Louisville Extreme Park

Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark in Houston, Texas (USA)

Skatepark in Davis, California, U.S.

BMX rider in bat mans cave

Pedlow Skate Park, San Fernando Valley, CA

Louisville Extreme Park, Kentucky

A skatepark is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, quarter pipes, spine transfers, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, pools, bowls, snake runs stairsets, and any number of other objects.

History[link]

The first skatepark in the world, Carlsbad Skatepark, in Carlsbad, California, was designed and built by inventors Jack Graham and John O'Malley in March 1976. In more extreme climates parks were built indoors, often of wood or metal. By the end of 1970s the skateboarding fad had waned, and the original parks of the era began to close. A downturn in the general skateboard market in the 1980s and high liability insurance premiums contributed to the demise of the original skateparks. Some second-generation parks such as Upland, California's Pipeline survived into the 1980s. However, few of the private parks of the 1970s remain, with the notable exception of Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.^[1] However, many public parks of that era can still be found throughout Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

The modern skatepark designs of the Pacific Northwest can be traced back to Burnside Skatepark, a DIY "barge build" beneath the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. Skateboarders used an area populated primarily by the city's "undesirable elements" to create a skatepark, building one section at a time. The process is called "design/build" (D/B), and is a characteristic of many skateparks today. The design/build process ensures that adjacent skatepark features are harmonious and rideable, allowing skateboarders to create endless "lines" to ride among the many features.

Skate parks, related obstacles/ramps and locations designed for extreme sport utilization have made their way into the media over time, such as with the aforementioned Burnside Skatepark being included in the movie Free Willy.

Public skateparks have had a resurgence in the US, made possible by legislation such as California's 1998 law stating that skateboarding is an inherently "Hazardous Recreational Activity" (HRA), and therefore municipalities and their employees may not be held liable for claims of negligence resulting in skateboarders' injuries.

Street skating has blurred the line between skateparks and street spots. Some cities are starting to put in skate spots/plazas with features that would not have been classically designed for skateboarding, but can be skated by street skaters legally. In some instances, even spots that were not designed for skateboarding have been made legal so that cities did not need to build a new park for skaters. The Skate Plazas allow for legal street skateboarding.

There is also a movement of making art and sculpture skate-able. This provides for more legal skate spots that are blended in with other city art and landscape. They can often even be picturesque destinations for both skaters and non-skaters.

The world's largest skatepark is located in Shanghai.

Types of skateparks[link]

Unlike organized sports, like basketball or football, skateboarding has no set arena or rules and skateparks have no standard design template. Each skatepark is designed specifically to provide unique challenges to its users. There are, however, three main categories of skatepark design: bowl, street plaza and flow parks.

Bowl parks are designed to emulate and improve upon the pool skating experience. Skaters in bowl parks can move around the park without taking their feet off the board to push. The curved walls of bowls allow skaters to ride around and across the bowl in addition to the back and forth skating you might see on a traditional half pipe. Bowls and bowl parks come in an endless variety of shapes and sizes but most bowls are between 3' and 12’ deep.

Street plaza parks are the favorite of the vast majority of skaters and they are designed to emulate and improve upon the street skating experience. Obstacles in a street plaza are styled to look like natural street terrain such as stairs, railings, planters and benches. Skaters will push off with their feet to gain momentum in a street plaza.

Flow parks combine elements of both bowl parks and street plazas. In a well designed flow park a skater can pump around the parks curved walls such as quarter pipes, pump bumps and bowl corners without taking their feet off to push. They can use that speed to hit street obstacles such as stairs, railings and benches.

Skateparks may be privately or publicly owned. Privately owned skateparks usually have admission fees, while publicly owned skateparks are generally free. Many privately owned skateparks are indoors, usually in warehouses, roller rinks or buildings with high ceilings, especially in areas with snowy winters. Public skateparks are usually outdoors.

Skatepark construction can be divided into two major categories- prefabricated and custom built concrete. Prefabricated parks can be made of wood, plastic, sheet metal, and concrete. Most are designed and built by playground equipment manufacturers who present these parks as a cost effective alternative to custom designed concrete skateparks. In reality, custom built concrete skateparks can be quite cost competitive with prefabricated skate ramps.

