Rick McCrank

Rick McCrank (born January 23, 1976) is a Canadian professional skateboarder and co-owner of Momentum Wheels.

Richard (Rick) McCrank
Born (1976-01-23) January 23, 1976
Peterborough, Ontario
Other namesRick, Crankers
OccupationProfessional skateboarder, business owner, TV host

Early life

McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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 is currently a team member of the Girl brand.[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. In addition to his career, McCrank has also undertaken several acting roles, such as Harvey Spannos (2006) (television) and the film Machotaildrop (2009).[8] McCrank became host of the television series Abandoned, which premiered on the Viceland network in 2016.[9] His most recent television project is Post Radical, which began airing in 2018.[10]

McCrank is a teetotaler and claims to have never drunk in his life.[11]

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)[12]
  • Viceland TV: Abandoned - Skateboarder Rick McCrank explores abandoned places with the people who love them long after the lights have gone out. (2016)[9]
  • Viceland TV: Post Radical - Rick McCrank takes viewers on an exploration of skateboarding's varied subcultures.[13][14]
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gollark: For extra funlolz, do `while true; mkfs.ext4 /dev/<disk>; end` or however you löop in shells in parallel.
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References
  1. Lucas Wisenthal (4 November 2014). "Rick McCrank's Favorite Vancouver Skaters". RIDE. Complex Media. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. "Team: Rick McCrank". Girl Skateboards. THE GIRL SKATEBOARD COMPANY, INC. 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  3. Ride Channel (25 July 2013). "SKATE Vancouver with Rick McCrank" (Video upload). Ride Channel on YouTube. Google Inc. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  4. "Lifetime Collective". Lifetime. Lifetime. 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  5. "Rick McCrank Vegetarian Ad". peta2. PETA. 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  6. ESPN Action Sports: The Worldwide Leader In Action Sports - ESPN
  7. Shad Lambert (6 August 2001). "READERS – POLL BEST STREET SKATER RICK MCCRANK". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  8. Rick McCrank
  9. "ABANDONED - VICELAND". VICELAND. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  10. "RICK MCCRANK TO EXPLORE SKATEBOARDING'S SUBCULTURES IN NEW VICELAND SHOW -". The Berrics. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  11. "On the Crail Couch with Rick McCrank, again" (video). Crailtap. 31 October 2011. Event occurs at 1:51. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  12. "Rick McCrank skate videos". SkatevideoSite.com. SkatevideoSite.com. 2005–2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  13. "Post Radical - VICELAND". Viceland. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  14. "RICK MCCRANK TO EXPLORE SKATEBOARDING'S SUBCULTURES IN NEW VICELAND SHOW -". The Berrics. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
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