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During the early 1990s, Blind was one of the largest skateboard brands in the world, due to board sales and sales of Blind's jean products. [8] During the 1990s and early/mid-2000s, additional team members, such as Kris Markovich, James Craig, Jake Duncombe, Jake Brown, Corey Shepard, Grant Patterson, Danny Cerezini, and Jani Laitala were recruited by brand manager Bill Weiss.
Creager was sponsored by Tensor, the skateboard truck brand founded by skateboard pioneer Rodney Mullen—Creager released signature truck models with the brand. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] As of September 2013, Creager is a team rider for the Theeve truck brand.
Gonzales was riding for Vision, which was the largest skateboard company at the time. Between Santa Cruz and Powell Peralta. Gonzales and Rocco decided to name the company Blind, in contrast to Gonzales' former sponsor. Jason Lee, who was, at the time, a World Industries team member, assisted with the development of the brand. [4]
Video Days is a skateboarding video by Blind Skateboards released in 1991, which is often credited as the most important skate video of all time. [1]Video Days is the first movie/video directed by Spike Jonze and stars Mark Gonzales, Guy Mariano, Rudy Johnson, Jordan Richter, and Jason Lee.
Lotti's popularity peaked in the early 1990s while he was sponsored by skateboard company Planet Earth and appeared in the 1991 Planet Earth video Now N' Later.After moving on to ride for Blind Skateboards, Lotti left the world of professional skateboarding and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii.
Following Blind, Mariano joined the Girl Skateboards team and appeared in the video Mouse (1996). [11] Since joining the Girl team, Mariano has appeared in every major Girl video production since the company's inception. [12] Following a hiatus related to illicit drug use, Mariano returned to professional skateboarding in 2005.
McBride's brother Lavar excelled at skating, getting sponsorship from Blind Skateboards. [3] Lavar would include Marcus with him to LA when he used to go film for Blind. Marcus went down there a handful of times. The brothers would stay with Rodney Mullen. Marcus described Rodney as "a cool dude. [3]
His ads were direct messages to the consumer in words that resonated with the skateboarders of the time. He is the cofounder of Blind, 101, Plan B, and Duffs. In 1992, he founded the skateboarding magazine Big Brother. [4] Rocco is the subject of the theatrically released 2007 documentary The Man Who Souled the World. [3] [5] [6]