Brandon Turner (born ), also known as Lil B, is an American
professional skateboarder.
Career
Brandon Turner, born , was a youth prodigy skateboarder.
Also known as "Lil B", Turner rode with
Chad Muska's Shorty's group and came of age during a time of lavish excess for skateboarding, including alcohol and drugs. Following some injuries and time in prison, Turner went through a period of recovery.
After turning sober in the late 2010s, he began teaching
Pilates
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, mentoring in addiction recovery programs, and returned to skateboarding in what ''
The New York Times
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'' called "an impressive late-career renaissance".
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Living people
1980s births
Year of birth uncertain
African-American skateboarders
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