Rick McCrank
| Rick Mccrank | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 23, 1976 Peterborough, Ontario |
| Other names | Crankers |
| Occupation | Professional skateboarder, business owner |
Rick McCrank (born January 23, 1976) is a Canadian professional skateboarder and company owner.
Early life
McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Ottawa, Canada. McCrank was sponsored by local skate shops as a young person.
Professional skateboarding
McCrank joined the first incarnation of Plan B Skateboards, when he was discovered by professional skateboarder, Colin McKay; he was assigned professional status by the company in the late 1990s.
McCrank designed several signature skate shoe models for the éS brand (on indefinite hiatus as of 2012), including the éS "Anti-Social" model.
Awards
McCrank was voted "Best Street Skater" by Transworld SKATEboarding magazine in 2001.[1]
Business owner
McCrank co-founded and owns Anti-Social Skateshop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and co-owns the Momentum brand (skateboard wheel company).[2]
Personal life
McCrank resides in Vancouver with his daughter, Kalea Connor Ranger-McCrank.[3] In addition to his career, McCrank has also undertaken several acting roles, such as Harvey Spannos (2006) (television) and the film Machotaildrop (2009).[4]
Contest history
McCrank has competed in various contests around the world throughout his career and attained one of the highest ever scores in a street skateboarding category, with a 99.67 at ESPN's 2000 grand prix event.[3]
Videography
- Sheep: Life of Leisure (1996)
- Church of Skatan: Santa Barbara (1996)
- Plan B: The Revolution (1997)
- Birdhouse: The End (1998)
- Transworld: The Reason (1999)
- 411VM: Brazilian Vacation (1999)
- The XYZ Video (1999)
- Powell: Bones Bearings Class Of 2000 (2000)
- éS: éSpecial
- Dwindle: Rodney Mullen vs Daewon Song Round 2 (1999)
- éS: Menikmati (2002)
- Girl: Harsh Euro Barge (2002)
- Girl: Yeah Right! (2003)
- Stereo: Way Out East (2004)
- FuelTV: Riding The Long White Cloud (2009)[4]
- Girl/Chocolate: Pretty Sweet (2012)[5]
References
- ↑ Shad Lambert (6 August 2001). "READERS – POLL BEST STREET SKATER RICK MCCRANK". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ↑ "Rick McCrank Vegetarian Ad". peta2. PETA. 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ESPN Action Sports: The Worldwide Leader In Action Sports - ESPN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rick McCrank
- ↑ "Rick McCrank skate videos". SkatevideoSite.com. SkatevideoSite.com. 2005–2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.