Concrete parks, now "pretty much the industry standard", according to an editor of Transworld Skateboarding magazine, they require fewer repairs and less maintenance.^[2]

Common obstacles[link]

• Quarter pipes – Literal quarter of a pipe.
• Spines – Two quarter pipes back to back.
• Flat banks – These can vary in angle but are simply an angled wall for which to ride on.
• Wall rides/vert walls – A vertical wall above either quarter pipes or flat banks.
• Mini ramps– Two small quarter pipes facing one another, like a halfpipe, but with a short flat area between.
• Hips – Essentially two quarter pipes or flat banks, each with one edge at a right angle or a more aggressive angle to the other.
• Funboxes – An extension of a quarter pipe, usually a flat section on top of a quarter pipe.
• Pyramids – Four wedges put in a square pyramid shape.
• Launches – A curved ramp a rider uses to launch into the air.
• Roll-ins – A long sloping ramp used to gain speed.
• Euro/Euro gap – A ramp where a platform is higher than the top of the ramp, it is usually separated by a flat section between the ramp and raised platform.
• Half-pipe – Two Quarter Pipes joined together (half of a pipe).
• Bowl – A ramp that is the shape of a bowl .
• Pool – A bowl with an irregular shape, or a pool that was used for swimming.
• Foam Pits – A pile of foam pads to land safely into while learning tricks, usually found after a launch ramp.
• Flat bar – A rail placed on flat ground.
• Stair – A simple staircase.
• Hand rail – A rail going with a staircase, either extended from the staircase or off an adjacent wall
• Cradle – Spherical bowl turned on its side, typically connected with a bowl. Enables inverted and over-vert carving
• Jersey barrier - often used as center dividers of roads. Skaters can wallride up them and sometimes DIY skaters will pour cement up to them to create a smoother transition

Notable skateparks[link]

See Category:Skateparks

US[link]

• Bro Bowl - One of the last skateparks of the 70s, and one of the oldest skateparks in the U.S.; First public skatepark in Florida Tampa, Florida
• The Flow Skatepark - Columbus, Ohio - One of the largest indoor skateparks in the United States at 50,000 square feet (4,600 m²).
• Alamosa Skatepark Environment - Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Louisville Extreme Park - Louisville, Kentucky
• Skatepark of Tampa - Skatepark in Tampa and home of the annual Tampa Pro.
• FDR Skatepark - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Concrete Wave Country - Nashville's first public skatepark.
• Skatopia - Anarchist Skatepark in Rutland, Ohio
• Pedlow Skate Park - Encino, California great for pool skating, more than 12,000 square feet (1,100 m²).
• Burnside Skatepark - Portland, Oregon featured in Tony Hawk video games and the movie Paranoid Park.
• Hollywood Skatepark - Las Vegas, Nevada one of the U.S. largest outdoor concrete skateparks.
• Turf Skatepark - Built in 1979, included five concrete pools in a indoor/outdoor facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (defunct since 1996).
• etnies Skatepark, Lake Forest, CA – Largest free skatepark in California.^[3]
• Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark – 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m²) in-ground public facility in Houston, Texas (USA)
• Santa Maria Skate Park – Fletcher Park. 700 Southside Pkwy, Santa Maria, California.
• Waterford Skatepark - Waterford, Connecticut, One of the most popular outdoor skateparks in Connecticut

Others[link]

• Shaw Millennium Skatepark (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - One the world's largest outdoor skateparks, designed by Spectrum Skateparks with Landplan associates.
• Stockwell Skatepark - South London, UK
• Harrow Skate Park - Harrow, UK
• Livingston skatepark, Livingston, Scotland - opened in 1981, is known worldwide for its transitions and bowls and was described by the cast of Dirty Sanchez as "the best skatepark in the world, except for the ones in Wales."^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Skateparks

• The Justme Skatespot Guide - A directory of skateparks around the world with maps, footage and information.
• Skateboardpark - A directory of skateparks around the world.
• SkateSpotter - skatepark videos, photos, and maps
• skateparks.co - Large Skatepark Directory
• SkateparkHunter - Skatepark Directory with photos and maps
• Concrete Disciples - The most comprehensive worldwide Skatepark
• List of skateparks around the world - churF international skateboard community
• World Skateboarding Map - Community built map with videos and pictures
• Skate Parks Maps (extremesportsmap.com) - See worldwide skateparks on Google Maps
• Skateboard411 Skatepark Directory - Large skatepark directory with Google Maps feed
• iSKATEhere - Map-based directory of skateparks and skate spots around the world
• ChicagoSkateSpots.com - Online and Mobile directory for skate spots and parks in Chicago - Chicago Skate Spots online directory
• Sk8 Park at Burning Man in Black Rock City, NV - Participant created skatepark

