Natas Kaupas Blind Bag Santa Cruz Skateboard Deck GOLD FOIL & METALLIC Reissue SMA NEW. SLIGHT TEAR IN PLASTIC THAT COULD BE SEEN IN LAST PICS. THAT HAS NO EFFECT TO DECK STILL NEW. I bag it twice.. Wrapped in bubble wrap twice and in a strong cardboard.. SANTA CRUZ SKATEBOARDS TEAM. Natas Kaupas (born March 23, 1969)[1] is an American former professional skateboarder. He grew up in South Santa Monica, California, in the area known as Dogtown, and is of Lithuanian descent. [2] He is often referred to as one of the first true professional street skateboarders. Kaupas began skating during his childhood years. In 1983 Kaupas won a local Santa Monica surfing contest and received a Santa Monica Airlines (SMA) skateboard as a first place prize. SMA was operated out of the back of a surfshop owned by Skip Engblom. Kaupas approached Engblom about becoming a member of his skate team, which did not exist. However, Engblom was impressed with Kaupas’s skating ability and offered to sponsor him. Kaupas by his own admission remained clueless and uninterested in the mainstream skateboard subculture. He honed his street skateboarding skills by utilizing his surroundings, preferring not to ride ramps or parks. By the mid-1980s, Kaupas had discovered riding walls where he would throw his skateboard up against a wall and ride off it. He then perfected this trick by riding up the side of walls without using his hands. [2] In 1984 Thrasher Magazine photographer and skating commentator Craig Stecyk took a photo of Kaupas riding off a wall which featured on the cover of Thrasher Magazine’s September 1984 issue. [3] With this cover photo, Kaupas began to receive more magazine coverage and recognition from professional skaters. [2] Also in 1984, SMA released Kaupas’s first pro-model skateboard, which infamously featured a panther image drawn by Santa Monica artist Kevin Ancell. [4][5] At this point, Kaupas was regularly skating with such notables as Mark Gonzales, Julien Stranger and Jim Thiebaud and pioneering what would be known as’street skating’. Kaupas and Gonzales innovated many new skateboarding tricks and ideas, the first of which was transferring Rodney Mullen’s kickflip from freestyle skating to street skating. Skateboarder who has been regularly featured in such magazines as Thrasher and Berrics. His sponsors have included Vans, Santa Cruz, Mob Grip and Bronson Speed Co. Erick Winkowski is a well known Skateboarder. Erick was born on June 16, 1995 in California.. Erick is one of the famous and trending celeb who is popular for being a Skateboarder. As of 2018 Erick Winkowski is 22 years years old. Erick Winkowski is a member of famous Skateboarder list.
