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Chicks in Bowls

by Keely Damara, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 30, 2018

<h1>Chicks in Bowls</h1> <p class="byline">by Keely Damara, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 30, 2018</p> <p>Chicks in Bowls, an online apparel and gear shop with a crew of sponsored female skaters, fosters a community with a simple mission: to encourage skaters of all genders and identities to take to the streets and skate parks on quads. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CIBBend/" target="_blank">Chicks in Bowls Bend</a> hosts family-friendly events and meetups once or twice a month.&nbsp;</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-20.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-20.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10265" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Gloria Zef, a member of the Chicks in Bowls International Skate Crew, drops in on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-24.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-24.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10268" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-12.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-12.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10270" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Gloria Zef lands a jump on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-1.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-1.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10272" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Serena Zendejas, 23, practices pumping backwards on her skates on the half-pipe at the Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-6.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-6.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10274" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rebekah Bruce looks over her shoulder as she skates backwards on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-9.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-9.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10275" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rebekah Bruce lands a plate stall on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-5.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-5.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10276" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rebekah Bruce slides along the coping on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-8.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-8.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10277" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Andrea Fox, 28, pumps up the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-3.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-3.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10278" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Willow Parker, 24, positions herself mid-air to land a slide on the coping on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-4.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-4.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10279" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Willow Parker, 24, performs a grab on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-7.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-7.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10281" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rebekah Bruce speeds down the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-10.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-10.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10283" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Gloria Zef, Rebekah Bruce and Willow Parker perform grabs on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-15.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-15.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10285" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Willow Parker, 24, skates down the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-13.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-13.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10287" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Willow Parker, 24, slides along the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-23.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-23.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10289" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-32.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-32.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10291" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-16.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-16.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10293" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-19.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-19.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10295" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rebekah Bruce lands a plate stall on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-14.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-14.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10297" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rebekah Bruce does a Can-Can on the half-pipe at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-18.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-18.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10298" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-22.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-22.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10300" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-11.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-11.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10302" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-17.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-17.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10305" /></a></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-21.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chicks_in_bowls-21.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10307" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Chicks in Bowls crew at Ponderosa Skatepark on Saturday, May 26, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/chicks-in-bowls-6131559/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 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