Bam Margera
Bam Margera, September 2006
Born	Brandon Cole Margera (1979-09-28) September 28, 1979 (age 32) West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Residence	Castle Bam in Pocopson Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania[1]
Occupation	Stuntman Director Actor Skateboarder
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Melissa "Missy" Rothstein (2007–present)
Website
www.bamargera.com

Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera^[2] (pronounced /mɑrˈdʒɛərə/ mar-JAIR-ə; born September 28, 1979) is an American professional skateboarder, television and radio personality, actor and daredevil. He released a series of videos under the CKY banner and came to prominence after being drafted into MTV's Jackass crew. He has since appeared in MTV's Viva La Bam and Bam's Unholy Union, all three Jackass movies, and Haggard and Minghags, both of which he co-wrote and directed.

Early life[link]

Margera was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to Phil and April Margera. He is the younger brother of Jess Margera and nephew of Vincent Margera. His grandfather nicknamed him "Bam" at the age of three after his habit of running into walls.^[3] He attended East High School and cites friend Chris Raab as his only reason for attending high school.

Career[link]

Television and film[link]

Margera began shooting videos of himself and his friends skateboarding and doing stunts, which eventually turned into the CKY video series.^[4] He independently released CKY. CKY2K, CKY3 and CKY4 have also been released. CKY stands for "Camp Kill Yourself", a reference to the film Sleepaway Camp. These early videos feature many of Margera's friends, including Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Rake Yohn, Chris Raab, Brandon Novak and others who form a loose collective known as the CKY Crew. CKY is also the name of a rock band featuring his brother Jess, and the history and relationship between the video and band projects is heavily interlinked.

Following the CKY success, former Big Brother editor Jeff Tremaine noticed Margera's videos and drafted him into the team which would eventually become MTV's Jackass. Margera and Ryan Dunn became mainstays of the cast while other CKY crew members played supporting roles to various degrees. Margera went on to appear in Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, and Jackass 3D. Several skits in the first Jackass movie were CKY style pieces filmed in and around West Chester, but similar scenes in the second movie were removed after the arrest of Margera's uncle Vincent Margera.

After Jackass, Margera was given his own MTV series entitled Viva La Bam, which ran for five seasons between 2003–2005. The show followed Margera and his crew as they performed various stunts and missions. The show was primarily filmed in West Chester, Pennsylvania but also visited New Orleans, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Brazil, Finland, Mexico, Amsterdam and Transylvania. In addition to the regular series, special episodes have included "Viva La Spring Break" and a "lost" episode included on the Viva La Bands CD.

Following the show, in 2007, Margera was engaged and the wedding was filmed for Bam's Unholy Union as a follow-up to Viva la Bam. The show follows Margera, his then fiancée Melissa Rothstein and their friends in the lead-up to their wedding.^[5] Also in 2008, Margera had a "prominent, non-sex role in" a pornographic film by Gina Lynn called The Fantasstic Whores 4 with Brandon Novak.^[6]

In 2009, Margera appeared on Nitro Circus.^[7]

In October 2010, Margera appeared in Jackass 3D and the movie broke box office records.^[8] He visited Europe doing press for the movie in late October.^[9]

Margera appears with Dunn and pro-skateboarder Tim O'Connor on Bam's World Domination, a half-hour Spike TV program that debuted on October 13, 2010. The first episode showcased Margera and his friends' attempt to conquer an obstacle course race, in the Tough Guy Competition, held outside London, England.^[10][11]

Skateboarding career[link]

Since 2003, Margera has been a member of Team Element, the demonstration team for Element Skateboards.^[12] He is also sponsored by Speed Metal Bearings, Adio Footwear, and Fairman's Skateshop.

