Theotis Beasley (born February 16, 1991) is a

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skateboarder from

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Personal life

Born in Inglewood, CA, Theotis Beasley is a graduate of

Morningside High School Morningside High School is a public high school in Inglewood, California. It is the second largest high school after Inglewood High School in the city. History In 1951, the first two classes of students came to the Morningside Park area of Ing ...

. Beasley is a

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who currently drives a Bentley GT.

Skateboarding career

Beasley started skating at age 11 when his cousin gave him a skateboard. He grew up down the street from the Hawthrone

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where he spent considerable time. At Hawthorne, Beasley witnessed and skated alongside professional skateboarders he looked up to including

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, ...

and

Antwuan Dixon Antwuan Willis Dixon (born August 19, 1988) is an American professional skateboarder. Skateboarding career Early life Dixon started skateboarding at the age of twelve, when his mom ordered a Powell Peralta deck from CCS. In addition to the ...

. The Hawthrone skatepark is where Andrew Reynolds discovered Beasley when Theotis was 12-years old. Reynolds went by the park with

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, Ryan "Beagle" Ewing, and

Erik Ellington Erik Ellington (born August 9, 1977) is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and designer. Early life Erik Ellington was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, to Rose Ann Ellington and Charles Luther Ellington. His parents separa ...

, noticing the young Beasley. After seeing him skate,

Baker Skateboards Baker Skateboards is an American skateboarding company founded in 2000 by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. The company's main products are skateboard decks, soft goods, accessories, and wheels. History In 1999 Reynolds went to a sec ...

put Beasley on flow. Beasley received attention in the skateboarding community for his part in the 2005

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'Baker 3' produced by

. Beasley, 14 years old at the time of the release, skated to

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by the

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and ended his part with a

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down a 9-stair. In Baker 3, his skate part follows

's part and precedes Rammy Issa's. After the Baker 3 video came out, Beasley turned Am for

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. In 2008, Beasley released a part in the video ''Struggle'' produced by Chito Tafy Films. In 2009, Beasley released a part in the Nike SB video ''Debacle'' by Jason Hernandez'','' sharing a song,

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, with Shane O'Neill. In 2011, Beasley released a part in the Shake Junt - Chicken Bone Nowison video. Also in 2011, Beasley released a part in the Transworld video - ''Not Another Transworld Video.'' In 2011, Theotis Beasley, at the age of 20, was promoted to the rank of pro by Baker Skateboards and Nike SB. Andrew Reynolds surprised Beasley with the announcement and a pro deck at the Transworld Awards, where Beasley thought he was only scheduled to present an award. In 2012, Beasley released a part in the Baker video - Bake & Destroy, sharing a song, Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk, with Terry Kennedy and Jeff Lenoce. In 2017, Beasley released a "Hip Hop Hijack" Part - produced by Nike SB.

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has a guest trick in Beasley's part, doing a

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on a

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