# Lynn Kramer

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{{short description|American skateboarder and snowboarder}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Lynn Kramer
|image =
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|birth_date = 1968; {{age|1968}} years old
|birth_place = [San Diego](/source/San_Diego), California, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|occupation = [skateboarder](/source/skateboarder), [mechanical engineer](/source/mechanical_engineer)
|alma_mater = [University of California San Diego](/source/University_of_California_San_Diego)
| known_for          =  17× world champion in [slalom racing](/source/Slalom_skateboarding)
| awards             = 
* USA Skateboarding Slalom Hall of Fame (2023)
*SHoF [Skateboarding Hall of Fame](/source/Skateboarding_Hall_of_Fame) (2024)
|children =
|website = [http://www.lynnkramer.com/ Lynn Kramer]
}}

'''Lynn Kramer''' (born 1968) is an American [skateboarder](/source/skateboarder) and [snowboarder](/source/snowboarder). She has been crowned 17 times as the world champion in [slalom racing](/source/Slalom_skateboarding). Kramer was inducted into the USA Skateboarding Slalom Hall of Fame in 2023, and the SHoF [Skateboarding Hall of Fame](/source/Skateboarding_Hall_of_Fame) in 2024.

==Biography==
Kramer is from [San Diego](/source/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](/source/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](/source/mechanical_engineer).<ref name=eve/>

Kramer started skating in 1985.<ref name=usas/> She suffered torn [ACLs](/source/Anterior_cruciate_ligament_injury) 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](/source/Slalom_skateboarding).<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](/source/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](/source/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/>

==References==
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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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Category:American skateboarders
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Category:21st-century American women
Category:1968 births
Category:American sportswomen
Category:American female skateboarders
Category:Sportspeople from San Diego
Category:University of California, San Diego alumni
Category:20th-century American sportswomen

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