Rick McCrank

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

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

Early life

McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Ottawa, Canada. McCrank is a high school dropout who was sponsored by local skate shops when he decided education wasn't important.

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] On June 14, 2015, McCrank married Lee Dolan. In addition to his career, McCrank has also undertaken several acting roles, such as Harvey Spannos (2006) (television) and the film Machotaildrop (2009).[8] Most recently, McCrank became host of the television series Abandoned, which premiered on the Viceland network in 2016.[9]

Videography

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Rick McCrank
  9. 1 2 "ABANDONED - VICELAND". VICELAND. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  10. ↑ "Rick McCrank skate videos". SkatevideoSite.com. SkatevideoSite.com. 2005–2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
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