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Bill Strobeck
William Strobeck (born March 17, 1978) is an American filmmaker, director, videographer, and photographer based out of New York City. Strobeck directed the skate videos: ''cherry'' (2014), ''BLESSED (''2018), ''CANDYLAND'' (2019), and ''STALLION''. (2021). Early life Born in Syracuse, New York to a single mother, Strobeck grew up with his grandmother, mother, and other family members. His mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when Will was growing up which resulted in her not being around for a period. Strobeck moved around living with different family members until his mother found proper treatment. After receiving treatment and reentering his life, Strobeck's mother encouraged his creativity and freedom. Strobeck describes the void left by his mother's partial absence in his childhood as having a strong influence on his creativity. Filmmaking As a young teenager in the 1990s, Strobeck first started filming his friends outside the Everson Museum of Art in the center of Syra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, Yonkers, and Rochester. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 148,620 and its metropolitan area had a population of 662,057. It is the economic and educational hub of Central New York, a region with over one million inhabitants. Syracuse is also well-provided with convention sites, with a downtown convention complex. Syracuse was named after the classical Greek city Syracuse (''Siracusa'' in Italian), a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily. Historically, the city has functioned as a major crossroads over the last two centuries, first between the Erie Canal and its branch canals, then of the railway network. Today, Syracuse is at the intersection of Interstates 81 and 90. Its airport is the largest in the Central New York region. Syracuse is home to Syracuse Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein ( ; born April 4, 1979) is an American actress, director, writer, and producer. She is known for playing Nicky Nichols on the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress, and for her portrayal of Nadia Vulvokov on the Netflix series ''Russian Doll'' (2019–present), which she also co-created, executive produces, writes, and directs. For the latter, Lyonne has received nominations for three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Lyonne made her feature film debut in 1986 with a small, uncredited appearance in ''Heartburn''. She played more prominent parts in '' Dennis the Menace'' (1993); ''Everyone Says I Love You'' (1996); ''Slums of Beverly Hills'' (1998); ''Detroit Rock City'', '' Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby'', and '' But I'm a Cheerleader'' (all 1999); ''Scary Movie 2'', ''The Grey Zone'', and ''Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Koston
Eric Koston (born April 29, 1975) is an American professional skateboarder and company owner. He has been featured in the '' Tony Hawk's'' video game series and the Electronic Arts (EA) video games ''Skate 2'' and ''Skate 3''. Koston co-owns both Fourstar Clothing (with Guy Mariano) and the skatepark/website "The Berrics" (with professional skateboarder Steve Berra). Early life Eric Koston was born in Thailand, in the same hospital as fellow professional skateboarder Alphonzo Rawls (a shoe designer as of 2011). Koston was raised in San Bernardino, California, United States (U.S.) and began skating in 1986. His parents are Americans. Professional skateboarding One of Koston's first board sponsors was the H-Street company that was co-founded by Tony Magnusson and Mike Ternasky. During Koston's time with the company the team included Danny Way and Matt Hensley, but Koston sought a larger entity and later parted ways with the company. Following H-Street, in 1992, Koston joined 101 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Taylor (skateboarder)
Grant Taylor (born October 30, 1991) is an American professional skateboarder. He is the son of former professional skateboarder Thomas Taylor and won Thrasher Magazine's ''Skater of The Year'' in 2011. Grant's style of skateboarding is known to be fast and powerful. He is recognized for his unique versatile skateboarding. Early life Taylor was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States (US). Grant began skateboarding at the age of six. He began competing in amateur competitive skateboarding contests in the early 2000s, and in 2004 Grant took home second place at the Phoenix Am. Volcom noticed that Grant was incredibly talented early in his career, and began sponsoring him at an early stage in his skateboarding career. It is said that Grant's father, Thomas Taylor, has had a profound influence on Grant's introduction to skateboarding. Remy Stratton is quoted as saying “Several years later when he was six, Thomas began bringing him (Grant) to the vert sessions at Surf Expo in Orlando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nike Skateboarding
Nike Skateboarding, primarily known as Nike SB, is the Nike brand for its line of shoes, clothing, and equipment for skateboarding. Nike Skateboarding won the 2020 Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Home/Welcome Page in the category Web. History In 1997, Nike commenced production of its own line of skate shoes, but was unable to sell to many specialist skate shops, as the market was already strongly in favour of companies such as DC, Globe, eS Footwear, Emerica, and Vans. Nike was not considered a core skateboarding brand among the skateboarding community and did not receive the necessary level of support. In 2000, Nike introduced the "SB" brand. The Nike SB Dunk Low model was released, featuring a padded tongue and collar, along with "Zoom Air" insoles; the shoe was more similar to other skate shoe styles than the corporation's previous attempts. After the SB Dunk's mediocre sales, Nike released four other models: The Nike SB Angus, Nike SB FC, Nike SB Delta Force, and Nike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Na-kel Smith
Na-Kel Allah Smith (born July 22, 1994) is an American skateboarder, rapper, songwriter and actor. Originally a skateboarder from the Los Angeles area, he was known for his association with the hip hop collective Odd Future, appearing in music videos, vlogs and their Adult Swim TV show ''Loiter Squad'', and performing live with the collective and its members. Career Smith debuted his music career in 2013, marking his first recorded verse on Tyler, the Creator's second studio album ''Wolf'' on the posse cut "Trashwang". In 2014, after his appearance in the Supreme video "''Cherry''", Smith co-founded his own hardware/apparel company, Hardies, with teammate Tyshawn Jones. In 2015, he formed Hog Slaughta Boyz, a duo composed of Smith and former Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt. In 2018, Smith starred in his first commercial film, ''Mid90s'', directed by Jonah Hill. In 2019, Smith released his debut studio album ''Twothousand Nakteen'' through A Dream No Longer Deferred Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrasher (magazine)
