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2023 Skateboarding Hall of Fame Inductee – Skip Engblom

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With a passion for surfing and anti‑mainstream creations, Skip became a co‑founder of Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions with Jeff Ho and Craig Stecyk in 1971. Engblom would help create both Zephyr Surf and Skate teams, the latter housing the infamous Z‑Boys. Recognizing their budding talents, Skip offered not just skating advice during sessions. He nurtured his young band of pirates by providing them with the confidence and structure needed to pilot their ship in the heart of Dogtown. Engblom would go on to create Santa Monica Airlines in 1978 and has been highlighted in various films on his importance to skate culture. – Chuck Harp / Concrete Disciples

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2023, Santa Monica Airlines, SHoF Icon Award, Skip Engblom, Zephyr

Cris Dawson

Leave a Comment / 1960's, SHoF 2019 / Todd / 2019, Cris Dawson, Powell-Peralta, Santa Monica Airlines, Zephyr

Find Cris on Social Media None other than the legendary CR Stecyk III accurately described Cris Dawson as “one of the premier ’60s stylists.” Born in Santa Monica, California in 1948, Cris started skating in 1959 on a 2” x 4” with roller skate wheels nailed on. From 1963 through ’66, he progressed to a solid oak board with

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2019, Cris Dawson, Powell-Peralta, Santa Monica Airlines, Zephyr

Jeff Ho

Leave a Comment / Icon, SHoF 2018 / Todd / 2018, Dogtown, Jeff Ho, SHoF Icon Award, Z-Boys, Zephyr

Find Jeff on Social Media Jeff Ho started building and riding skateboards in the 1950s, with discarded wooden planks and metal roller skate wheels. By the ’60s, he was perfecting his style, do-it-yourself aesthetic and revolutionary designs for surfboards and skateboards. Others took notice. By the ’70s, he opened his own storefront and workshop near

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2018, Dogtown, Jeff Ho, SHoF Icon Award, Z-Boys, Zephyr

Shogo Kubo

2 Comments / 1970's Era 2, SHoF 2017 / Todd / 2017, Dogtown, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Nike SB, Shogo Kubo, Z-Flex, Zephyr

Shogo Kubo was born September 19, 1959 in Kagoshima City, Japan. After moving to the United States at a young age, he began surfing and skateboarding before he even spoke good English. Shogo met Jay Adams, Jeff Ho and the rest of the original Zephyr crew and became a founding member of the Z-Boys when

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2017, Dogtown, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Nike SB, Shogo Kubo, Z-Flex, Zephyr

Jim Muir

1 Comment / 1970's Era 1, SHoF 2014 / Todd / 2014, Cover - Skateboard World, Dogtown, Jim Muir, Sims, Z-Boys, Zephyr

Find Jim on Social Media Born in 1958 in Venice, California, Jim Muir (aka Red Dog) first stepped on a skateboard in 1963 and would become a founding member of Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, and CR Stecyk III’s Santa Monica–based Zephyr skate team, the Z-Boys, that exploded onto the scene at the Del Mar Nationals in

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2014, Cover - Skateboard World, Dogtown, Jim Muir, Sims, Z-Boys, Zephyr

Peggy Oki

Leave a Comment / SHoF 2012, Women / Todd / 2012, Peggy Oki, Zephyr

Find Peggy on Social Media In the mid 1970s, Peggy Oki cemented her place in skateboarding history as the wildly influential Zephyr Team’s one and only Z-Girl. If you ask her, however, she hardly noticed she was the only girl. Her ability to hold her own alongside teammates Tony Alva and Jay Adams wasn’t a

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2012, Peggy Oki, Zephyr

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