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Jeff Grosso
Jeff Blaine Grosso (April 28, 1968 – March 31, 2020) was an American professional skateboarder, skate documentarian, and web series host from Arcadia, California. Skateboarding Grosso started skateboarding at the age of 5. He broke onto the skateboarding scene at a young age, turning pro at the age of 12. In 1982, at the age of 14, the shoe and apparel company Vans began sponsoring Grosso. A personal and professional relationship that continued into 2020 with Vans' sponsoring Grosso's popular YouTube show "Love Letters to Skateboarding". Grosso grew up skateboarding with prominent figures such as Neil Blender and Lance Mountain. Grosso was one of the most recognizable skateboarders in the United States in the 1980s, known for his vert skating. He appeared in multiple classic skate videos including the Powell Peralta video ''Future Primitive'' and the Santa Cruz Skateboards video ''Streets on Fire.'' Additionally, Jeff graced the cover of the October 1994 issue of Transworld S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. It contains a series of adjacent parks consisting of the Santa Anita Park racetrack, the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, and Arcadia County Park. The city had a population of 56,364 at the 2010 census, up from 53,248 at the 2000 census. The city is named after Arcadia, Greece. History Native American For over 8,000 years, the site of Arcadia was part of the homeland of the Tongva people ("Gabrieliño" tribe), a Californian Native American tribe whose territory spanned the greater Los Angeles Basin, and the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Their fluid borders stretched between the Santa Susana Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, and San Gabriel Mountains in the north; the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills in the west; the San Jacinto Mountains and Santa Ana Mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti Hero Skateboards
Deluxe Distribution is an Ermico Enterprises, Inc-owned subsidiary founded in 1986 with limited partner Brian Ware in San Francisco. Deluxe was formed to distribute the Beware Record label, and other small record labels popular with skateboarders, along with Thunder Trucks and Supercush Bushings. Deluxe distributes six skateboard brands and owns DLXSF, a retail outlet. Brands Spitfire Spitfire is a wheel company that was founded in 1987. The company released a video, entitled ''Spitfire'', in 1993. The company also produces skateboard bearings, skateboard tools, griptape, and soft goods (e.g. T-shirts, gloves, caps), stickers, and accessories (e.g. bags, wallets, air freshener). As of fall/autumn 2012, notable team-riders from the company's roster include Bryan Herman, Andy Roy, Peter Hewitt, Theotis Beasley, Peter Ramondetta, Erik Ellington, Dennis Busenitz, Andrew Reynolds, Sean Malto, Brian "Slash" Hansen, Trevor Colden, Grant Taylor, Dylan Rieder, Chris Pfanner, Vincen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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