Vanessa Torres (born July 17, 1986, in Anaheim, California) is a professional skateboarder.
[2] In 2003 the X Games first featured female skateboarding competitions; Torres placed first, winning gold, in the street event (then called Park).
[3] Torres won silver in the X Games Street Competition in 2004 and placed in the top ten in 2005–2011 and 2014.
[5] She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater (2003), Getting Nowhere Faster (2004), and Quit Your Day Job (2014).
She also appears in the video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, making her the third female as a playable skater to appear in the Tony Hawk's video game series after Elissa Steamer and Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins.