ABOUT
MINNA STESS
2019 Bronze Medalist USA National Championships
2021 Gold Medalist USA National Championships
2023 Bronze Medalist Women’s Skateboard Park World Championship
2024 USA OLYMPIC TEAM MEMBER 🇺🇸
ABOUT
MINNA STESS
2019 Bronze Medalist USA National Championships
2021 Gold Medalist USA National Championships
2023 Bronze Medalist Women’s Skateboard Park World Championship
2024 USA OLYMPIC TEAM MEMBER 🇺🇸
MEET MINNA
Women’s 2023 World Championships Park Bronze Medalist and Skateboarding National Champion Minna Stess is leading the next generation of teenage skateboarding phenoms as the sport has skyrocketed its way into the mainstream. The 18-year-old Petaluma, CA native is the first and only American woman park skater to ever podium in an Olympic qualifier or World Championships. She began skating while still in diapers and was winning major amateur competitions by the time she turned eight. By age 10, she had podiumed at both Exposure Skate and the World Cup Contest Series 14 and competed in her first Pro women’s contests at age 11. At age 13, she was competing in three of the most hotly contested tournaments in the sport; XGames, Dew Tour, and the USA National Championships. She took first place at the 2021 USA National Championships’ Women’s Park competition – At Just 15 years and two months, Minna was the youngest ever to win her category. In October 2022, Minna podiumed in the Women's Park division of the STU Open Rio 2022, placing third in the category. She was named to the USA Skateboarding Women’s Park National Team in 2019 and is currently competing with the team for the fifth consecutive year. She was an alternate for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and competed at the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024. Minna’s skateboarding prowess and steady ascension within the sport have earned her notable coverage in top media, including CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, PEOPLE, The Player’s Tribune, and others. Off her skateboard, Minna is humble and authentic and enjoys spending time with friends, playing video games, and dipping her toe into acting. Follow her on Instagram (@minnastess), Twitter (@minnastess), and TikTok (@minnastess).
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“I've always been competitive,” she tells Teen Vogue. “But I never thought the Olympics would be something that I could be doing. It's kind of crazy that this is all happening now.” - Teen Vogue (2024)
“Minna Stess Makes History” - Teamusa.com (2023)
“Her aesthetic and style translates no matter her results. It helps that she’s really good, but one way or another, Minna is going to be the poster girl for the next decade” - San Francisco Chronicle (2022)
“Minna Stess skates to her own tune. It’s what helped make her the youngest female skateboarder ever to win a USA Skateboarding championship” – Fox 5 San Diego (2022)
“It's barely a moment since she got started, but she's not chasing the board down the hill anymore. Minna Stess is now chasing some very big dreams” - CNN (2021)
“Petaluma’s Minna Stess is on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of her world at an age when many teenagers are worried about their algebra finals” – Petaluma Press Democrat(2020)
“She skates like the sound of a slick Britpop song… The 2021 USA Skateboarding national champion in women’s park skates so smoothly that last summer, she was selected as an alternate for the Tokyo Olympics at just 15” – LA Times (2022)
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