James O’Mahoney – 2015
Follow James on Instagram Born in Long Beach, California, on August 7, 1945 (the day after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan) James O’Mahoney was responsible for creating the first true national skateboarding organization when he founded the U.S. Skateboard Association (USSA) in 1974. A few years later, he would also organize …