Patrick Smith or Pat Smith is an American fabricator, carpenter,

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builder, skate community contributor, professional skateboarder and skate company owner who lives and works in New York City.

Early life and education

Smith was born in Germany, growing up in a military family. Smith grew up getting re-stationed around the world every 3 years, spending most of his youth outside of Baltimore. Smith grew up skating at Lansdowne Skatepark. Smith studied programming at

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Skateboarding career

Smith skated for Real Skateboards. After Real, Smith skated for Black Label, appearing in the ''Label Kills'' video. According to

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, Pat Smith was the first to

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the doubleset at LES Skatepark. Smith makes an appearance in a '' Jenkem Magazines article ''DISCOVERING EVEN MORE SKATE SPOTS VIA GOOGLE EARTH'' in 2020. Patrick Smith emphasizes the need to support your local

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. Smith rode for the Pitcrew skate shop in Frederick, Maryland until it closed in 2017.

Skate videos appearances

Ramp building practice

Growing up in rural Maryland, Smith built his own ramps in his early teens out of necessity. Smith has been building ramps his whole life. In 2020, Smith was acknowledged by ''

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'' for his contributions to a Long Island DIY

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CODA CURB PROJECT

Smith and friends poured and donated long concrete curbs to select New York City skate spots and parks including Blue Park.

Coda Skateboards

Smith founded Coda Skateboards.

References

External links

Pat Smith – episode 3 – One More Try – Podcast – April 2020

PAT SMITH’S UNRELEASED 151 PART (2004) – NYSkateboarding
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