Kevin was one of the top freestyle skateboarders in the world, right behind his teammate at Powell Peralta, Rodney Mullen. He is from Richmond, British Columbia. His style of skating involved a lot more rolling with manual variations and board flips, instead of just doing tricks in one place. Kevin opened the Richmond Skate Ranch in 1986, which featured a number of interconnected mini ramps. This park would be the home base for skaters such as Rob "Sluggo" Boyce, Colin McKay, and Rick Howard. Kevin also started Ultimate Skateboards, a distribution company for gear. He is still doing that today. Kevin also still skateboards and even enters the occasional freestyle contest.
Transworld - February 1989 Volume 7 Number 1
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Let's not forget his awesome input into skate stoppers lol.
People thought he gave input to skate stopper installation in Vancouver, to combat dwindling attendance at the Skate Ranch. Considering Ultimate was is one the largest Canadian distros, stopping people from skating would have been bad for business.From speaking to him and his staff, the story is understandably a laughable myth, yet people still bring it up.
I figured the skate stopper thing would come up. You gotta love rumors before the internet. Like a guy who has been skateboarding since before the people who started those rumors were born would sabotage what he obviously loves doing and is his source of income.
awesome post
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