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Baker Skateboards
Baker Skateboards is an American skateboarding company founded in 2000 by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. The company's main products are skateboard decks, soft goods, accessories, and wheels. History In 1999, Reynolds went to a secret lunch meeting with Tony Hawk & Per Welinder and started Baker Skateboards without J. Strickland's knowledge or any of the original riders. In 2007, the skateboard deck brand signed a distribution deal with Blitz Distribution, the company that, at the time, was distributing Birdhouse and other brands, such as Fury and Hook-Ups (Blitz had originally been formed by Per Welinder and Hawk to distribute their own products). As of 2008, the brand was the top-selling brand under the Blitz Distribution umbrella. In regard to the original Baker logo, Reynolds has credited the design to co-founder J Strickland and stated that it represented a motley company that consisted of talented skateboarders. Leo Romero left the Baker team in April 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sully Cormier
Sully may refer to: * Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (born 1951), American pilot notable for landing his disabled airliner on the Hudson in 2009 ** ''Sully'' (film), a 2016 film by Clint Eastwood about Sullenberger Places France * Sully, Calvados, commune in the department of Calvados * Sully, Oise, commune in the department of Oise * Sully, Saône-et-Loire, commune in the department of Saône-et-Loire ** Château de Sully, Saône-et-Loire department * Sully-sur-Loire, commune in the department of Loiret United Kingdom * Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, a village in Wales * Sully Island, an island of Wales United States * Sully, Iowa, a town * Sully, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Sully County, South Dakota * Sully Historic Site, Fairfax County, Virginia * Fort Sully (Fort Leavenworth), an American Civil War artillery battery built west of Fort Leavenworth in 1864 * Fort Sully (South Dakota) (1863–1894), a military post originally built for the Indian Wars * Sul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Wish (film Series)
The ''Death Wish'' franchise is an American vigilante action-thriller film series based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. The films follow the character Paul Kersey, portrayed by Charles Bronson in the original series, and Bruce Willis in the 2018 remake. While the first film received mixed reviews, the subsequent sequels, as well as the remake, were panned by critics. The series made $87 million against a combined production budget of $61 million. Charles Bronson was the only actor to have appeared in all five films. Background Paul Kersey Kersey was born in East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1921. Kersey's father was an English-American who originated from Northern England and his mother comes from Provo, Utah. Kersey's Norman English ancestor, Pierre Whítmoré Keèrsye, anglicized his surname to ''Kersey''. Paul was raised around guns and became a good shot as a child. After Paul's father was killed in a hunting accident, his mother prevented him from being aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilante
Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating, and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority. A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission. Definition The term is borrowed from Italian , which means 'sentinel' or 'watcher', from Latin . According to political scientist Regina Bateson, vigilantism is "the extralegal prevention, investigation, or punishment of offenses." The definition has three components: # Extralegal: Vigilantism is done outside of the law (not necessarily in violation of the law) # Prevention, investigation, or punishment: Vigilantism requires specific actions, not just attitudes or beliefs # Offense: Vigilantism is a response to a perceived crime or violation of an authoritative norm Other scholars have defined "collective vigilantism" as "group violence to punish perceived offenses to a community." Les Johnston argues that vigilant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Blender
Neil Blender (born 1963) is an American former professional skateboarder, skate company owner, and artist. His pro career began during his senior year of high school in 1981. He is regular-footed. By 1986, Blender invented at least two tricks, the Wooly Mammoth and the Gay Twist. Neil is also credited with naming and conceptualizing several tricks. Skateboarding Early life Blender skated for Powerflex for three years in his mid-teens. Brad Jackman introduced Blender to Gail Webb, team manager of Powerflex who signed Neil. After Powerflex went out of business, Blender skated a contest at the Big 'O' Skatepark in Orange, placing first. Steve Cathey from the G&S amateur skateboarding team appreciated Blender's skating and signed him to G&S. In January 1981, Blender appeared on national television on the 'World of People' television program, which featured footage from a skate contest in San Francisco. Professional career In 1990 Chris Carter, Mike Hill, and Blender decided to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Me 917
