Birdhouse Skateboards (originally Birdhouse Projects) is a

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company formed by ex-

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professional skateboarders

Tony Hawk Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the first documen ...

and

Per Welinder Per Nils Welinder (born April 17, 1962) is a Swedish entrepreneur and former professional skateboarder. During the 1980s he achieved international fame as a freestyle skater and was a leading member of the Powell-Peralta skate team known as the " ...

in 1992. Birdhouse makes decks and wheels, as well as clothing and accessories.

History

After the skateboard boom of the late 1980s had died, former

professional and freestyle skateboarder

wanted to stay involved with skateboarding by starting a company. Welinder had originally asked Powell Peralta pro skateboarder

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to be his equal partner in the venture. Mountain declined as he only wanted to start a skateboard company if he had 100% ownership. Mountain later founded The Firm Skateboards (now defunct). Welinder later asked another Powell Peralta pro skateboarder

to be 50-50 partners in this new skateboard company. Hawk gladly accepted as he felt his time in skateboarding was nearly over due to the lack of interest in vert skating caused by the popularity of street skating. Welinder and Hawk decided to name their new skateboard company Birdhouse Projects, Birdhouse being a reference to Hawk's nickname Birdman. Birdhouse is prominently featured in the ''Tony Hawk's'' video game series, and is one of five skate teams which the player can join in ''

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''.

Skate team

* Aaron Homoki *Ben Raybourn *Clint Walker *David Loy *

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*Clive Dixon *Shawn Hale *

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*Reese Salken *Felipe Nunes *Reese Nelson

Former

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*Willy Santos *

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* Andrew Reynolds *Heath Kirchart *

Rick McCrank Rick McCrank (born January 23, 1976) is a Canadian professional skateboarder, television host, skate shop owner, and skate company co-owner. Early life McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ...

Brian Sumner Brian Sumner is a British skateboarder, Christian pastor and traveling evangelist, originally from Liverpool, England. Sumner came to America at age 15, to pursue a career as a professional skateboarder. He currently resides in Huntington Be ...

*Jeff Lenoce *

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Riley Hawk Hudson Riley Hawk (born December 6, 1992) is an American professional skateboarder and musician. He is the son of Tony Hawk. Unlike his father, who is known for his vert style, Riley is better known as a street skater. He turned pro on his 21s ...

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*Mike Frazier *Paul Zitzer

References

External links

*{{Official website, www.birdhouseskateboards.com Skateboarding companies Privately held companies based in California