Fucking Awesome is an American
skateboard
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company and
streetwear
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brand
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. Due to the
profanity
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in the brand's name, it is often referred to as simply "FA." FA was created by professional skateboarders
Jason Dill
Jason Dill (born November 21, 1976) is an American professional skateboarder, photographer, and co-founder of Fucking Awesome—an American skate company.
Early life
Dill was born in Huntington Beach, California, Huntington Beach, California, U ...
and
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 bo ...
. FA has created collaborations with brands like
Vans
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,
Adidas
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, and
Independent Trucks
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History
The company was co-founded by Richard Nov ...
.
FA has a sister brand called "Hockey." FA is close with Hockey and the brand often releases video parts using both sets of teams.
Team
FA currently harbors two skate teams, Fucking Awesome and Hockey.
FA roster:
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Jason Dill
Jason Dill (born November 21, 1976) is an American professional skateboarder, photographer, and co-founder of Fucking Awesome—an American skate company.
Early life
Dill was born in Huntington Beach, California, Huntington Beach, California, U ...
*
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 bo ...
*
Kevin Bradley
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Gino Iannucci
* Kevin Terpening
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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 in ...
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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 ...
* Elijah Berle
* Aidan Mackey
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Louie Lopez
Louie Lopez (born November 26, 1994) is a regular-footed American skateboarder from Los Angeles, CA. He is of Mexican and Guatemalan descent. Skateboarding career
Lopez first became sponsored by Flip Skateboards at the age of seven. In 2006, Lo ...
* Vincent Touzery
* Beatrice Domond
Hockey roster:
* Donovon Piscopo
* John Fitzgerald
* Ben Kadow
* Andrew Allen
* Caleb Barnett
* Diego Todd
* Kevin Rodrigues
* Nik Stain
* Joseph Campos
Past Members:
* Dylan Rieder (deceased)
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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 ...
*
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 musi ...
Store
In 2019, FA opened their first physical location in
Los Angeles
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, on
Hollywood Boulevard
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. They opened their second location in 2021, in Lower
Manhattan
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,
New York City
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.
Dylan Rieder
Dylan Rieder
Dylan Joseph Rieder (May 26, 1988 – October 12, 2016) was an American professional skateboarder, artist, and model.
Early life
Born Dylan Joseph Rieder, in Westminster, California, to Joe Rieder, a barber, and Dana, née Webb, now Ortiz; ...
was a former team member who battled cancer for two years, he ended up passing due to complications with leukemia. He is frequently memorialized in FA's products.
Videos
FA has released numerous skateboarding videos including: Hockey, Hockey II, Hockey III, Hockey X, Triple Backflip, 420 E 9th St, Louie Lopez Days of grace, Louie Lopez again and again, and Dancing on Thin Ice.
Adidas
FA has collaborated with
Adidas
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twice so far. Having 4 shoes in total for sale.
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