Thursday, September 10, 2009

Andrew Reynolds: The Legend

By Rene A Lacape

After 20 years of achievements in the field of skateboarding, Andrew Reynolds is now a renowned skateboarder. He appeared in Tony Hawk series of video games.

He was born in 1978 in Lakeland Florida, and Andrew Reynolds started skateboarding in the mid-1980s. Even at an early age it was apparent that Andrew was a very unique skateboarder. Today he is 6"2" and credits his height as one of the reasons he has gotten better as a skateboarder.

Everywhere you go, you can see kids skateboarding most of the time in groups. Millions do it in the United States. It has only been around since the late 1970's but the kids have managed to come up with various tricks compared to other sports.

For example one of the most popular tricks is known as the Ollie. This is where the skateboarder slams the tail side of the board and moves his front foot towards the nose, creating a lift off of the ground. This move is less than 30 years old which shows how really new this sport is.

It is thought that in the 1950's or 1960's surfers in California came up with the idea of surfing the streets. No one has ever been given personal credit with inventing skateboarding.

One thing for sure is Andrew Reynolds has become a legend in this sport because of his ability to create tricks no one had done before. He is well known for his trick The Front Side Flip.

He has performed this trick down the Wilshire fifteen set in the LOVE gap in the Emerica Video This is Skateboarding, "Baker 2G," over the Hollywood High School's 16 stair rail, the Wallenberg Set, and over a 17 stair set in Baker 3.

Skateboarding is not the only love of his life. He also enjoys other things. He loves to collect jewelry, diamonds, play the guitar, shop for DVD's and clothes. He would also spend his time editing video footages of him and his friends in his PowerBook.

In 2000 Andrew started Baker Skateboards with Jay Strickland. They specialized in selling skateboard decks and wheels and have been able to capitalize on the continuing popularity of this world wide sport. He has gone on to start Deathwish skateboards as a sister company to Baker Skateboards.

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