Ellen O’Neal is the godmother of female pro skateboarding who proved that skaters aren’t just a group of delinquents living in Venice Beach and helped bring the sport into the mainstream by skating on the Wonder Woman TV show. Born and raised in Southern California, Ellen had only been skating for a year before she was sponsored by Gordon & Smith, Bennett Trucks, and Vans. Here are some of interesting photographs of Ellen O'Neal taken by Jim Goodrich in the 1970s. Mission Bay 1978 ElleCatalina ballroom Daffy Spin 1977 GS Team PB Surf Shop 1977 Ellen Oneal, Venezuela, Alva-Gelfand-McGill-Rocco-Scroggs-Oneal, 1979 Catalina 1978