Steve Berra

Steve Berra (born May 10, 1973 is an American professional skateboarder, movie writer and director. Berra was born May 10, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri). As a child Steve was nearly killed by a horse at a petting zoo when Steve came from behind him trying to feed it. He has been a pro skateboarder since the age of 18. He married actress and musician Juliette Lewis in 1999; they divorced in 2005. Berra was a vegetarian. Berra lives in Los Feliz, Ca... more

Steve Berra (born May 10, 1973 is an American professional skateboarder, movie writer and director. Berra was born May 10, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri). As a child Steve was nearly killed by a horse at a petting zoo when Steve came from behind him trying to feed it. He has been a pro skateboarder since the age of 18. He married actress and musician Juliette Lewis in 1999; they divorced in 2005. Berra was a vegetarian. