Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder)
| Andrew Reynolds | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Andrew Michael Reynolds June 6, 1978 Lakeland, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | The Godfather, Drew, The Boss, Turtle Boy |
| Occupation | Professional skateboarder; owner of Baker Skateboards; co-owner of Brigada Eyewear; co-owner of Bakerboys Distribution; Head Designer of Altamont Apparel. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Children | Stella |
Andrew Michael Reynolds (born June 6, 1978) is a professional street skateboarder. He is the co-founder and owner of Baker Skateboards; a part owner of Brigada Eyewear; a partner in Bakerboys Distribution (distributors of Baker Skateboards, Shake Junt, Deathwish Skateboards, Heroin Skateboards, Palace Skateboards, Hammers Skateboards, Death Lens, and Ashbury Eyewear), and head designer at Altamont Apparel.
Reynolds was a competitor in the 2014 Street League Skateboarding (SLS) contest series and finished with an overall ranking of 25.
He first picked up a board when he was 9 years old. Influenced by Powell videos at the time, Andrew began to skate jump ramps as well as wall rides.
He's got good style, too. Yeah, yeah, I used to see him when he was, like, eleven, twelve years-old—he lived in Lakeland and I lived in Fort Myers, like, three hours away. Yeah, I remember he killed it, and, ah, everybody knew it, too. He was, he was always great.
Reynolds emerged in the skateboarding scene in the early 1990s. Following a phone call from professional skateboarder and ex-Bones Brigade member Tony Hawk, Reynolds joined the Birdhouse (Hawk's company) skateboard team; Reynolds has stated that Hawk contacted Reynolds with little knowledge about the latter's skateboarding. Reynolds explained in 2008:
To me, that was such a trip when they told me, "The ams [amateurs] on Birdhouse are gonna be you and Ocean Howell." And I'm, like, "Me! And the guy, from the H Street video, with, like, the Doors song, and everything?!" I was, like, "Oh my god!", like, it's not even right. Like, some little kid from a hick town, and the other am is Ocean Howell? It's, like, wrong; it's just ... it just was so wrong. At first when I met him I was, like, just a fan. But then, like, we became friends, you know? He, like, would get a girl at every demo, almost, and I'm just, like ... amazed! I was just, like, "Man, how does he do it? He's so cool!", you know? ... He was sick; he was so cool.
Professional skateboarder and Emerica team manager Heath Kirchart revealed in 2007 that he perceived Reynolds as his competition, as Reynolds was recruited to Birdhouse after he joined the team. Kirchart further explained:
... I don't tell many people this. But there was point, I remember when were filming The End, and I would see footage of him—when he kickflip noseslided the UCI ten-stair, I was just, like, "Holy shit! Hopefully, I'll do that." And I didn't. But it was, like, my coming to, like, "Wow! He's better than me." And, since that time, it's been, like ... it's like, way better than me. He's not just better than me—he's, like, way better than me.
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