Michael Shawn Carroll[1] (born August 24, 1975) is a professional skateboarder from Daly City, California, United States. He is the co-founder and vice-president of Girl Skateboards and the co-founder of Lakai Limited Footwear.[2] He was also instrumental in the creation of the Chocolate Skateboards subdivision of Girl. Furthermore, Carroll is known for being in the vanguard of innovative, technical, and stylish street skateboarding in the early 1990s and beyond. The success of skateboarding videos like Hokus Pokus, Ban This!, and Video Days firmly ensconced street as the premier variation of skating (a position formerly held by vert skateboarding).[3]
Mike Carroll | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Shawn Carroll August 24, 1975 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Professional skateboarder, company owner |
| Known for | Girl Skateboards, Lakai Limited Footwear, EA Skate |
Career
editCarroll's first sponsors were H-Street skateboards, Concrete Jungle, and FTC skate shop in San Francisco. When Concrete Jungle closed in 1988, Carroll became a founding member of the FTC skate shop team along with brother Gregg Carroll, Jovontae Turner, and Rick Ibaseta.[4] H-Street was a skateboard company founded by Tony Magnusson and Mike Ternasky.[5] Carroll was featured in video parts on H-Street's Shackle Me Not (1988),[4] Hokus Pokus (1989),[6] and This Is Not The New H-Street Video (1990) [7] In 1991, Carroll joined the prestigious Plan B team that Ternasky left H-Street to form. After the foreclosure of H-Street and the death of Plan B owner Mike Ternasky, Carroll started Girl Skateboards in 1993 with fellow Plan B rider Rick Howard. Carroll explained in 2013 that, at the time, Plan B was continually "retiring" team members and he experienced a decrease in stress in regard to his future following the decision to launch Girl.[1]
Following his recruitment to the Vans skate shoe team in 1994, Carroll was often seen in his early team ads skating in Half Cabs.[8] In 1996, Carroll released a signature model, a technically more advanced shoe based on the Half Cab with a modern internal looped lacing system,[9][10][11] but left the company in 1997 and moved to DC Shoes.[12] In 1998, DC Shoes released a Mike Carroll signature model shoe called the "Cosmo".[13] Not long afterwards, Carroll left DC Shoes in 1999 along with Girl Skateboards team member and founder Rick Howard and they started the shoe company, Lakai.
Carroll is globally known for his skating at the Embarcadero plaza (also known as Justin Herman Plaza), in San Francisco, U.S.[3] As of 2012, the area continues to be a popular location for skateboarders. [14] Carroll has also been attributed to the discovery of another famous San Francisco skateboard landmark 3rd and Army.[15]
Sponsors
editAs of July 2014, Carroll is sponsored by FTC, Fourstar Clothing, Girl, Lakai Limited Footwear, Diamond Supply Co., Royal Truck Company, Glassy Sunhaters, Grizzly Griptape, and Bones Bearings.[2][16][17][18][19]
Awards and Honors
editCarroll won Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year award in 1994.[20]
In December 2011, Carroll was selected as one of "The 30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time" by Transworld Skateboarding. Carroll was number 16 in the list, following Jamie Thomas and preceding Guy Mariano.[3] In the corresponding interview with Skin Phillips, uploaded in September 2012, Carroll listed Jason Lee and Julian Stranger as the two skateboarders who have been the most influential in his life.[21]
In 2023, Carroll was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame.[22]
Videography
edit- H-Street: Shackle Me Not (1988)[23]
- H-Street: Hokus Pokus (1989)[23]
- Plan B: Questionable (1992)[23]
- Plan B: Virtual Reality (1993)[23]
- Girl: Gold Fish (1993)[23]
- Girl: Mouse (1996)[23]
- Chocolate Skateboards: “The Chocolate Tour” (1999)
- Transworld: Modus Operandi (2000)[23]
- Girl: Yeah Right (2003)[23]
- Lakai: Fully Flared (2007)[23]
- Girl: Pretty Sweet (2012)[23]
Video game appearances
editCarroll is a playable character in the Electronic Arts video games; Skate,[24] Skate It,[25][26] Skate 2,[27] and Skate 3.[28]
References
edit- ^ a b RouteOneDirect (August 23, 2013). "Rick Howard & Mike Carroll: 20 Years of Girl - The Route One Interview. Part One" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- ^ a b "Mike Carroll". Lakai Limited Footwear. May 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ a b c Alley, Blair (December 20, 2011). "THE 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL SKATERS OF ALL TIME". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ^ a b "FTC Retrospective". www.48blocks.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ RIDEChannel (August 16, 2012). "Tony Magnusson Loses Fingers, H-Street, Plan B and More on Free Lunch" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ "H-Street - Hokus Pokus skate video soundtrack - Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ "H-Street - This Is Not The New H-Street Video skate video soundtrack - Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Features/2015/WTC_6_Vans/wtc_6_16.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ "Thrasher Magazine - Wax the Coping: Classic Skate Vans". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/May_1996/TH0596May1996p106-107_800t.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/September_1996/TH0996Sep1996p46-47_800t.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/dc-shoes-plug-model-1997.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/dc-shoes-carroll-cozmo-model-1998.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ "Justin Herman Plaza". San Francisco Parks Alliance. 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ "15 THINGS: 3RD AND ARMY". Skateboarder Magazine. GrindMedia, LLC. July 21, 2005. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ "Family - FTC". ftcsf.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Team". Glassy Sunhaters. July 2014. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "Team". Grizzly Griptape. July 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "BONES® BEARINGS TEAM". Bones Bearings. Skate One. July 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "Classics: Mike Carroll S.O.T.Y". Thrasher Magazine. High Speed Productions. November 17, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ Phillips, Skin; Blair Alley (September 6, 2012). "30TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS: MIKE CARROLL PART 2". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ^ "SHoF 2023". Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Skate Video Site: Mike Carroll Skate Videos". Skate Video Site. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ César A. Berardini (March 19, 2007). "SKATE: Mike Carroll". teamxbox. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ "Skate It Full Cast & Crew". IMDB. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ EA Black Box, EA Montreal, Exient Entertainment (November 19, 2008). Skate It (Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS). Electronic Arts. Level/area: Intro video.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "profiles". EA Skate. Electronic Arts Inc. 2010. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ LTUCKER (March 17, 2010). "TEAM UP AND THROW DOWN IN SKATE 3 ON MAY 11TH". EA. Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
