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Haslam's interest in skateboarding began in November 1993, prior to his thirteenth birthday, and his first skateboard deck was from the Santa Cruz company. The first skateboard trick that Haslam learned was a kickflip. [4] [5] [6] While residing in Singapore, Haslam entered his first skateboard contest alongside his brother.
In 2002, Gonzales then launched Krooked Skateboards in partnership with the Deluxe company [22] and, as of February 2016, Krooked is an operational company that has released four full-length videos. [23] In 2007, Gonzales appeared in the skateboarding video game EA Skate [24] and filmed a commercial to promote the game's release. [25]
Skateboard manufacturer Bruce Walker saw his performance and sponsored Mullen through Walker Skateboards from 1978 to 1980. Mullen's biggest influence in skateboarding at the time was a Walker professional skateboarder, Jim McCall, who was coached in his early years by Walker (Walker also coached a young Kelly Slater ). [ 17 ]
He was the first person to win the World Round-Up Freestyle Championships using two skateboards at the same time. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He was the subject of the Brett Novak film ISAMU . [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
The story behind the first video from the Blind skateboard team back in 1991 is a much-fabled tale. But strip everything back to the raw skating within and it still holds its legendary status". [2] Thrasher has inducted 3 out of the 5 skateboarding parts (Jason Lee, Mark Gonzales and Guy Mariano) in Video Days into their "classics" video section.
Steve Olson is a 1970s-1980s era American professional skateboarder and contemporary artist [3] originally from Orange County, California.. In 1979, he was sponsored by Santa Cruz Skateboards, turning professional alongside of teammates Duane Peters and Steve Alba.