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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.
Ice Cube and Donovan Strain at the Goodyear Blimp Airport 2014 event. In 2012, Strain wrote a post on the website Tumblr breaking down the lyrics to Ice Cube's 1993 classic "It Was a Good Day" deducing that everything in the song actually happened on the date January 20, 1992. [13]
ESPN Extreme Games (released in Japan as ESPN Street Games) is a game released for the PlayStation in 1995. A version was released for MS-DOS a short time later. The game featured all the sports included in the Summer X-Games of 1995, but it did not feature events such as the half pipe in skateboarding.
1st in 1996–2000, 2002, 2012 World Cup; 1st in 1997–2002 X Games: vert doubles (with Tony Hawk); 3rd in 2009 X Games 15 Vert Competition 2nd in 2009 X Games 15 Park Andy has been involved in promoting skateboarding and its growth, progression and exposure since as far back as his days as an instructor at the YMCA in Peabody MA (1989) right near his hometown of North Andover.
In October 2009, the trailer for the full-length skateboard video Beware of Sasquatch was released, in which Kennedy appears in a part spanning just under 10 minutes, alongside skateboarders such as David Gravette and Vince de Valle. [4] Brandon Jensen, who filmed and edited the video, published Kennedy's part on his YouTube channel in May 2010 ...
Almost Skateboards is an American skateboard company founded by professional skateboarders and business partners Rodney Mullen and Daewon Song.The company manufactures skateboard decks using 7-ply, 8-ply, and carbon fiber constructions, while the decks are bound with resin epoxy glue.
McCrank competed in Street contests throughout his career. He was awarded one of the highest ever scores in a street skateboarding competition, scoring a 99.67 at ESPN's 2000 grand prix. [16] In the Summer of 2001, McCrank got 1st place in the X-Games Skateboard Street Best Trick contest.
In 2011, Long wrote a personal account for Transworld Skateboarding magazine, of a serious burn injury that he had sustained; Long suffered third-degree burns and was required to undergo surgery the day after he presented at a Los Angeles hospital. In the article, Long describes the worst part of the experience: