Lonnie is a great guy I am lucky to know him. I used to wakeboard with Lonnie in the early 90’s out of the Ventura harbor. Lucky… he made his own wood wakeboards
He had a guy called Wee Willi Winkels (I shit you not) from Collingwood Canada who made laminated skatedecks and the 8 wheeler. They were friends, but Willi was the prototype guy and manufacturer
Lonnie Toft is a true renaissance man….
Besides being a pioneer/designer/inventor in skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and hydrofoils-he’s also an incredible athlete, artist and a master carpenter.
A true legend, in every sense of the word.
And, he’s been a loyal lifelong friend to me…
who is, the other Steve Olson, from Hollywood Beach 🙂
Lonnie definitely has earned this honor. His entire life he has dedicated himself to getting ‘outside of the box’. He is an Action Sports Pioneer. Skateboarding, wakeboards and snowboarding (not to mention paddle boarding, sail boarding and . . . ??) he does with passion. Lonnie was on the lake November 1, 2021 wakeboarding and out there on the hydrofoil. He still gets out there and lives it!! And he still presses and shapes his own custom skate decks. Like I said, he is still living it!!
Lonnie and Alan Scott were the first ones to introduce me to surfing. We also used to take the trucks off of skateboards and surf the dunes at point dune before they had snow boards. I’m so glad that Lonnie and Alan were part of my life. To this day I still skate and SUP surf and think of them all the time.
LT is a true pioneer of many things other than the 8 wheeler! Great job LT
Lonnie is a great guy I am lucky to know him. I used to wakeboard with Lonnie in the early 90’s out of the Ventura harbor. Lucky… he made his own wood wakeboards
He had a guy called Wee Willi Winkels (I shit you not) from Collingwood Canada who made laminated skatedecks and the 8 wheeler. They were friends, but Willi was the prototype guy and manufacturer
Lonnie Toft is a true renaissance man….
Besides being a pioneer/designer/inventor in skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and hydrofoils-he’s also an incredible athlete, artist and a master carpenter.
A true legend, in every sense of the word.
And, he’s been a loyal lifelong friend to me…
who is, the other Steve Olson, from Hollywood Beach 🙂
Lonnie definitely has earned this honor. His entire life he has dedicated himself to getting ‘outside of the box’. He is an Action Sports Pioneer. Skateboarding, wakeboards and snowboarding (not to mention paddle boarding, sail boarding and . . . ??) he does with passion. Lonnie was on the lake November 1, 2021 wakeboarding and out there on the hydrofoil. He still gets out there and lives it!! And he still presses and shapes his own custom skate decks. Like I said, he is still living it!!
Lonnie and Alan Scott were the first ones to introduce me to surfing. We also used to take the trucks off of skateboards and surf the dunes at point dune before they had snow boards. I’m so glad that Lonnie and Alan were part of my life. To this day I still skate and SUP surf and think of them all the time.