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 co company owner for momentum wheels.
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's first-ever skateboard deck sponsor was a small Canadian brand called Cherry Bombs. He then joined the first incarnation of Plan B Skateboards, when he was discovered by professional skateboarder, Colin McKay, after a brief period with Tony Hawk's Birdhouse company.[1] He was assigned professional status by the company in the late 1990s. Following Plan B's hiatus, McCrank joined the Girl Distribution Company and became a team member of the Girl brand, where he remains in 2014.[2]
McCrank designed several signature skate shoe models for the éS brand (on indefinite hiatus as of 2012), including the éS "Anti-Social" model. Following the announcement of the brand's hiatus, McCrank has been filmed wearing the Lakai brand.[3]
The Lifetime lifestyle brand, based in California, U.S.—which emerged from the skateboarding and snowboarding subcultures—collaborated with McCrank on the "Mt. Pleasant" capsule collection in early 2014. McCrank is also a "Collective" member of the brand, alongside other skateboarders, snowboarders, artists, advocates, filmmakers, and designers.[4]
Business owner
McCrank co-founded and owns Anti-Social Skateshop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and co-owns the Momentum brand (skateboard wheel company).[5]
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.[6]
Awards
McCrank was voted "Best Street Skater" by Transworld SKATEboarding magazine in 2001.[7]
Personal life
McCrank resides in Vancouver with his daughter, Kalea Connor McCrank-Ranger.[6] In addition to his career, McCrank has also undertaken several acting roles, such as Harvey Spannos (2006) (television) and the film Machotaildrop (2009).[8]
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)[8]
- Girl/Chocolate: Pretty Sweet (2012)[9]
References
- ↑ Lucas Wisenthal (4 November 2014). "Rick McCrank's Favorite Vancouver Skaters". RIDE. Complex Media. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "Team: Rick McCrank". Girl Skateboards. THE GIRL SKATEBOARD COMPANY, INC. 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ↑ Ride Channel (25 July 2013). "SKATE Vancouver with Rick McCrank" (Video upload). Ride Channel on YouTube. Google Inc. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ↑ "Lifetime Collective". Lifetime. Lifetime. 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ↑ "Rick McCrank Vegetarian Ad". peta2. PETA. 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- 1 2 ESPN Action Sports: The Worldwide Leader In Action Sports - ESPN
- ↑ Shad Lambert (6 August 2001). "READERS – POLL BEST STREET SKATER RICK MCCRANK". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- 1 2 Rick McCrank
- ↑ "Rick McCrank skate videos". SkatevideoSite.com. SkatevideoSite.com. 2005–2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.