Marcus McBride is an American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur who lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia and California.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life edit
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 edit
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 edit
McBride is a founding member of DGK, helping Stevie Williams start company in 2002 .[6]
References edit
- ^ "A Glimpse of Marcus McBride". Transworld SKATEboarding. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ a b "Marcus McBride Skateboarder Profile". SPoT Skate Shop at Skatepark of Tampa. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ a b c d e f "Marcus McBride". True Sk8board Mag. 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ a b c d e "MARCUS MCBRIDE | 2007 – 48 BLOCKS MEDIA". Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ Meronek, Rob. "Marcus McBride Profile Bio: Ranking, Photos, Video". TheBoardr. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ a b "Marcus McBride". True Sk8board Mag. 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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