Mike Carroll (skateboarder)

For other people, see Michael Carroll (disambiguation).
Mike Carroll
Born Michael Shawn Carroll
(1975-08-24) August 24, 1975
San Francisco, California, United States
Nationality American
Other names Buboli (because of a poorly healed injury/scar on the back of his right ear)
Occupation Professional skateboarder, company owner
Known for Girl Skateboards, Lakai Limited Footwear, EA Skate

Michael "Mike" Shawn Carroll[1] (born August 24, 1975) is a professional skateboarder from Daly City, California, United States. He is the co-founder and vice-president of Girl Skateboards and the co-founder of Lakai Limited Footwear.[2] He was also instrumental in the creation of the Chocolate Skateboards subdivision of Girl. Furthermore, Carroll is known for being in the vanguard of innovative, technical, and stylish street skateboarding in the early 1990s and beyond. The success of skateboarding videos like Hokus Pokus, Ban This! and Video Days firmly ensconced street as the premier variation of skating (a position formally held by freestyle and especially vert skateboarding).[3]

Professional skateboarding

Carroll is globally known for his skating at the Embarcadero plaza (also known as Justin Herman Plaza), or "EMB", in San Francisco, U.S.[3] (as of 2012, the area continues to be a popular location for skateboarders).[4]

H-Street was a skateboard company founded by Tony Magnusson and Mike Ternasky.[5] Carroll joined the prestigious Plan B team that Ternasky left H-Street to form. After the foreclosure of H-Street and the death of Plan B owner Mike Ternasky, Carroll started Girl Skateboards with fellow Plan B rider Rick Howard. Carroll explained in 2013 that, at the time, Plan B was continually "retiring" team members and he experienced a decrease in stress in regard to his future following the decision to launch Girl.[1]

Following his recruitment to the Vans skate shoe team in the early 1990s, Carroll released a signature shoe with the company in 1994, but left the company soon after and was picked up by DC Shoes, where they released a signature model shoe called the "Cosmo".[6][7] Not long afterwards he left DC along with Rick Howard and they started their own shoe company, Lakai. Carroll is said to have discovered the famous San Francisco skateboard landmark 3rd and Army.[8]

Video Parts

H Street-Hokus Pokus 1989 H Street-This is Not the New H Street Video 1990 Plan B-Questionable 1992 Plan B-Virtual Reality 1993 Girl-Goldfish 1993 Girl-Mouse 1996 Girl/Chocolate-Chocolate Tour 1999 Transworld-Modus Operandi 2000 Girl-Yeah Right 2003 Lakai-Fully Flared 2007 Lakai-Final Flare 2008 Girl/Chocolate Pretty Sweet 2012

Sponsors

As of July 2014, Carroll is sponsored by Fourstar Clothing, Girl, Lakai Limited Footwear, Diamond Supply Co., Royal Truck Company, Glassy Sunhaters, Grizzly Griptape and Bones Bearings.[2][9][10][11]

Awards

Carroll won Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year award in 1994.[12]

In December 2011, Carroll was selected as one of "The 30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time" by Transworld Skateboarding. Carroll was number 16 in the list, following Jamie Thomas and preceding Guy Mariano.[3] In the corresponding interview with Skin Phillips, uploaded in September 2012, Carroll listed Jason Lee and Julian Stranger as the two skateboarders who have been the most influential in his life.[13]

Video game appearances

Carroll is a playable character in the Electronic Arts video games; Skate,[14] Skate 2[15] and Skate 3.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 RouteOneDirect (23 August 2013). "Rick Howard & Mike Carroll: 20 Years of Girl - The Route One Interview. Part One" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Mike Carroll". Lakai Limited Footwear. Lakai Limited Footwear. May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Blair Alley (20 December 2011). "THE 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL SKATERS OF ALL TIME". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Justin Herman Plaza". San Francisco Parks Alliance. San Francisco Parks Alliance. 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  5. ↑ RIDEChannel (16 August 2012). "Tony Magnusson Loses Fingers, H-Street, Plan B and More on Free Lunch" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Eric Lantto (2013). "PJ LADD'S TOP 5 SKATE SHOES". The Berrics. The Berrics. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. ↑ NICK ENGVALL (7 January 2013). "9. Vans Mike Carroll". Complex Sneakers. Complex Media. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  8. ↑ Skateboarder Magazine (21 July 2005). "15 THINGS: 3RD AND ARMY". Skateboarder Magazine. GrindMedia, LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Team". Glassy Sunhaters. Glassy Sunhaters. July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Team". Grizzly Griptape. Grizzly Griptape. July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "BONES® BEARINGS TEAM". Bones Bearings. Skate One. July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Thrasher Magazine (17 November 2009). "Classics: Mike Carroll S.O.T.Y". Thrasher Magazine. High Speed Productions. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  13. ↑ Skin Phillips; Blair Alley (6 September 2012). "30TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS: MIKE CARROLL PART 2". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  14. ↑ César A. Berardini (19 March 2007). "SKATE: Mike Carroll". teamxbox. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  15. ↑ Electronic Arts (2010). "profiles". EA Skate. Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  16. ↑ LTUCKER (17 March 2010). "TEAM UP AND THROW DOWN IN SKATE 3 ON MAY 11TH". EA. Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

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