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Rick McCrank

Richard McCrank (born January 23, 1976) is a Canadian professional skateboarder and skate shop owner.[1][2][3]

Rick McCrank
Personal information
Birth nameRichard McCrank
Nicknames
  • Crankers
  • McKrills
Born (1976-01-23) January 23, 1976 (age 48)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Professional skateboarder
  • business owner
  • television presenter
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Spouse
Lee Dolan
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(m. 2015)​
Websitewww.antisocialshopworldwide.com
Sport
Country Canada
SportSkateboarding
PositionRegular

Early life

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McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, and grew up in Ottawa, Ontario.[4][5][6][7]

Professional skateboarding

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McCrank's first deck sponsor was Cherry Bombs, a small Canadian brand. McCrank was discovered by professional skateboarder Colin McKay and invited to join Plan B Skateboards.[8] After Plan B, McCrank briefly joined Birdhouse, appearing in the 1998 video The End. After Birdhouse, McCrank joined the Girl Distribution Company and is currently a team member of the Girl brand.[9][10]

McCrank designed several signature skate shoe models for the éS brand, including the éS "Anti-Social" model.[11] Following the announcement of the brand's hiatus, McCrank has been filmed wearing the Lakai brand.[12] In 2019, McCrank announced he was leaving Lakai.[13][14] In 2020, Rick was announced as a rider for the Vans skate team. McCrank is part owner of Momentum Wheels with ex-Bones Brigade pro Kevin Harris.[15]

Contest history

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McCrank competed in Street contests throughout his career. He was awarded one of the highest ever scores in a street skateboarding competition, scoring a 99.67 at ESPN's 2000 grand prix.[16] In the Summer of 2001, McCrank got 1st place in the X-Games Skateboard Street Best Trick contest.[17][18] Also in 2001, McCrank placed 2nd at the Gravity Games, hosted in Providence, Rhode Island.[17][19] He won the Globe World Cup at Melbourne in 2002 [20] and in 2003, McCrank placed 2nd at the 2003 Gravity Games behind Ryan Sheckler.[21] In 2003, McCrank placed 2nd at the Slam City Jam.[22] In 2004, he came second to Ronnie Creager at the Globe World Cup.[23]

Awards

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McCrank was voted "Best Street Skater" by Transworld SKATEboarding magazine in 2001.[24]

Other ventures

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McCrank co-founded the Anti-Social Skateshop in Vancouver.[25][26] He co-owns the Momentum brand, a skateboard wheel company.[27]

McCrank has acted in the films Harvey Spannos (2006) and Machotaildrop (2009).[28] He hosted the television series Abandoned, which premiered on the Viceland network in 2016.[29][30][31][32][33] His most recent television project is Post Radical, which aired in 2018.[34][35][36]

In 2019, McCrank was part of a group of skateboard industry veterans who spoke at the Pushing Boarders conference in Malmö, Sweden.[37][38]

Videography

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  • 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)[39]
  • Girl: Harsh Euro Barge (2002)
  • Girl: Yeah Right! (2003)
  • Stereo: Way Out East (2004)
  • FuelTV: Riding the Long White Cloud (2009)[28]
  • Girl/Chocolate: Pretty Sweet (2012)[40]
  • Viceland TV: Abandoned – Skateboarder Rick McCrank explores abandoned places with the people who love them long after the lights have gone out (2016)[30]
  • Viceland TV: Post Radical - Rick McCrank takes viewers on an exploration of skateboarding's varied subcultures.[41][34]
  • Girl Skateboards "Doll" (2018)[42]

