Elissa Steamer

Steamer appeared as a playable character in the first five games of the Tony Hawk series. She was the first female to appear in the series as a playable skater. In 2014, Steamer explained that her biggest paychecks during her skateboarding career were due to video game royalties. Andrew Reynolds revealed in September 2014 that all of the skateboarders who appeared in the first game of the series were well-paid:

So for the first game, everybody got paid. Elissa Steamer, myself [Reynolds], whoever else was in it, we were laughing—we got like one check for royalties that was like [US]$190,000 or something. We were like what! This is amazing! ... I really love that Elissa Steamer got $190,000 out of it too [laughs] that’s my favorite part.

Steamer explained in the June 2014 radio interview that she purchased property in Fort Myers, Florida, during her skateboarding career and her property portfolio is overseen by a manager. According to the radio interview, Steamer's life in California is facilitated by her property investment.

In late September 2013, Steamer launched a collaboration with the FTC skateboard shop/brand entitled "Gnarhunters." Steamer explains in the promotional video that, as of the FTC collaboration, Gnarhunters is a "project," but will eventually become a brand. Steamer received artistic support from professional skateboarders Brian Anderson and Frank Gerwer, as well as professional artists. As of July 2014, the company is registered in the American city of San Francisco. In June 2018, Bakerboys Distribution's Shake Junt released an Elissa Steamer guest board along with a 'Ride or Die' web short featuring recent skatepark footage. Later in the same month, Baker Skateboards introduced Steamer to the pro team, releasing her first signature board for the brand.

As of September 2012, Steamer resides in San Francisco, CA, California with her dog Randy. In a June 2014 interview with Thrasher magazine's radio show, Steamer stated that she identifies as bisexual and, at the time, was in a relationship with her girlfriend Sofia.

Steamer eventually parted ways with Zero in July 2011 and explained in an ESPN interview:

At the 2008 X Games event in Los Angeles, US, Steamer won her fourth X Games gold medal in the Women's Street event. The women's category was introduced in 2004 and 2007 was the only year that Steamer did not win gold, as she won silver after Marisa del Santo. Following her victory, Steamer explained to the New York Times that she felt like vomiting for the entire duration of the contest and attributed the issue to "old age". At the time, Mimi Knoop, a professional vert skater and vice president of the Action Sports Alliance, a nonprofit association of professional women’s skateboarders, said that "Elissa has paved the way for those girls in street and set the bar ability-wise for all those girls that are coming up."

Steamer was provided with a three-month paycheck following the demise of Bootleg in 2004, and Frank Gerwer, a professional skateboarder who lived with Steamer, attempted to negotiate a sponsorship deal with the Anti-Hero brand that he also rode for, but was ultimately unsuccessful. Thomas, who had by this time founded his own skateboard company, Zero, asked Steamer to ride for the brand, and she joined the Zero team in June 2006.

In 2003, Steamer was voted "Female Skater of the Year" by Check it Out Girls magazine.

Steamer subsequently filmed for her Welcome to Hell video part, a 1996 project primarily driven by Thomas, who temporarily resided with Steamer in Fort Myers to undertake the camera work for Steamer's section in the video. Steamer remained with the company following Thomas and Muska's departure and contributed a video part for Toy Machine's next film project, Jump Off A Building.

Although she received a concurrent offer from Real Skateboards to ride the company's decks, Steamer first began receiving skateboard decks from Lance Mountain in 1995, who was running a company named "The Firm" at the time.

Steamer was born in Fort Myers, Florida, United States, and began skateboarding in 1989. Steamer frequented a small city owned skate park on Grand Avenue.

Elissa Beth Steamer (born July 31, 1975) is an American professional skateboarder.