Sean Pablo Murphy (born August 30, 1997), known as Sean Pablo, is a
regular-footed
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American
skateboarder
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, designer, model, musician, and photographer.
Early life
Born in
Silver Lake
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, 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
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Elsesser has been sponsored by several skater fashion brands in ...
, spent their time replicating the style and fashion of notable 90s skateboarders such as
Jason Dill
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Early life
Dill was born in Huntington Beach, California, Huntington Beach, California, U ...
, and the late
Dylan Rieder
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Early life
Born Dylan Joseph Rieder, in Westminster, California, to Joe Rieder, a barber, and Dana, née Webb, now Ortiz; ...
. Eventually gaining the attention of the staff at
Supreme, which included Dill, and filmer
William Strobeck
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.
He would then be signed as an amateur to Dill's
Fucking Awesome
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brand. Pablo then landed a role in the first feature length Supreme video ''Cherry'' which eventually led to signing a deal with Converse.
Paradise NYC
Following the success of his
skateboarding
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career Pablo founded the clothing brand Paradise NYC in 2015.
The brand is stocked at many stores including
Supreme, and
Dover Street Market
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Dover Street Market was created by Rei Kawakubo of Japanese fashion ...
's various locations.
References
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Skateboarding
1997 births
Living people
American skateboarders
People from Silver Lake, Los Angeles
American people of Salvadoran descent
American people of Irish descent