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The following is a list of notable companies that produce skateboards and skateboarding merchandise. Companies listed may also be members of the US -based trade association , the International Association of Skateboard Companies and may have skateboarding sponsorship arrangements with individuals, venues or events.
Don Pendleton grew up in Ravenswood, a rural town in West Virginia, two miles from Ripley. [2] Influenced by his father, he started focusing on art at an early age. During Don's teen years, he was introduced to skateboarding and fell in love with it. [3] Pendleton graduated from Marshall University (Huntington, WV) in 1994 with a BFA in Graphic ...
The following is a list of notable professional skateboarders and their sponsors. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Entries with blank cells represent skateboarders who have not yet secured a sponsor in this category.
The name "streetboard" comes from the idea that it is a "snowboard for the streets". The original patent for the snakeboard refers to the board as a "Pivoting Skateboard" and in recent years there has been discussions around using more technically descriptive terms such as pivotboard and pivotskate. [7] The term swingboard has also been used. [8]
Flip Skateboards is a United States–based international skateboard company, co-owned by Jeremy Fox and Ian Deacon. The company produces skateboard hard goods (decks, wheels, bearings, completes, and hardware), soft goods (T-shirts, tops, sweatshirts, hats, beanies, and socks), DVDs, and accessories.
Many skateboard brands sell apparel and accessories as well as decks, trucks, wheels and bearings. Skateboard apparel is recognized as an integral part of the skateboard scene, and has been further developed as streetwear.
In the Summer of 2001, McCrank got 1st place in the X-Games Skateboard Street Best Trick contest. [17] [18] Also in 2001, McCrank placed 2nd at the Gravity Games, hosted in Providence, Rhode Island. [17] [19] He won the Globe World Cup at Melbourne in 2002 [20] and in 2003, McCrank placed 2nd at the 2003 Gravity Games behind Ryan Sheckler. [21]
Baker Skateboards is an American skateboarding company founded in 2000 by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. The company's main products are skateboard decks , soft goods, accessories, and wheels.