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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 is, as of this writing, well into the Cliché Zone. TumYeto |
'''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 is, as of this writing, well into 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 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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==Controversy== |
==Controversy== |
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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, |
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 know 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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Plus Bam Magera hates his guts.<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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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 18:28, 26 February 2007
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 is, as of this writing, well into 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 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.
Controversy
Swank has clashed with professional skateboarder Bam Margera. Swank's company, Landspeed, originally produced Bam's first skateboard video 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 know that he is not fond of Tod. [1][2]