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Oyama began her career in graphic design in the 1970s, silk screening skateboards at Santa Cruz
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Oyama began skating professionally in the mid-1970s at age 16, competing mainly in men's skateboarding contests, as women's categories had not yet been established in the sport. As the only female competitor in the 1977 Capitola
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Judi Oyama was born in 1960, in Santa Cruz, California. She began skateboarding at 13 years of age in her driveway. Her brother built her first skateboard in his wood shop class at Aptos Junior High. She attended
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