Tod Swank

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Tod Swank is an American ex-professional skateboarder, TumYeto and Foundation Skateboards owner, photographer, and publisher.

He was a professional skateboarder in the 1980s, as well as an accomplished skateboarding photographer, working as the first Senior Photographer at Transworld Skateboarding Magazine. Swank was also a skateboard company owner, as well as the owner of TumYeto, a skateboard distributor who created the motto "By Skateboarders, For Skateboarders". TumYeto is the distributor and owner of Foundation Super Company, Toy Machine, Pig Wheels, and Ruckus Trucks. Swank is an accomplished musician, playing bass at various times in Crankshaft, Custom Floor, Loaded, and the LetDowns. Swank's skateboard 'zine Swank Zine was among the first of the original wave of underground xeroxed press that kept communication in underground skateboarding alive and thriving during the '80s.^[1]

[edit] Controversy

Swank has clashed with professional skateboarder Bam Margera. Swank's company, Landspeed, originally produced Bam's first skateboard video CKY. However, Bam's ideas about royalties led to a dispute which resulted in Bam leaving Toy Machine and LandSpeed.^{[citation needed]} LandSpeed brand director Rob Erickson eventually dropped the brand. Bam has repeatedly made it known that he is not fond of Tod.^{[citation needed]}