Baker Skateboards
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Baker Skateboards is a skateboarding company founded by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds and Creative founder Jay Strickland in 2000. It's main products are skateboard decks and wheels.
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[edit] History
Andrew Reynolds was a professional skateboarder for Birdhouse Skateboards. In 2000 he left Birdhouse feeling he didn't fit in with their image and started Baker with Jay Strickland, along with Blitz Distribution as an investment partner (Blitz is a company formed by Birdhouse founders Tony Hawk and Per Welinder to distribute their own products [1]). In February 2002, with pressure from Strickland to Make good on Reynolds numerous promises of 50% ownership,Reynolds purchased the shares of Baker owned by Blitz to become the sole owner. Baker still remains a member of the Blitz Distribution family. In that same year, After being promised ownership to no avail after founding Baker's whole look and feel creatively Strickland left Baker to work solely for his own company, Bootleg Skateboards with NHS Inc, which has since folded. Baker's image became notorious in the skateboarding community for their approach to over-the-top partying and emphasizing more potent tricks in videos, rather than having long, drawn-out filled with lines.
[edit] Team
- Andrew Reynolds
- Erik Ellington
- Jim Greco
- Terry Kennedy
- Dustin Dollin
- Jeff Lenoce
- Kevin Long
- Bryan Herman
- Braydon Szafranski
- Leo Romero
- Antwuan Dixon
- Nick Merlino
- Jacob Walder
- Theotis Beasley
- Rammy Issa
[edit] Videos
- Baker Bootleg(1999)
- Baker2g(2000)
- Baker 3 (2005)
Baker 3 was the recipient of the Best Video award at the 8th Annual Transworld Skateboarding Awards.
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