Ben Sanchez is a
regular-footed American skateboarder from
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for "Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
.
Skateboarding
After skating the
Embarcadero daily for years, Sanchez was sponsored briefly by
Blind
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* The state of blindness, being unable to see
* A window blind, a covering for a window
Blind may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Blind'' (2007 film), a Dutch drama by Tamar van den Dop
* ''Blind' ...
, before joining the
Chocolate
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team in 1994.
Skate videos
Sanchez has appeared in several
Girl Distribution skate films.
Sponsors
Life, Blind, Chocolate
Post-Skateboarding
Sanchez had a short, but memorable, career. First sponsored in 1994, Sanchez retired from skating by 1997.
He transitioned to a career as an auto mechanic, in order to better support his child.
References
External links
Ben Sanchez - Mouse - 1996
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American skateboarders
Living people
1975 births
People from San Francisco
Sportspeople from San Francisco
Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople
American sportspeople of Mexican descent