Gregg Weaver (born January 9, 1961) is a
skateboarder
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who was a part of
San Diego
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's famed skate scene and one of
skateboarding
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's early superstars.
[Weyland, J. (2002) Answer Is Never, Arrow Books, London.] During the resurgence of skateboarding in the early to mid-1970s, he was one of the most heavily photographed riders being a favorite subject of both
Warren Bolster and
Art Brewer.
[Bolster, W. (2004) The Legacy of Warren Bolster: Master of Skateboard Photography. Concrete Wave, Ontario.]
When ''
Skateboarder Magazine
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'' was re-issued in 1975 (after 10 years of being defunct), Gregg was featured on the cover of its inaugural re-issue, and the magazine used to receive more fan mail for Gregg than any other skater.
Gregg was nicknamed 'The Cadillac Kid' on account of his sponsorship by
Frank Nasworthy, who owned Cadillac Wheels.
Gregg now lives in
Huntington Beach
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,
California
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.
References
Further reading
*http://pages.interlog.com/~mbrooke/history.htm
*http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/31/features/story2.html
*http://www.skateboardsf.com/history.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20061005021104/http://www.concretewavemagazine.com/bolster_preview.pdf
*http://www.mrfizzix.com/skateboards/History.htm
External links
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzzy7tRR0Ag
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American skateboarders
Skateboarders from California
Living people
1961 births