''Thrasher'' is a skateboarding magazine founded in January 1981 by Eric Swenson and Fausto Vitello. The publication consists primarily of skateboard- and music-related articles, photography, interviews and skatepark reviews. The magazine also maintains a website and YouTube page, which includes segments with names such as "Firing Line" and "Hall of Meat", an online store, a video collection, a radio show, and a forum for registered users. The company also owns and operates the Double Rock indoor skateboarding facility, and the San Francisco skateshop, 66 6th. History ''Thrasher'' was founded in 1981 by Fausto Vitello and Eric Swenson, primarily as a way to promote Independent Truck Company, their skateboard truck company. The magazine's first editor was Kevin Thatcher. Mofo became the second staff member, joining Thatcher in mid-1981. In 1993, Jake Phelps was named editor of the magazine. With him, he brought the punk-skater ethic to the world through his photojournali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Na-Kel Smith
Na-Kel Allah Smith (born July 22, 1994) is an American skateboarder, rapper, songwriter and actor. Originally a skateboarder from the Los Angeles area, he was known for his association with the hip hop collective Odd Future, appearing in music videos, vlogs and their Adult Swim TV show ''Loiter Squad'', and performing live with the collective and its members. Career Smith debuted his music career in 2013, marking his first recorded verse on Tyler, the Creator's second studio album ''Wolf'' on the posse cut "Trashwang". In 2014, after his appearance in the Supreme video "''Cherry''", Smith co-founded his own hardware/apparel company, Hardies, with teammate Tyshawn Jones. In 2015, he formed Hog Slaughta Boyz, a duo composed of Smith and former Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt. In 2018, Smith starred in his first commercial film, ''Mid90s'', directed by Jonah Hill. In 2019, Smith released his debut studio album ''Twothousand Nakteen'' through A Dream No Longer Deferred Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyshawn Jones
Tyshawn Jones (born December 24, 1998) is a regular-footed American professional skateboarder, from New York. He is a two time ''Thrasher'' Skater of the Year winner (2018 and 2022) Early life Born in Manhattan, New York Jones grew up splitting his childhood between New Jersey and The Bronx, New York. After playing Skate with his brother and uncle at the age of 10, Jones was introduced to the world of skateboarding and purchased his first skateboard from Target. Although Jones' older brother (Brian Jones) eventually quit skateboarding, Tyshawn remained persistent without letting failures discourage him. After moving back to the Bronx from New Jersey Jones focused on skating more due to a lack of friends. Encountering skaters that were better gave Jones a competitive drive which pushed Jones to become better. Jones was a fan of Lizard King in his early days and part of a photo op featuring Lizard King followed by "thousands" of other skaters. Jones watched skate footage growing u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sage Elsesser
Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser (born January 31, 1997), also known as Navy Blue, is an American regular-footed skateboarder, rapper, record producer, visual artist, and model. Elsesser has been sponsored by several skater fashion brands including Converse and Supreme, as well as becoming a professional skater in 2014 through skater collective and clothing store Fucking Awesome. Aside from skating and music, he is also a model for various clothing brands and an artist, most notably handling the art direction for Earl Sweatshirt's album ''I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside'' in 2015. In 2015, Elsesser began releasing several EPs under his Navy Blue stage name, in addition to rapping with and producing for the likes of Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, Armand Hammer and Wiki, among many others. On February 4, 2020, he founded independent record label Freedom Sounds with the release of his debut studio album ''Àdá Irin''. Elsesser has since followed-up with two studio albums; ''Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Van Engelen
Anthony Van Engelen (born November 20, 1978) is an American professional skateboarder whose stance is Regular. In the skateboarding scene he is well known by the name “AVE”, which is an acronym of his full name. Early life Van Engelen was born in San Diego, California, United States (US). Professional skateboarding Van Engelen's first sponsor was Volcom, but his first board sponsor was Channel One Skateboards. He was then sponsored by 23 Skateboards. Alien Workshop Van Engelen attained professional status with Alien Workshop skateboards as his deck sponsor in 1999 at the age of 21. His first full video part was in 411VM. He then shared a part with Jason Dill in Transworld's video ''Feedback'' in 1999, and then had a full part in 2000 for Alien Workshop's ''Photosynthesis'' to the song Search and Destroy by Iggy Pop and The Stooges. In 2003 he released a part for ''The DC Video'' by DC Shoes. In July 2009 his part in Alien Workshop's video ''Mind Field'' was named “Best Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Pablo
Sean Pablo Murphy (born August 30, 1997), known as Sean Pablo, is a regular-footed American skateboarder, designer, model, musician, and photographer. Early life Born in Silver Lake, California to Brendan Murphy, a father of Irish descent, and Carolina Argueta, a mother of Salvadoran descent. Pablo first started skateboarding at the age of 10 after his father, a surfer and skateboarder, encouraged him to pick up the sport. Sean Pablo was homeschooled for a portion of high school by his father, while his mother worked as a teacher. Professional career Pablo and his friends, Aidan Mackey and Sage Elsesser, spent their time replicating the style and fashion of notable 90s skateboarders such as Jason Dill, and the late Dylan Rieder. Eventually gaining the attention of the staff at Supreme, which included Dill, and filmer William Strobeck. He would then be signed as an amateur to Dill's Fucking Awesome brand. Pablo then landed a role in the first feature length Supreme video ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