References

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  1. ^ O'Connor, Paul (October 2, 2019). Skateboarding and Religion. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-24857-4.
  2. ^ Derdeyn, Stuart. "VIFF 2016: Abandoned skates the world". VancouverSun. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Hunter, Rob. "How skateboarding changed popular culture". SBS TV. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "RICK MCCRANK -- Route One Interview". The Berrics. March 29, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "Post Radical: An Interview with Alex Craig and Rick McCrank". tv.booooooom.com. October 24, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "Rick McCrank Interview". Transworld SKATEboarding. December 21, 1999. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "CrailTap 3: Rick McCrank Interview". crailtap.com. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  8. ^ Lucas Wisenthal (November 4, 2014). "Rick McCrank's Favorite Vancouver Skaters". RIDE. Complex Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  9. ^ "Team: Rick McCrank". Girl Skateboards. THE GIRL SKATEBOARD COMPANY, INC. 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  10. ^ "Rick McCrank". The Nine Club. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "Rick McCrank Recalls His Journey From Industry Outlier to Cultural Icon ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE (Press release). September 2, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  12. ^ Ride Channel (July 25, 2013). "SKATE Vancouver with Rick McCrank" (Video upload). Ride Channel on YouTube. Google Inc. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  13. ^ "Rick McCrank Leaves Lakai After 7 Years". The Berrics. November 28, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "Rick McCrank Interview – Caught in the Crossfire". Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  15. ^ "New Products Available from Momentum Wheels!". Warehouse Skateboards. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  16. ^ "Rick McCrank's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Rick Mccrank". erickoston.freeservers.com. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  18. ^ Blomquist, Christopher (2003). Skateboarding in the X Games. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8239-6300-3.
  19. ^ Layden, Joe (2002). More to the Xtreme. Scholastic. ISBN 978-0-439-38574-9.
  20. ^ "Results From Globe World Cup, Australia". TransWorld SKATEboarding. A360 Media LLC. February 18, 2002. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  21. ^ Hillman, John; Hillman, Kathy; Florea, Jesse (2004). The One Year Devos for Sports Fans. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8423-8711-8.
  22. ^ Higgins, Matt (2006). Insider's Guide to Action Sports. Scholastic Reference. ISBN 978-0-439-84780-3.
  23. ^ "The 2004 Globe World Cup". TransWorld SKATEboarding. A360 Media LLC. February 19, 2004. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  24. ^ Shad Lambert (August 6, 2001). "READERS – POLL BEST STREET SKATER RICK MCCRANK". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  25. ^ "The It List: Vans Foot The Bill initiative". vancouversun. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  26. ^ "A look inside the life of Antisocial's owner/operator". Vancouver Is Awesome. October 6, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  27. ^ "Rick McCrank Vegetarian Ad". peta2. PETA. 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  28. ^ a b Rick McCrank
  29. ^ "Rick McCrank's "Abandoned" Ep.1 and Interview". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  30. ^ a b "ABANDONED – VICELAND". VICELAND. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  31. ^ Yeusuff, Bahir (July 3, 2020). "Abandoned – The Vice Docuseries is Not Poverty Porn". Goggler. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  32. ^ "Viceland's Abandoned explores broken down America". CBC Radio.
  33. ^ Aridi, Sara (July 10, 2018). "What's on TV Tuesday: 'No Passport Required' and 'Drug Lords' (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  34. ^ a b "RICK MCCRANK TO EXPLORE SKATEBOARDING'S SUBCULTURES IN NEW VICELAND SHOW -". The Berrics. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  35. ^ O'Leary, Devin D. "Idiot Box: "Post Radical" on Viceland". alibi. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  36. ^ Aridi, Sara (August 14, 2018). "What's on TV Tuesday: 'Zama' and 'Action Point' (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  37. ^ "Pushing Boarders: Second Annual Academic Skate Conference". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  38. ^ "Speakers 2019". Pushing Boarders. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  39. ^ "10 TRICKS TO GET YOU THROUGH WINTER". Jenkem Magazine. March 2, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  40. ^ "Rick McCrank skate videos". SkatevideoSite.com. SkatevideoSite.com. 2005–2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  41. ^ "Post Radical – VICELAND". Viceland. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  42. ^ "Rick McCrank". www.vans.com. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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