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My SportsSkateboarding | News Skateboarding Explained DVD student Ryan Thompson won Volcom's "Wild in the Parks" contest Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:40pm "Skateboarding Explained" student Ryan Thompson wins Maloof Money Cup search for Am's! Monday, May 11, 2009 10:08am Win Your FREE "Skateboarding Explained" Instructional DVD from Local Surfing Network! Monday, May 11, 2009 1:12am Win A Skateboarding Explained Instructional DVD! Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:10am AboutDan MacFarlane was introduced to skateboarding in 1986 by his brother John, plus the Back to the Future movie. He was influenced at first by the Bones Brigade and Tony Hawk, then H-Street and the original Plan B. In 1990 MacFarlane was sponsored by the Skatepark of Houston, but a couple of years later a broken ankle combined with vert’s sudden drop in popularity forced MacFarlane to expand to street. MacFarlane went though a turbulent time with various sponsors, and focused more on his shredding. He now runs Mentality Skateboards, released the Skateboarding Explained DVD, and is back in the competition circuit. 1990 - First sponsored by Skatepark of Houston 1993 - Took 4th place in Shut Up and Skate, Street Division, and shown in 411 #3 1995 - Began instructing in skateboarding at the Encinitas YMCA (Instructed Shaun White there. He was 8) 1996 - First major sponsor, Formula One Skateboards (Omar Hassan's company) 2000 - 8th place Vans Am World Championships 2001 - 1st Place Damn Am 2002 - Turned pro for Vision 2003 - 17th Overall by Vans TripleCrown as a Pro 2003 - started Mentality Skateboards 2006 - made Skateboarding Explained, the instructional video My Videos |
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Posted by Rthomp10 January 15, 2008 07:49am PSTReply | Report Abuse
Dan has a an unbelievable way to take a look at everything a skateboarder is doing and help that skater roll away as a new improved skateboarder. Dan taught me how to hard flip in less than 4 minutes. I was landing them smooth in less than 30 minutes. Before teaching me, he carefully watched what I was doing wrong, and that is all it took. No doubt that all the years Dan instructed at Vans and all the years of studying techniques and helping others raise their level of skateboarding, allows Dan to be the best instructor I have ever seen.
Reply by brettrice August 8, 2009 08:14am PDTReport Abuse
AMEN!
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