Alex Olson (born 1986) is a goofy-footed American professional skateboarder, company owner, and entrepreneur. Olson runs the companies ''Call Me 917'' and ''Bianca Chandon''. Biography Early life Son of Steve Olson, Alex's first memory of skateboarding was of Christian Hosoi doing airs on a Half-pipe while talking on a wireless phone, Olson was six years old at the time. Olson grew up in Santa Monica with his mother until the age of ten, when he moved to Malibu to live with his father, former-professional skateboarder Steve Olson. In Malibu he started skating. According to his father, he came home one day and made an announcement: “Yo, I'm a skateboarder.” His interest in skating reignited his father's interest. Olson saw his first skate video, Toy Machine: Welcome to Hell, at a sleepover. His two favorite parts were Donny Barley and the fall section. At a young age, Olson found the artistic nature of Jason Dill's part in the Alien Workshop Photosynthesis video (2000) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illegal Civilization
Illegal Civilization, also known as IC or Illegal Civ, is an American skateboarding company and movie studio founded in North Hollywood by Mikey Alfred. The brand produces clothing, accessories, skateboards, and videos. Outside of skateboarding, Illegal Civilization previously produced music videos, documentaries, and original short films. Illegal Civilization was affiliated with the hip-hop collective Odd Future. They filmed documentaries following the creation of Tyler, the Creator's albums ''Wolf'' and ''Cherry Bomb''. Founder Mikey Alfred was a co-producer on Jonah Hill's debut film '' Mid90s'', and the film featured Illegal Civilization skate team members Sunny Suljic, Ryder McLaughlin, Olan Prenatt, Kevin White and Na-Kel Smith. History The company was founded in 2008 by Mikey Alfred and his friends. Initially, they filmed skate videos and handed out t-shirts around North Hollywood. When Alfred was 15, skateboarder and rapper Na-Kel Smith introduced Alfred to Tyler, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace Skateboards
Palace Skateboards (or Palace) is a London-based skateboard brand established in 2009. The brand was founded by Lev Tanju and Gareth Skewis. Palace Skateboards is heavily influenced by 90s pop culture. Since its inception, Palace has used VHS within its promotional material, becoming a key element in its visual style. The skate team helps to promote the brand through skate videos. Palace has flagship stores in London, New York City, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Seoul. The brand has gained popularity within the streetwear community. History In an interview with ''Glasschord Magazine,'' founder Lev Tanju mentioned that in the decade after he finished college, he spent a large amount of time skating. He began to design board graphics and subsequently decided to start a skate company, he added. Tanju started by designing T shirt graphics. "I had a decade gap after college, just skating and doing fun shit. The brand name "Palace" derived inspiration from the residences of its founders. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Greco
Jim Greco (born December 25, 1977) is an American professional skateboarder. He established Bakerboys Distribution with Andrew Reynolds and Erik Ellington in 2007. Bakerboys Distribution provides distribution for closely related in-house skateboard companies. He co-founded Deathwish Skateboards in 2008, along with Erik Ellington. Early life Greco was born on 25 December 1977 in West Haven, Connecticut. He is of Italian descent, with roots in Naples. Skateboarding Greco has appeared in videos such as Zero's ''Misled Youth'', ''Asian Goddess'', ''Baker Bootleg'', ''Baker 2G'', ''Baker 3'', ''Baker Has A Deathwish'', and ''The Deathwish Video''. In 2005, Greco became part of a new footwear company called Supra, along with Erik Ellington, Tom Penny, Antwuan Dixon, Chad Muska, and KR3W owner Angel Cabada. Some of his pro model shoes were the "Thunder" and the "Hammer" for Supra footwear. In 2016, Greco released a new cinematic offering titled ''The Way Out'', which focuses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengo Prevost
Sengo may be, *Sengo language *Mose Se Sengo Mose Se Sengo ("Fan Fan") (16 October 1945 – 3 May 2019) was a guitarist, composer and band-leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was one of the pioneers of Congolese Soukous. Background Mose Se Sengo, was born in present-day Kins ..., guitarist * Sengo Muramasa, swordsmith {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingus Gamble
Mingus may refer to: * Charles Mingus (1922–1979), jazz composer and double bass player ** Sue Mingus, wife of the jazz composer ** ''Mingus'' (Charles Mingus album), 1961 album by Charles Mingus ** ''Mingus'' (Joni Mitchell album), 1979 jazz album by Joni Mitchell with Charles Mingus ** ''Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'', 1963 album by Charles Mingus * Mingus, Texas, a city * Mingus Mountain, in the Black Hills of Arizona * Mingus Lookout Complex, a fire tower lookout complex in Prescott National Forest, Arizona * Max Mingus, a character in a series of books by British thriller writer Nick Stone * Mingus (supernova) Mingus may refer to: * Charles Mingus (1922–1979), jazz composer and double bass player ** Sue Mingus, wife of the jazz composer ** ''Mingus'' (Charles Mingus album), 1961 album by Charles Mingus ** ''Mingus'' (Joni Mitchell album), 1979 jazz ..., a distant supernova {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
