Mike Carroll (born 1975) is a professional skateboarder from San Francisco who skated for H-Street and then joined the super team Plan B Skateboards. Mike is known for being an innovator of technical street skating in the early 90's. After the death of Mike Ternasky, Carroll started Girl Skateboards with fellow Plan B rider Rick Howard. He was a long-time rider for Vans, but left the company soon after they released his pro model shoe and was pic...
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Mike Carroll (born 1975) is a professional skateboarder from San Francisco who skated for H-Street and then joined the super team Plan B Skateboards. Mike is known for being an innovator of technical street skating in the early 90's. After the death of Mike Ternasky, Carroll started Girl Skateboards with fellow Plan B rider Rick Howard. He was a long-time rider for Vans, but left the company soon after they released his pro model shoe and was picked up by DC Shoes, where they released a signature model shoe called the Cosmo. Not long afterwards he left DC along with Rick Howard and they started their own shoe company, Lakai, a shortened version of Malakai, a favorite character of Mike's from the movie "Children of the Corn." Carroll is said to have discovered the famous San Francisco skateboard landmark 3rd and Army.
Carroll won Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year award in 1994. Carroll is a playable character in EA's video games "skate." and "Skate 2".
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