards.<ref name=ind/>
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==External links== *[http://www.lynnkramer.com/ Personal Website] *[https://www.womxnskatehistory.ca/?s=kramer Womxn Skate History website]
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