Marcus McBride

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Marcus McBride is an American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur who lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia and California. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Marcus and his brother Lavar grew up in San Francisco CA. [2] Marcus first skated at the age of 9 in Oakland, California. [4] [3] He took it up more seriously around the age of 13. [6] The first real skateboard McBride got was a Jesse Martinez pro model. [4]

Skateboarding career

McBride's brother Lavar excelled at skating, getting sponsorship from Blind Skateboards. [3] Lavar would include Marcus with him to LA when he used to go film for Blind. Marcus went down there a handful of times. The brothers would stay with Rodney Mullen. Marcus described Rodney as "a cool dude. [3] He used to look out for us… take us out to eat and skate everywhere." [3]

While in LA, Jason Dill would see Marcus skate and him boards from 101. [4] Marcus ended up riding for 101 as he admired the team which included Jason Dill, Gino Iannucci, Clyde, and Natas. [3] [4]

D.G.K

McBride is a founding member of DGK, helping Stevie Williams start company in 2002 . [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "A Glimpse of Marcus McBride". Transworld SKATEboarding. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. 1 2 "Marcus McBride Skateboarder Profile". SPoT Skate Shop at Skatepark of Tampa. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Marcus McBride". True Sk8board Mag. 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "MARCUS MCBRIDE | 2007 – 48 BLOCKS MEDIA" . Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. ↑ Meronek, Rob. "Marcus McBride Profile Bio: Ranking, Photos, Video". TheBoardr. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  6. 1 2 "Marcus McBride". True Sk8board Mag. 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2020-08-24.


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