Tod Swank is an American former professional
skateboarder
Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. Originating in the United Stat ...
, company owner (
Tum Yeto distribution and
Foundation skateboards), photographer, and musician. His mid-1980s skateboard
'zine, ''Swank Zine'', was among the original wave of underground xeroxed press.
[Christopher, Roy (March 29, 2004)]
Foundation's Edge: Tod Swank.
''Follow for Now''
Career
Swank achieved notoriety as one of the earliest American skaters to compete in European contests, placing third in the 1985 French Open (hosted by the SCAF, the Skateboard Club of Fontainbleu) and seventh place that same year in the Scandinavian Open '1985.
In 1987 Swank was featured on the cover of
Transworld Skateboarding as the subject of iconic photo titled ''The Push,'' an image shot by
J. Grant Brittain, then senior photo editor of the magazine.
References
External links
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Gallery of Swank boards
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American skateboarders
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)