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'''Tod Swank''' was a professional skateboarder in the 1980s, as well as an accomplished skateboarding photographer, working as the first Senior Photographer at [[Transworld Skateboarding Magazine]]. Swank was also a skateboard company owner, as well as the owner of [[TumYeto]], a skateboard distributor who created the motto "By Skateboarders, For Skateboarders" well before any other skateboard company used that saying, which has, as of this writing, found its way far into the depths of the Cliché Zone. TumYeto is the distributor and owner of [[Foundation Super Company]], [[Toy Machine]], [[Zero]], [[Pig Wheels]], Landspeed, [[Ruckus]], [[Poot]], and other brands. Swank is an accomplished musician, playing bass at various times in [[Crankshaft]], [[Custom Floor]], [[Loaded]], and the [[LetDowns]]. Swank's skateboard 'zine (pronounced "zeen" and short for magazine) SwankZine was among the first and best of the original wave of underground zeroxed press that kept communication in underground skateboarding alive and thriving during the dark years of the eighties. |
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'''Tod Swank''' is an American former professional [[skateboarder]], company owner ([[Tum Yeto]] distribution and [[Foundation skateboards]]), photographer, and musician. His mid-1980s skateboard [['zine]], ''Swank Zine'',<ref>{{Cite journal |title=No Nothing Issue |url=https://archive.org/details/SwankNoNothingIssueSolanaBeachCA |journal=Swank Zine |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> was among the original wave of underground xeroxed press.<ref name="christopher">Christopher, Roy (March 29, 2004). [http://roychristopher.com/tod-swank-foundations-edge Foundation's Edge: Tod Swank.] ''Follow for Now''</ref> |
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Swank achieved notoriety as one of the earliest American skaters to compete in European contests, placing third in the 1985 French Open (hosted by the SCAF, the Skateboard Club of Fontainbleu) and seventh place that same year in the Scandinavian Open '1985.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mosberg |first=Jamie |date=1985 |title=French Open '85 |url=https://archive.org/details/DeathZone1985GueterslohGermany/mode/1up |journal=Death Zone |language=English |location=Gütersloh, Germany |quote=Todd Swank from the U.S. clinched third spot with long consistent runs. |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> |
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Swank has clashed with professional skateboarder [[Bam Margera]]. Swank's company, Landspeed, originally produced Bam's first skateboard video [[CKY (videos)|CKY]]. However, Bam's inflated ideas about royalties led to a dispute which resulted in Bam leaving Toy Machine and LandSpeed. LandSpeed brand director Rob Erickson eventually dropped the brand. Bam has repeatedly made it known that he is not fond of Tod. <ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298993/trivia</ref><ref>http://www.ckyforums.com/archive/index.php/t-30881.html</ref> |
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In 1987 Swank was featured on the cover of [[Transworld Skateboarding]] as the subject of iconic photo titled ''The Push,'' an image shot by [[J. Grant Brittain]], then senior photo editor of the magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brittain |first=J. Grant |date=November 12, 2019 |title=The Story Behind "The Push" (and How It Almost Didn't Become One Of The Most Classic Skateboarding Magazine Covers) |url=https://jgrantbrittainphotos.com/blogs/behind-the-lens-j-grant-brittain-talks-skate-photography/the-story-behind-the-push-and-how-it-almost-didn-t-become-one-of-the-most-classic-skateboarding-magazine-covers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324082341/https://jgrantbrittainphotos.com/blogs/behind-the-lens-j-grant-brittain-talks-skate-photography/the-story-behind-the-push-and-how-it-almost-didn-t-become-one-of-the-most-classic-skateboarding-magazine-covers |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |access-date=March 24, 2023 |website=J. Grant Brittain Skate Photography}}</ref> |
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{{Blockquote|text=One image stood out—the frame with Tod simply pushing along the sidewalk. It was so basic—it was the foundation of skateboarding, it was the first thing we all learn to do after stepping on a board, it was the essence of this activity we, who do it, love. We all have this in common: we push.}} |
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*[http://www.disposablethebook.com/html/galleries/swank-gallery-html/swank.html Gallery of Swank boards] |
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Latest revision as of 09:52, 9 January 2024
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Tod Swank is an American former professional skateboarder, company owner (Tum Yeto distribution and Foundation skateboards), photographer, and musician. His mid-1980s skateboard 'zine, Swank Zine,[1] was among the original wave of underground xeroxed press.[2]
Career
[edit]Swank achieved notoriety as one of the earliest American skaters to compete in European contests, placing third in the 1985 French Open (hosted by the SCAF, the Skateboard Club of Fontainbleu) and seventh place that same year in the Scandinavian Open '1985.[3]
In 1987 Swank was featured on the cover of Transworld Skateboarding as the subject of iconic photo titled The Push, an image shot by J. Grant Brittain, then senior photo editor of the magazine.[4]
One image stood out—the frame with Tod simply pushing along the sidewalk. It was so basic—it was the foundation of skateboarding, it was the first thing we all learn to do after stepping on a board, it was the essence of this activity we, who do it, love. We all have this in common: we push.
References
[edit]- ^ "No Nothing Issue". Swank Zine – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Christopher, Roy (March 29, 2004). Foundation's Edge: Tod Swank. Follow for Now
- ^ Mosberg, Jamie (1985). "French Open '85". Death Zone. Gütersloh, Germany – via Internet Archive.
Todd Swank from the U.S. clinched third spot with long consistent runs.
- ^ Brittain, J. Grant (November 12, 2019). "The Story Behind "The Push" (and How It Almost Didn't Become One Of The Most Classic Skateboarding Magazine Covers)". J. Grant Brittain Skate Photography. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.