| Donovan Strain | |
|---|---|
 Strain at Maloof Money Cup in 2009 | |
| Born | November 22, 1985 Camarillo, California, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up |
| Years active | 2013-present |
| Subject(s) | Observational |
| Website | Twitter.com/DonovanStrain |
Donovan Strain (born November 22, 1985) is a stand-up comedian and skateboarder living in Los Angeles, California.
Strain started the skateboarding-based comedy segment titled "Buttery Ass Mondays" on The Berrics, where he was credited for inventing the skateboarding tricks Grape Flip, [1] and Double Grape Flip. [2] The series ran until 2010 when it was cancelled and removed from the archives. [3] [4] [ independent source needed ] In October 2013, Strain's "Buttery Ass Mondays" returned to The Berrics' archive, suggesting new episodes of the series would be made for 2014. [3] On April 1, 2014, Donovan's series made a return to The Berrics with the newly titled series "The Donovan Strain Show". [5]
In 2008, Strain participated in his first professional skateboard contest for the original "Battle at the Berrics" where he won his first round match against Sean Malto, [6] only to be knocked out of the contest in the second round by Eric Koston. [7]
He received his first signature skateboard with the brand Sk8mafia in 2008 [8] [ better source needed ] before a split with the brand and receiving his next signature skateboard with City Skateboards in 2009. [9] [ better source needed ]
In 2010 [10] Donovan got involved with the Make-A-Wish foundation when he was able to help grant a wish for a kid from Florida named Alex that requested to meet him. [10]
In 2010, [11] he moved to New York City, where he hosted a video series on his own site MurkAvenue.com [12]
In 2012, Strain wrote a post on the website Tumblr breaking down the lyrics to Ice Cube's 1993 classic "It Was a Good Day" deducing that everything in the song actually happened on the date January 20, 1992. [13] This was picked up by news outlets [14] [15] including CNN, [16] Daily News (New York) , [17] and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where Ice Cube commented "It doesn't make any sense at all, but it's cool". [18] [19] On January 20, 2014 Goodyear invited both Ice Cube and Donovan Strain to their Goodyear Blimp airport for a charity event to witness the blimp fly over south central Los Angeles reading "Ice Cube Says Today Was A Good Day". [19] [20]
Strain started performing stand-up comedy in 2013 at Flappers Comedy Club [21] [ non-primary source needed ] located in Burbank, CA.