Stevie Williams
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Stevie Williams (born December 17, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a professional street skateboarder. Stevie Williams appears in the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Tony Hawk's Project 8 and Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. He also appears as a secret character in NFL Street 2. His current sponsors are DGK skateboards (which he owns), RBK shoes, CCS mailorder, Venture trucks and Gold wheels.
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[edit] Biography
Williams, who grew up in North Philadelphia, became interested in skateboarding at a very young age, when he was exposed to the passionate and aggressive Philadelphia skateboarding scene. Williams got his first skateboard at the age of 11 and would always be seen on the streets skateboarding. He and his friends were often taunted at the local skate arena as "Dirty Ghetto Kids", but his passion for skateboarding did not change.
After being sponsored by DC Shoes for six years, Stevie Williams left to be the first skateboarder to be sponsored by Reebok in 2004 and was the foundation for their skateboarding shoes line.[1]
In 2006, Williams opened a skate shop L&K Limited in Oceanside, California together with Nick Lockman.[2]
He also had some minor appearances in movies outside skateboarding and will be featured in the movie Street Dreams by Rob Dyrdek.[3]
Stevie appeared in the music video for "Kick, Push" by Lupe Fiasco.
He has also appeared in the Tony Hawk series of video games, with his first appearance in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. His appearance in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground was obvious due to a screenshot seen on the Planet Tony Hawk official update page of a skater wearing a DGK hat and T-shirt, besides the fact that the game has been released and he has several missions for which your character can complete[citation needed]
[edit] DGK
Williams is the owner and founder of DGK Skateboards with the financial backing of the Kayo Corp. The DGK team consists of Williams, Darren Harper, Ben O'Rafferty, Marcus McBride, Wade Des Armo, Lenny Rivas and Jackson Curtin. Williams got the idea for the name 'Dirty Ghetto Kids' from the rival skate team in his hometown of Philadelphia who toled filmers "dont film them there dirty ghetto kids". DGK is now partnered with Reebok and now shoes as well as apparel are sold under the DGK RBK name.
[edit] References
- ^ Transowrld Skateboarding, Stevie & Rbk, Cairo on Krux, Curtin Pro, and more, 17. December 2004
- ^ Transworld Skateboarding, L&K Limited Opening, 13. November 2006
- ^ Transworld Skateboarding, Dyrdek's Street Dreams, 6. June 2006
