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Amy Ellington
Amy Gunther Ellington (née Amy Gunther) is an American entrepreneur and skate shop owner, founding KCDC Skateshop in 2001. Career Amy Ellington opened KCDC Skateshop in November of 2001. While running the KCDC skateshop, Ellington focused on creating a physical place for community. Ellington operated KCDC as a forum to support the range of creative endeavors of skateboarders from art shows to music shows to video releases. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the shop, KCDC released a Nike dunk colorway, a black and pink, KCDC x Nike SB Dunk High. As part of the release for the Nike dunk, Ellington threw a party in Coney Island. Ellington is featured in the ''Skate Dreams'' documentary, a feature length film about the rise of women’s skateboarding. Ellington grew up in Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of ...
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KCDC (skateshop)
KCDC, also known as KCDC Skateshop, is a skateshop formerly located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. History Opening in 2001, KCDC was first located at North 10th Street. The first location of KCDC catered to the NYC skate community by providing access to ramps in addition to the retail Skate shop, skateshop. Founded by Amy Ellington, KCDC makes an effort to support Women and LGBTQ+ skateboarders. Throughout its history, KCDC's location remained in Williamsburg Williamsburg may refer to: Places *Colonial Williamsburg, a living-history museum and private foundation in Virginia *Williamsburg, Brooklyn, neighborhood in New York City *Williamsburg, former name of Kernville (former town), California *Williams ... despite rising rents, until 2024 when Ellington closed the physical location of the skate shop due to Economy of New York City, rising rents. In 2022, KCDC released a hightop Nike Dunk, Nike SB Dunk in a pink and black colorway. KCDC is recogn ...
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Erik Ellington
Erik Ellington (born August 9, 1977) is an American professional skateboarder. He established Bakerboys Distribution with Andrew Reynolds and Jim Greco in 2007. The company provides distribution for closely related skateboard companies. In 2008, Ellington co-founded Deathwish Skateboards with Greco. Early life Ellington was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. In his teens, he moved to Tempe, Arizona. On the "Epicly Later'd" episode of Vice Media's Internet channel, he said of his early life, We moved around a lot. When we lived in Alaska, my stepdad had money. He made a decent living; he had a body shop for cars and stuff. But then you move back and forth. Shit goes wrong up there, you move into a janky apartment, whatever. But we vebeen up and down. I think it's a good experience, you know? To know both sides of the tracks. Ellington said about living in Anchorage that "There wasn't a whole lot to do up there in winter. But in the summer you'd get between 16 and 22 hou ...
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Skate Shop
320px, Ridin' High Skate Shop in Burlington, Vermont A skateshop is a type of store that sells skateboard parts and skateboarding apparel. When financially possible, skate shops sponsor local riders and promote skateboarding locally through skate videos and demonstrations, referred to as "demos". History In 1962, the surf shop "Val-Surf" in Hollywood became the first skate shop when they carried the first self-produced skateboards. These boards, sold complete, featured a surfboard shape and roller skate trucks. Professional skateboarder Jeff Grosso referred to skate shops as " Jedi temples for skateboarding". Notable skate shops * Rip City Skates - Santa Monica, CA * ZJ Boarding House - Santa Monica, CA * 510 Skateboarding - Berkeley, CA * 66 6th - San Francisco, CA *Cal Skate Skateboards - Portland, OR *Labor Skateshop - New York City, NY * KCDC Skateshop - Brooklyn, NY *Skate Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY * Supreme - New York City, NY *Uncle Funkys Boards - New York C ...
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Nike Dunk
Nike Dunk is a line of shoes released by Nike, Inc., Nike in 1985. Originally released as a basketball shoe, the popularity of the shoe among the skating community also led to the creation of a variant used for skateboarding. The shoe is offered in low-, mid- and high-top styles. Overview Originally called the College Color High, the shoe was designed by Peter Moore (shoe designer), Peter Moore and took elements from the Legend, Nike Terminator, Terminator, and Air Force (shoe), Air Force 1 shoes. The shoe was popular when it was first released due in part to the different color schemes that were released. These were created to represent the different colors of universities and their basketball teams. Models Air Dunk A version of the dunk that features the original upper of the shoe but with the sole of the Nike Air Train that contains the company's air technology. SB Dunk SB Dunk was used by Nike to enter the skateboarding market, launching a variant of the shoe made exclusive ...
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Coney Island
Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to the north and includes the subsection of Sea Gate on its west. More broadly, the Coney Island peninsula consists of Coney Island proper, Brighton Beach, and Manhattan Beach. This was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on the southern shore of Long Island, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The origin of Coney Island's name is disputed, but the area was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century it had become a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks had also been built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century. However, they declined in popularity aft ...
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Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an extreme sport, action sport that involves riding and Skateboarding trick, performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry Profession, job, and a method of transportation. Originating in the United States, skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated $4.8 billion in annual revenue, with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world. In 2016, it was announced that skateboarding would be represented at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, for both male and female teams. Skateboarding made its Olympic debut in 2020 and was included in the 2024 games. Since the 1970s, skateparks have been constructed specifically for use by skateboarders, freestyle BMXers, aggressive inline skating, aggressive skaters, and more recently, Freestyle scootering, scooters. However, skateboarding has becom ...
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Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area. The island extends from New York Harbor eastward into the ocean with a maximum north–south width of . With a land area of , it is the List of islands of the United States by area, largest island in the contiguous United States. Long Island is divided among four List of counties in New York, counties, with Brooklyn, Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, and Nassau County, New York, Nassau counties occupying its western third and Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County its eastern two-thirds. It is an ongoing topic of debate whether or not Brooklyn and Queens are considered part of Long Island. Geographically, both Kings and Queens county are located on the Island, but some argue they are culturally separate from Long Island. Long Island may ref ...
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American Women Company Founders
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21st-century American Businesswomen
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Female Skateboarders
Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. Originating in the United States, skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated $4.8 billion in annual revenue, with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world. In 2016, it was announced that skateboarding would be represented at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, for both male and female teams. Skateboarding made its Olympic debut in 2020 and was included in the 2024 games. Since the 1970s, skateparks have been constructed specifically for use by skateboarders, freestyle BMXers, aggressive skaters, and more recently, scooters. However, skateboarding has become controversial in areas in which the activity, although legal, has damaged curbs, stoneworks, ...
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American Businesspeople In Retailing
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