(March 10, 1940 – Feb. 1, 2024) FLOYD SMITH R.I.P. – We want to formally announce the recent passing of one of the original founders of Gordon & Smith. Our whole family is mourning the loss of our Uncle Floyd Smith. Floyd Smith and Larry Gordon married sisters and so this company has been truly
FLOYD SMITH R.I.P. Read More »
Viva La Costa kickoff last night. Hung out with my good friends Joe Roper and Henry Hester. I have been friends with these for a long long time. I met Joe in 3rd grade around 1971. I would take the #27 bus to Pacific Beach everyday after grade school. Hangout at San Diego Surf Shop and surf
Pineapple Nicknamed by Joe Roper Read More »
Paul was born in Canada and moved to the Santa Monica area of Los Angeles when he was ten years old. He eventually fell in with the locals and would surf and skate. He was taught the surfing basics by Jay Adams and the locals. After that, he started skating with Jay and the others.
Paul Constantineau Read More »
(June 28, 1963 – Nov. 2, 2021) excerpt from Womxn Skate History by Natalie Porter Elisabeth “Eli” Meyers (RIP) was from Schoten, a town in Antwerp, Belgium and is considered the country’s first ripping female skater. Meyers was introduced to skateboarding by her brother and friends, and she consistently skateboarded into her fifties. “In those days, there
Elisabeth “Eli” Meyers R.I.P. Read More »
(May 17, 1974 – December 10, 2022) Rode for G&S Skateboards Rode for Sacrifice Skateboards
Larry Gordon (Dec. 13, 1939 – Jan. 1, 2016) Full Bio coming soon. Covers: Ads:
Larry Gordon – G&S (Gordon and Smith) Read More »
Find Steve on Social Media Any beginner who tail drops in on vertical owes a big thanks to Steve Cathey, who invented that most basic and necessary of skate moves way back in 1977. (Around the same time, he also pioneered spinning 360s on two boards on flat ground.) In the realm of equipment, Steve
A shoeless Samoan with hamburger feet, Chris Yandall was one of the top pro slalom racers of the mid-1970s. Right after graduating from high school in Michigan, Chris started skateboarding and moved to Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, where he became the manager of PB Surf Shop. By 1974, Chris could lay claim to two
Find Doug on Social Media Douglas Keith Saladino was born of Filipino and Japanese heritage and raised in San Diego, California. He started skating in third grade on a homemade board his dad made him. When Cadillac Wheels came out in 1973, Doug began surf skating curbs and getting tubed under overhanging bushes. By the
Doug “Pineapple” Saladino Read More »
Find Dennis on Social Media Born in San Diego, California, Dennis Martinez started skating and surfing at age 10 on a red Roller Derby with metal wheels. Around 1974, Dennis was slalom racing at La Costa and practicing freestyle, eventually getting sponsored by Bahne. In 1976, he got into pool riding at the Soul Bowl
Jeff Phillips is widely recognized as one of the most powerful vertical skateboarders of the 1980s. More beast than man, he relentlessly shook the ramp, pounded the coping and launched way above it with the utmost force. Starting out buttboarding in Dallas, Texas at age 10 on a 4” x 10” Shark skateboard with steel
Follow Neil on Instagram Neil Blender’s influence on skateboarding is so far and wide–in every realm and direction–that a short summary of his contributions is nearly impossible to undertake. If Jay Adams set the mold for the perennial bad boy, Blender was the creative yin to Adams’ aggressive yang. Born in 1963, Blender grew up
Find Stacy Peralta on Facebook and Instagram As one of the top pro skateboarders of the 1970s, Stacy Peralta’s atoms were activated across a wide swath of reality: participating in a lion’s share of contests, demos and tours, and appearing in a mammoth mound of magazines, movies and merchandise. After a lucrative career riding for
