Kerry Getz (born June 10, 1975) is an American professional

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Biography

Getz has been skateboarding since the age of nine. Alongside Fred Gall, Tim O'Conner and Rob Pluhowski, Getz was one of the original team members of the Habitat brand that was originally conceived as an offshoot of the

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skateboard company. However, in the announcement of Habitat's move to the

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distribution company, Getz's name does not appear in the team list. Getz is known for his anger issues towards his skateboarding, earning him the nickname "Hockey Temper". A montage of his outbursts appears in the introduction to his ''Skate More'' video part for the

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company. As of December 2014, Getz's sponsors are Habitat Skateboards, Nocturnal Skateshop, and MOB Griptape. Getz owns a skateboard shop in Philadelphia called Nocturnal Skateshop.

Contest history

Getz medaled in the 2000 and 2001

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and received a gold medal in the first street skateboarding X-Games event. Getz also placed 1st in the

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2000 and the VANs Triple Crown Finals.

Filmography

Videos

*DVS: ''Skate More'' *Habitat: ''Mosaic'' *Habitat: ''Inhabitants'' *Alien Workshop: ''Photosynthesis'' *Toy Machine: ''Jump off a Building'' *Tum Yeto: ''

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'' *'' Minghags: The Movie'' (cameo as guest at Sorority party)

Films

*''Jump Off a Building'' (1998) * ''CKY'' video series: ''CKY, CKY2K, CKY3, CKY4'' (1999–2002) *''Extremedays'' (2001) *''Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$%& Is Santa?'' (2008) *''The Hexylvania Picture Show'' (2009) *''

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'' (2009) *''

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'' (2010) *''

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'' (2011)

Television

*''Gigantic Skate Park Tour: Summer 2002'' (2002) *''

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'' (2 episodes, 2004–2005) *'' CKY: The Greatest Hits'' (2014)

References

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