Professional skateboarding Mike McGill

1 professional skateboarding

1.1 mctwist
1.2 bones brigade
1.3 post-bones brigade

professional skateboarding
mctwist

a mctwist transitional trick invented mcgill , consists of front flip combined 540-degree rotation. mcgill first performed maneuvre on wooden half-pipe in rättvik, sweden in 1984 , @ del mar skate ranch s concrete bowl, called keyhole, when returned united states (u.s.). mcgill inspired fred blood, had performed 540 on roller skates, , small number of professionals complete trick @ time of invention—lester kasai second skateboarder land mctwist after mcgill. mcgill recounted experience in sweden in 2004 thrasher article:

“okay,” thought, “if past 400-degree mark bail out knees , not land on head.” after couple dozen tries happened , landed 1 speed, ... before long showed up, saying, “okay, let’s see it.” did, wasn’t half-way wall suspected; four-feet out, easier me see doing. lance [mountain] proceeded grab skate stuff , did full body jar body on coping trying it. next day took sequence of single shot camera bones brigade intelligence report, , made me 27 times in same spot. rodney mullen named mctwist.

the trick derived combination of mc in mcgill , word twist —twist had been introduced lance mountain , neil blender, invention of gay twist (a mute-grab, fakie 360-degree aerial). inspired mctwist, mcgill s teammate tony hawk invented 720-degree aerial—a double gay twist—and, homage mcgill, named mchawk . trick groundbreaking when first executed , continues performed in 21st century—snowboarding has adopted trick , shaun white filmed performing double mctwist on snowboard @ 2010 vancouver winter olympics.

bones brigade

mcgill member of bones brigade , elite team of skateboarders sponsored powell peralta, dominated professional skateboarding (in both contests , popularity stakes) large part of 1980s. led stacey peralta, team consisted of lance mountain, tony hawk, rodney mullen, tommy guerrero, , steve caballero.

mcgill appeared peralta , other bones brigades members during 2012 promotional screenings of peralta-directed bones brigade documentary, bones brigade: autobiography. documentary premiered @ sundance film festival , trailer released in january 2012.

post-bones brigade

mcgill skated vertical, , when street skating began dominate industry, mcgill turned business side of skating. started own skateboard company, chapter 7 (which defunct), , opened own skate park. of 2012, owns skate shop in encinitas, california mcgills skateshop, marketing line of beginners skateboards, safety equipment , portable skate ramps, rails, , air speed skate shoes through wal-mart.