Independent films[link]

Margera has written, produced and starred in three independent films. Margera co-wrote, directed and starred in Haggard (2003), an independent film based on real events in the life of his friend Ryan Dunn. Dunn played himself as the main character while Margera played "Valo", a character based on himself and elements of HIM singer and friend Ville Valo.^[13]

Margera also directed Minghags, formerly titled Kiss a Good Man's Ass.^[14] The film is a loose sequel to Haggard and will feature the "garbage juicer" invention from that film.^[15] This film was confirmed on Radio Bam and the front page of FilthyNote Records by Tim Glomb. Filming started April 5, 2007.^[16] On an episode of Radio Bam, Margera said that they are trying to make the movie PG-13 rated,^[17] but with the amount of swearing and a shot of nudity, an 'R' Rating could not be avoided.^[18] They had its first viewing of the rough version of the film on August 7, 2007, at Sikes Hall.^[19] The movie was released in December 2008. The film was a straight-to-DVD release.

Subsequently, Margera released a Christmas-themed movie entitled Bam Margera Presents: Where the#$&% Is Santa? in December 2008.^[20] The movie is about Bam and his friends going to the Arctic Circle in Finland on a quest to find Santa Claus. The film features Ville Valo from HIM, The Dudesons, Hanoi Rocks, Mark the Bagger, and more.^[20]

Radio Bam and music[link]

Margera began a weekly Sirius Satellite Radio show on Sirius channel 28 Faction on November 24, 2004 called Radio Bam. The show features Margera along with friends from the CKY and Jackass crews.

In 2005, Margera started a music label, Filthy Note Records, and has directed music videos for Clutch, Turbonegro, Viking Skull, Vains of Jenna and several for CKY. He also directed seven music videos, "Buried Alive By Love", "The Sacrament", "And Love Said No", and "Solitary Man",for the Finnish band HIM, and three for The 69 Eyes, "Lost Boys", "Dead Girls are Easy" and "Dead N Gone". He also plays the keyboard in a novelty band called Gnarkill along with Brandon DiCamillo, Jess Margera, Rich Vose and Matt Cole.

Other projects[link]

Margera has been animated as a character in pro-skateboarder Tony Hawk's video games Pro Skaters 3 and 4, Underground and Underground 2, American Wasteland, Project 8 and Proving Ground. He also voiced a character in the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours. He made cameo appearances in the movies Grind and Destroying America.

In late September 2008, Margera opened a bar/theater called "The Note", in his hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania.^[21]

In late 2009, Margera released a book containing private writings and pictures titled Serious as Dog Dirt.^[22]

Personal life[link]

Relationships[link]

Margera was previously engaged to Jenn Rivell, a divorced single mother. Rivell played a prominent part in several of his projects and the couple appeared to be co-habiting in various episodes of Viva La Bam. However, the relationship ended in 2005.^[23] In November 2006, Margera filed for "Protection From Abuse" from Rivell after she allegedly broke into his house.^[23] He further alleged that Rivell had exhibited irrational and aggressive behavior towards him on several previous occasions including stealing several computers and vandalizing his house immediately after their initial breakup. The judge dismissed the allegations as "speculative" and "hearsay".^{[24][dead link]}

In 2006, Margera became engaged to childhood friend Melissa "Missy" Rothstein.^[25] The events leading up to their wedding (with about 350 friends and family in attendance) on February 3, 2007, in downtown Philadelphia, were chronicled on the MTV series Bam's Unholy Union. The couple's honeymoon was in Dubai. In 2008, during an appearance LA Ink, Bam told Kat Von D about $13,000 in damages done to the hotel for his marriage, saying " I was kind of ready for it though. I was like: 'I’m inviting the Jackass crew. If something doesn’t get broken then that’s not right'."^[26][27]

In July 2009, Margera was taken to the hospital by paramedics and state troopers from his West Chester home after his wife Missy called 911 after a four day alcohol binge.^[28][29] On the drinking binge, Margera said "I may get a divorce . . . booze helps."^[28] In October 2010, Margera told Howard Stern he and Missy were living in separate cities, they meet once a week and Missy knows about his girlfriend in San Francisco and another in West Chester.^[30][31]

Name, residence and assault[link]

In an October 24, 2007 interview with the Cleveland Free Times, Margera stated that although he had completed paperwork that would legally change his first name to Bam, he was "still debating" filing it after a conversation with his father.^[2]

Margera currently resides in "Castle Bam", a large house in Wawaset, Pennsylvania. The house has a gothic theme, a skatepark in the driveway and is situated on 14 acres (57,000 m²) of land. In January 2007, Margera built a ramp in his backyard, near the old casino seen in Viva La Bam. The ramp itself caused trouble with the township.^[32] Margera's parents and select members of the CKY Crew lived in the house while shooting Viva La Bam, with Margera's uncle residing in a house on the property.

