Freddie began skateboarding at 14, on a plexiglass board made by his dad. Early spots included pipes in Anaheim and Flower Street. He honed his skills at Upland’s Pipeline and Concrete Wave, Big-O. His early skate crew on Flower Street included John Ernst, Eddie Meek, Mark Bailey, and Kent Douglas. At Concrete Wave, he skated […]
Find George on social Media George Orton was one of the most bio vert skaters of the late 1970s. Born in Long Beach, California, George was a hyperactive kid with ADHD who was always involved in school sports. At age seven, he discovered surfing and skateboarding on a Black Knight with clay wheels. Around 1974,
Find Allen on Social Media Allen Losi was born in 1965 in Sylmar, California. He grew up in Rialto, riding motorcycles and playing all sports. At age 8, his best friend got a Black Knight skateboard that they both loved. Although his friend died of leukemia the next year, Allen has continued skating ever since. His
In July 1980, Skateboarder magazine heralded Pattie Hoffman as “skateboarding’s winningest amateur female competitor,” and she was just fifteen years old. Who knew that getting a skateboard for her tenth birthday would become a watershed moment? At age 11, Pattie joined her 16-year-old brother on road trips to pools and ditches across San Bernardino and
Find Eddie on Social Media Frontside invert. Frontside rock ’n’ roll. Fakie ollie. Rock to fakie. Fastplant to fakie. Air to fakie. Pop-a-rocker. Boardslide to fakie. Andrecht flip. And of course, the Elguerial. Creating any one of these key tricks would probably be enough to justify entry into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame. In 2016,
Find Lance on Social Media Since starring in the first true skateboarding video, The Bones Brigade Video Show in 1984, then rising with the tide of the Powell-Peralta brand as it grew into the biggest company of the massive ’80s boom, launching and running The Firm, before finally landing at Flip and Nike SB, Lance
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