Ron Allen (skateboarder)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ron Allen |
| Born | 1964 Visalia, CA, U.S.A |
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| Country | USA |
| Sport | Skateboarding |
Ron Allen (born 1964) is a goofy-footed American skateboarder from Visalia, California.[1] Allen, living and working in Oakland, CA, is a well-known California street skater who had parts in H-Street videos, Shackle Me Not and Hokus Pokus.[2]
Skateboarding career
The first company to sponsor Allen was Gullwing Trucks. After placing third in an amateur contest in Santa Barbara, Vision Street Wear started to sponsor Allen.[3] In 1989, Allen left Vision for the newly founded H-Street, alongside John Schultes, Colby Carter, Art Godoy, Tony Magnusson, Danny Way, Chris Livingston, Aaron Vincent, John Sonner, and David Nelsen.[4]
After H-Street, Allen started his own company with Mike Ternasky called Life, a name based on the De La Soul song called Living In a Fulltime Era. Soon after starting Life, Sean Sheffey joined the team. Two years later, Ternasky left Life for Plan B Skateboards. After Life, Allen founded American Dream Inc with the artist Alyasha Moore who he met in 1996. Moore designed a deck for Allen with Dexter Woods of the San Francisco chapter of the Black Panthers on it. In 1999, Allen founded and released a bamboo board on his new company Energy, standing for: Enough Nonsense Every Rider Get Yours[5].
In 2007, H-Street reissued Allen's Ben Outlook board with art by Jeff Klindt. In 2008, Allen joined Creation skateboards at the age of 44.[6] Additionally, Allen work as team manager at High Grade Distribution, the company that distributes Creation; however, as a stint as team manager, Allen went back to being strictly a Pro.[7]
References
- ^ "Ron Allen". www.48blocks.com.
- ^ "chrome ball interview #31: ron allen". the chrome ball incident. 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Ron Allen : "I learned a lot about my own culture from doing American Dream Inc."". Memory Screened. 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Ron Allen Profile < Skately Library". skately.com.
- ^ "Into the Grime: A Milwaukee Skateboarding Legend". Media Milwaukee. 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Ron Allen". www.creationskateboards.com.
- ^ "High Grade Distribution < Skately Library". skately.com.
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