On Saturday, June 12, 2010, Margera was allegedly attacked with a baseball bat outside of his bar, The Note, in West Chester, Pennsylvania.^[33] Margera spent the night at Crozer-Chester Medical Center where he was treated for head injuries. According to Elizabeth Ray, the alleged assailant, Margera used "the n-word, with black in front of it".^[33] Ray denies attacking Margera.^[33] Margera, on the other hand, denies having said the words, claiming "I called her a crazy bitch and an idiot, but I definitely didn't use the n-word".^[34]

TV, film, and releases[link]

TV[link]

Movies[link]

Video games[link]

DVDs/Videos[link]

• CKY video series: CKY, CKY2K, CKY3 and CKY4. (1999–2003)
• Hook-Ups Presents: Destroying America (2001)

Book[link]

• Bam Margera, Serious as Dog Dirt (MTV; November 17, 2009) ISBN 1-4391-4773-6

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bam Margera

• Official website
• Bam Margera at the Internet Movie Database
• Bam Margera's skate video filmography.
• Filthy Note Records Official website
• Bam Margera on Myspace

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Ryan Sheckler

Sheckler in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Ryan Allan Sheckler
Born	(1989-12-30) December 30, 1989 (age 22) San Clemente, California, U.S.
Height	5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m)
Weight	150 pounds (68 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Skateboarding
Medal record Summer X Games medal record Competitor for  United States Gold 2003 Los Angeles Park Gold 2008 Los Angeles Street Gold 2010 Los Angeles Street Silver 2006 Los Angeles Street Bronze 2011 Los Angeles Street

Ryan Allen Sheckler (born December 30, 1989) is an American professional skateboarder and was the star of the MTV reality show, Life of Ryan.^[1][2]

His sponsors are Plan B Skateboards, Red Bull, Independent Trucks, Etnies, Volcom, Grizzly Griptape, Oakley, CCS, and FKD Bearings. His past sponsors are Almost Skateboards, Bones, Vans, and Silver Trucks.

Contest history[link]

Sheckler has been competing in street skating and park contests since 2002.^[3]

2003

• Gravity Games, first place (street discipline)
• Slam City Jam, first place (street discipline)
• X Games; first place (park discipline)
• United States Skateboarding Championships, third place (street discipline)
• Vans Triple Crown, overall first place (street discipline)
• World Cup of Skateboarding, overall first place (street discipline)

2004

• Gravity Games, third place (street discipline)
• United States Skateboarding Championships, first place (street discipline)
• Vans Triple Crown, Vancouver event; third place (street discipline)
• Vans Triple Crown, Cleveland event; third place (street discipline)
• World Cup of Skateboarding, overall second place (street discipline)

2005

• AST Dew Tour, Louisville event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Denver event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Portland event; second place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, San Jose event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Orlando event; third place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour; overall first place (park discipline)
• Globe World Cup, Melbourne event; second place (street discipline)
• World Championship of Skateboarding, third place (street discipline)

2006

• Tampa Pro, Florida event, fifth place (street), biggest slam
• AST Dew Tour, Louisville event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Denver event; fourth place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Portland event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, San Jose, California event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Orlando event; second place; second place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour; overall first place (park discipline)
• X Games, Los Angeles event; second place (park discipline)
• Globe World Cup, Melbourne event; first place (street discipline)

2008

• Thrasher Magazine's Bust or Bail Competition
• X Games; 1st place (street discipline)

2010

• Tampa Pro sixth place street
• X Games; 1st place (street discipline)

2011

• X Games; 3rd Place (Street Discipline)

Recent activities[link]

Ryan Sheckler is sponsored by Red Bull, Etnies Shoes, Plan B Skateboards, Oakley, Nixon, Go Pro, Independent Trucks, Kicker Car Audio, Power Balance, Grizzy Griptape, CCS, Ethika, and Panasonic. Sheckler is currently on tour making a few appearances nationwide for Journey's Backyard Barbecue (2009). In May 2009, Sheckler launched his new clothing line, RS, that is sold at J.C. Penney stores nationwide. In 2008, the Sheckler Foundation^[4] was created to help the less fortunate, and also to donate to injured and recovering athletes.

