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The Start Of Skateboarding's Golden Era | Mark Appleyard "Sorry"
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The Start Of Skateboarding's Golden Era | Mark Appleyard "Sorry"Signed Mark Appleyard boards available at storiedskateboarding.com In “The Start Of Skateboarding's Golden Era | Mark Appleyard "Sorry”, our host, Torey Pudwill, takes us back to the “golden era of skateboarding” for a closer look at the life and career of the king of style, Mark Appleyard. Mark moved to Southern California from a small town in Canada just two short days after graduating high school to pursue his dream of becoming a professional skateboarder. After making a name for himself at Tampa Am in 2000 and picking up a couple sponsors, Mark was well on his way to achieve his goal. He was swiftly added to the Habitat Skateboards squad and featured in one of the most legendary skate videos of all time, “Photosynthesis.” On top of that, he was chosen by Transworld Skateboarding to be featured in their video, “I.E.” alongside legends like Daewon Song, Anthony Pappalardo & Rob Dyrdek. Josh Kalis recalls meeting Mark around that time and being blown away by not only his skill but his effortless style and great attitude. The Godfather of skateboarding (and inventor of nearly every skateboarding trick known to man) Rodney Mullen compares Appleyard coming onto the skate scene to legend, Christian Hosoi, claiming he was “built to skate.” Well, it didn’t take long for the all-star team, Flip Skateboards to scout Mark to add them to their elite squad of innovators. Geoff Rowley said he knew the moment he saw him standing on his board that something was special about Appleyard. While filming the iconic, es’ “Menikmati”, French Fred Mortagne recalls Rick McCrank begging him to watch some of Mark’s footage. Mark took the bait and he joined Flip, alongside A-listers Geoff Rowley, Arto Saari, Rune Glifberg, Tom Penny, Alex Chalmers, Ali Boulala and Bastien Salabanzi. Although Mark was feeling all of the pressure of being put one the bigge
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