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January 1, 1963 (age 61) New York City, New York, U.S. Other names. Ollie. Occupation (s) Skateboarder, Entrepreneur, Racing Driver. Known for. Inventing the "ollie" the foundational skateboarding trick. Alan " Ollie " Gelfand (born January 1, 1963) is an influential American skateboarder, racing driver, and entrepreneur credited with inventing ...
Combining spins and flips is extremely popular in today's culture. A common trick in skateboarding lines is a 360 flip, or tre flip. A 360 flip is the combination of a skateboard spinning 360 degrees and a kickflip. There are also double kickflips and triple kickflips, which are very difficult.
United States. Sport. Skateboarding. Turned pro. 1980. John Rodney Mullen[3][4] (born August 17, 1966) [5] is an American professional skateboarder who practices freestyle skateboarding and street skateboarding. He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. [6][7][8] Mullen is credited for inventing numerous tricks ...
Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Originating in the United States, skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years.
Frank Nasworthy. Frank Nasworthy is notable in the history of skateboarding for introducing polyurethane wheel technology to the sport in the early 1970s. After graduating from Annandale High School in Northern Virginia in 1967, Nasworthy attended Virginia Tech for a year. Back with his family for the summer of 1970, he visited a plastics ...
Roller skates are shoes or bindings that fit onto shoes that are worn to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels. The first roller skate was an inline skate design, effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade. Later the "quad skate" style became more popular, consisting of four wheels arranged in the same configuration as a ...
A McTwist is a transitional trick that was invented by McGill and consists of a front flip combined with a 540-degree rotation. [1] McGill first performed the manoeuvre on a wooden half-pipe in Rättvik, Sweden in 1984 [2] and then at the Del Mar Skate Ranch's concrete bowl, called The Keyhole, when he returned to the United States (U.S.).
American. Alma mater. Santa Monica College. Occupation. Inventor. Known for. Skateboard kicktail. Richard Lawrence "Larry" Stevenson (December 22, 1930 – March 25, 2012) was the inventor of the kicktail, the bent-upwards end of a skateboard, which made most of today's skateboarding tricks possible and essentially revolutionized the sport. [1]