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3 unusual facts about skateboarding


Another Late Night: Tommy Guerrero

Another Late Night: Tommy Guerrero is a DJ mix album, mixed by musician and former professional skateboarder, Tommy Guerrero.

Matthew Pritchard

Mathew Pryderi Pritchard (born 30 March 1973) is a Welsh professional skateboarder, daredevil and one quarter of the Dirty Sanchez crew, who have their own television programme on MTV and also appears on Balls of Steel with Pancho as the Pain Men.

The Faint

Growing up, Fink, Petersen, and Baechle skateboarded in their free time until Fink developed knee problems, which shifted their hobbies towards making music.


Alex Chalmers

He has done skateboarding stunt work in such films as Freddy Got Fingered starring Tom Green, and can be seen in skateboard videos such as Flip-Sorry, Tony Hawk's Great Skatepark Tour, and in the White Album, a documentary about the professional skateboarder and snowboarder Shaun White.

Bastien Salabanzi

He won the WSR05 skateboarding contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2005 and Mystic Skate Cup in Prague - the famous contest from the World Cup series held traditionally in Prague.

Boardsport

;Snowboarding (1977) :A cross between skateboarding and skiing, the board medium is snow, although the condition of the snow can have a major impact on snowboarding style and technique.

Bow River

The Bow River pathway, is developed on both banks of the river throughout the city of Calgary and is used for cycling, hiking, jogging, as well as rollerblading and skateboarding.

Carnavas

The song "Well Thought Out Twinkles" is part of the soundtrack of skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, as well as being Downloadable Content for the games Rock Band and Rock Band 2 along with "Melatonin".

Christian Hosoi

Christian Hosoi emerged as one of the top competitors of vertical riding alongside such pros as Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Lester Kasai, and Mark "Gator" Rogowski with an eventual rivalry developing with Tony Hawk with contrasting styles in both skateboarding and lifestyles—Hosoi, known for his flair and graceful style, and Hawk raising the bar with his technical ability and difficult tricks.

Cliché Skateboards

In February 2011, the French company released a guest board for skateboarding pioneer Mark Gonzales, who had previously lived for a year with Daclin in Lyon, and an accompanying video was also published.

Cuban Ballerina

The song, "By The Throat", was featured in the soundtrack for the skateboarding video game, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.

D*Face

He credits this to Henry Chalfant's coverage of subway graffiti in New York City in Spraycan Art and Subway Art, later as a teenager skateboarding and in particular Thrasher magazine's coverage of skateboard deck graphics led his interest in stickers and the DIY mentality associated with skate and punk fanzines.

Durban Stars F.C.

As of 2008, they have created professional teams within Beach soccer, BMX, Skateboarding, Touch rugby, Beach cricket, Basketball, Volleyball and Indigenous Games.

Fletcher O'Leary

Fletcher says he enjoys "skateboarding, jumping on the trampoline and playing chasy" as well as visiting the beach, taking photos (he is learning to use an old Pentax), the High School Musical movies and going to watch Carlton football matches with his father and brother.

Gregg Weaver

During the resurgence of skateboarding in the early to mid-1970s, he was one of the most heavily photographed riders being a favorite subject of both Warren Bolster and Art Brewer (Bolster, 2004).

Greyson Fletcher

Fletcher was originally brought in to consult on the skateboarding and surfing scenes, but Milch asked him to work with Ed O'Neill to see if he could act.

Guy Mariano

Mariano contributed a part in Lakai Limited Footwear's skateboarding video Fully Flared and won the "Best Street", "Best Video Part", and "Readers Choice" awards at the 2008 awards event that is presented annually by the Transworld Skateboarding magazine—the video itself won the "Best Video"award.

In the Wake of Separation

The song "Without Warning" appears on the skateboarding video game, Tony Hawk's Project 8.

Jerry Hsu

Following the dissolution of Maple, Hsu joined the Enjoi company and is featured in the final section of Enjoi's skateboarding video Bag of Suck; his part's musical accompaniment is Sonic Youth's cover version of The Carpenters' song "Superstar" and Cass McCombs's "Sacred Heart".

Joe Humeres

Quote: "As a long time skateboarder myself and also having helped spearhead the very first New York City Department of Parks and Recreation skatepark, I'm definitely proud of what happened, just to be making money for skateboarding is a gift."

John Cardiel

AntiHero is a board company that was founded by professional skateboarder, Julien Stranger, in 1995, following a proposition from Jim Thiebaud (co-founder and owner of Deluxe Distribution), who is reported—by Jake Phelps, editor-in-chief of Thrasher magazine—to have offered Stranger the opportunity during a period of time when both Stranger and Phelps perceived skateboarding as "stale".

Lauren Perkins

Perkins was a stunt double for Jennifer Morrison in the film Grind, performing the characters skateboarding scenes.

Like the Angel

"Like the Angel" is featured on the soundtrack to the skateboarding video game, Tony Hawk's Underground.

Mario Rubalcaba

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Rubalcaba was a professional skateboarder, skating for Team Alva.

Mini ramp

Mini ramps are also known for their appearance in skateboarding videos, such as Almost's "Cheese and Crackers", which stars Almost skateboarders Daewon Song and Chris Haslam.

Pat Ngoho

The show marked the history of skateboarding in America and showcases the art of skating by legendary names like: Lance Mountain, Pat Ngoho, Steve Caballero, Steve Olson and many more, from the past to the present.

Patti McGee

In 2010, International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) held the "2nd Annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame Honors Six of the Most Influential Skateboarders of All Time." Patti McGee was the first female to ever be inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame.

Peter Ramondetta

He eventually became known as the "local hero"—a title earned after skateboarding at Tulsa's famed downtown Bartlet Square, with Kerry Getz, Elissa Steamer, Brian Anderson, and Ed Templeton, following a skateboard demo held by the Toy Machine team.

Pounding

The track was used in Mike Taylor's part in Skate More, a skateboarding video released by DVS Shoes in 2005.

Skitch

Skitching, hitching a ride on a car's bumper while skateboarding, or in the snow

Sydney Adventist College

Some of the sports include: Aqua Aerobics, Tennis, Laser Tag, Skateboarding, Golf, Self Defence, Ice Skating, Soccer, Surfing, Basketball, Weight Training and Cycling.

T.S.O.L.

Their music is also featured in the 1984 movie Suburbia, the 1985 version of popular horror movie Return of the Living Dead, Summer Sessions (Skateboarding Video) in 1985 and Dangerously Close in 1986.

TAG Body Spray

The product launched a line called the TAG Signature Series in July 2009, which reintroduced three scents with new packaging which featuring basketball star Carmelo Anthony, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, and rapper Ludacris.

Team EY

Team EY (Team East York Skateboarding) is a youth group which promotes a positive skateboarding community in the East York area of Toronto.

The Hundreds

Inspired by a California culture, the brand is considered a lifestyle project influenced by a variety of California's defining traits from punk to hip-hop, skateboarding to surf.

Valerie Phillips

Valerie's biggest influences remain the things she loved as a kid: outer space, gymnastics, skateboarding and the paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Vanessa Torres

She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater and Getting Nowhere Faster.

Viking Skull

Later that year, Television and Skateboarding Personality, Bam Margera, asked Viking Skull to include one of their songs on his compilation cd Viva La Bands.

Warped Tour

The Warped Tour was created in 1994 by Kevin Lyman, who got the idea while working on skateboarding shows such as the Vision Skate Escape and Holiday Havoc which included music with skateboarding contests.


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