Andrew Reynolds grew up in Lakeland, Florida. Andrew was 9 years old when he started skateboarding, and his parents put a lot of effort into getting Andrew Reynolds to skateboarding competitions, and he did very well. At age 18, he visited Huntington Beach, California and decided to stay. He took a large break from competing, from the late 90s to 2004, so he could devote more time to his passion for filming. He is now married and lives in Hollywood..Andrew Reynolds is a technical skater, exact and precise. He also loves to take on big gaps and huge sets of stairs (in an interview with ESPN in 2005, he talked about heelflipping and frontside flipping down a 17 stair). Andrew Reynolds has become a bit of a skateboard "legend", having skated so well for so long. At X Games 11, Andrew Reynolds said he likes to, "go out and skate with my friends on stuff that's really not all that dangerous, and filming tricks on things that I just want to go out and get, something I can go home and watch."
Daewon is a close friend of a famous freestyle skater Rodney Mullen and is featured opposite in the skateboard video Rodney Mullen vs. Daewon Song. He also has the ending parts in both Almost Skateboard's Round Three and DVS Footwear's Skate More, and many of the old World Industries videos, and the two Deca videos. Daewon Song also recently featured alongside Chris Haslam in the miniramp video, Cheese & Crackers by Almost Skateboards.
Mullen started skateboarding at age 10, when his father (who had opposed his son's wishes to practice the sport) finally agreed to give Rodney a skateboard on condition that he always wore pads, and with the understanding that if he were to ever get hurt, he would have to quit. On January 1, 1977 he bought his first skateboard. His first sponsor was Bill Murray at Inland Surf Shop where Rodney used to skate in their carpark. He rode a Walker Skateboard in his first contest at Kona in Jacksonville in 1977, placing third in Boys Freestyle. The 10-year old attracted the attention of skateboard manufacturer Bruce Walker and immediately became sponsored by Walker Skateboards. For the next 3 years, Rodney took first place in every contest he entered. He went on to win nearly 30 contests, mostly in Florida, and culminated with a win at the Oceanside Nationals in California. His coaching influence came mainly from Bruce Walker and Barry Zaritsky. In 1980 at 13 he turned professional by winning first place at the Oasis Pro in San Diego, and began skateboarding for the legendary Powell Peralta Bones Brigade team. Stacy Peralta became Rodney's new coach and sponsor. 10 years and 34 freestyle competitions later Rodney was only beaten once by Per Welinder, and in this competition he still got second. This is considered to be the best. Rodney Mullen is widely considered the most influential skateboarder in the history of the skateboarding. The majority of ollie and flip tricks he invented throughout the 1980's, including the flatground ollie, the Kickflip, the Heelflip, and the 360 flip are regularly done in modern vertical and street skateboarding.
Chris was a virtual unknown outside his native East Coast skating world when he took home the XG Street bronze in 2005. With the ability to land nearly every trick he tries first time, he has skyrocketed to the top of the skating scene, winning the prestigious Thrasher Magazine Skater of the Year title for 2005, and showing up on numerous mag covers. In April, Chris became a father for the first time to son Wyatt. Considered to be a "big guy" by street standards, Chris, who is 6-ft 1-in and weighs 186 lbs, made a name for himself in true core fashion-- through his video parts. Chris is known for wearing slim fitting pants, which are a defining factor of his style. His latest is Zero or Die (April 2005), where he has the coveted final part, his first for an industry video. On his board, this East Coaster is "notoriously consistent" and able to skate anything, including quarterpipes, ledges, banks and rails.
He is sponsored by Fallen Footwear, Zero Skateboards, Thunder Trucks, and a few other companies along with G-Spot Skate Shop. Past sponsors include Ezekiel clothing, Axion Shoes, World Industries Skateboards. He rides regular which means his left foot is at the front of the board. He has the notable achievement of 360 flipping otherwise known as a tre' flip down the Wallenberg four a set of four large stairs at Wallenberg High School, measuring approximately six feet high, and twenty-four feet long, in San Francisco.