Film and television career[link]

Sheckler has appeared in the movies Grind, Dishdogz, Street Dreams, and MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate. He also starred in his own MTV reality show "Life of Ryan", from 2007-2009.^[5]

Filmography[link]

Video games[link]

Sheckler is a playable character in Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Tony Hawk's Project 8, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, and Tony Hawk: Ride.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ryan Sheckler

• Official website
• Red Bull USA Profile
• Dew Tour Profile
• Ryan Sheckler at EXPN Online
• Ryan Sheckler at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Life of Ryan website

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Graham Jarvis (August 25, 1930 – April 16, 2003) was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s.

Born in Toronto, Jarvis attended Williams College before moving to New York to pursue a career in theater. Jarvis appeared on such television programs as Naked City, Route 66, N.Y.P.D., All in the Family, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, M*A*S*H, Mork & Mindy, Starsky and Hutch, Cagney and Lacey, Fame, Married... with Children, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X Files, ER, and Six Feet Under. He also played character roles in many films. His last major part was as "Charles Jackson", father of Annie Jackson Camden in the Warner Brothers TV drama 7th Heaven, a role that he filled until his death.

Jarvis acted in the role of Elliot Sinclair in the Journeyman Project trio of video games and was also the narrator in the first American production of The Rocky Horror Show at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, playing alongside Meat Loaf and Tim Curry.

He lived in Los Angeles with his wife Joanna Jarvis, and two sons Alex and Matt. Jarvis was also the uncle of former AIMR President Peter Jarvis. In 2003, he died from multiple myeloma. He was interred at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westlake Village, California.

Selected Filmography[link]

• Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
• Alice's Restaurant (1969)
• The Out-of-Towners (1970)
• Cold Turkey (1971)
• Prophecy (1979)
• Silkwood (1983)
• Tough Guys (1986)
• Misery (1990)
• Last of the Dogmen (1995)

External links[link]

Biography portal

• Graham Jarvis at Find a Grave
• Graham Jarvis at the Internet Movie Database
• Graham Jarvis at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

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Grant Taylor (Born October 31, 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a professional skateboarder who grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the son of former professional skateboarder Thomas Taylor. He began skating at an early age and turned pro in 2009. He won Thrasher Magazine's Skater of The Year in 2011.

Skateboarding[link]

Grant Taylor turned pro in 2009, shortly after his acclaimed appearance in Nike SB's "Debacle". His sponsors include Alien Workshop, Independent, Volcom, Stratosphere Skateshop, Nike SB and Spitfire. He along with members of the Nike SB Team won Thrasher's King of The Road in 2010 and participated in the 2011 competition. He won "Skater of The Year" in 2011 at the age of 20. His stance is Goofy.

Awards[link]

Thrasher's 2011 Skater Of The Year

Transworld Skateboarding 2010 Awards Best Transition

Transworld Skateboarding 2010 Awards Best Video Part "Debacle"

Video Parts[link]

Nike SB

• On Tap (2004)
• Nothing But The Truth (2007)
• Debacle (2009)
• Don't Fear The Sweeper (2010)
• The SB Chronicles volume 1 (2011)

Skate Park of Tampa

• Tampa AM Experience (2006)

Independent Truck Company

• 30th Anniversary Tour (2008)

Alien Workshop

• Mind Field (2009)

Thrasher

• King of The Road (2010)
• Killing Time (2011)
• King of The Road (2011)

Stratosphere Skateshop

• VHS Tape (2010)

References[link]

• http://www.skatevideosite.com/skaters/219/grant+taylor
• http://www.volcom.com/news/article.asp?articleID=4678
• http://www.thrashermagazine.com/component/option,com_hwdvideoshare/Itemid,90/lang,en/task,viewvideo/video_id,1379/
• http://www.volcom.com/team/team_rider_detail.asp?TeamID=2&riderID=27&SectionId=1
• http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000087707/news/grant-taylor-new-alien-workshop-pro/