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Oyola was born in Pemberton, NJ. and grew up in Medford, NJ. [6] He received his first skateboard in 1985 as a birthday gift, a Town & Country Zoner. [1] Before he moved to Philadelphia, Oyola would drive into West Philadelphia, park at Roger Browne's house and spend the days skating with him.
Mark Gonzales (born June 1, 1968), also known as "Gonz", "the Gonz" and "the Godfather", is an American professional skateboarder and artist. [1] A pioneer in the development of modern street skating, he is considered one of the first street-style skateboarders alongside Natas Kaupas.
On June 27, 1999, Hawk became the first skateboarder to land a "900", a trick involving the completion of two-and-a-half mid-air revolutions on a skateboard, in which he was successful on his twelfth attempt. After completing the trick, Hawk said, "This is the best day of my life."
Boyce began his skateboard career at the age of 16 on the advice of a classmate. A friend of his suggested the name 'Sluggo' because of his supposed resemblance to the character in the comic strip Nancy. [4] Sluggo honed his vertical skateboard skills at the Richmond Skate Ranch, owned by Kevin Harris, a local pro skater for Powell Peralta.
So in front of 1,500 kids I did my first skateboard demonstration—it was just a kick turn, but skateboarding was new then and nobody else knew many tricks then anyway. While on the Cooley Team, and standing on a Bun Buster, McGee set the world record for the fastest woman on a skateboard at 47 miles per hour (76 km/h) during Dick Clark's ...
Danny Way (born April 15, 1974) [1] is an American professional skateboarder.He was awarded Thrasher magazine's "Skater of the Year" award twice. He is known for extreme stunts, such as jumping into a skateboard ramp from a helicopter; that was featured on the cover of Transworld Skateboarding magazine. [2]
John Rodney Mullen [3] [4] (born August 17, 1966) [5] is an American professional skateboarder who practices freestyle skateboarding and street skateboarding.He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.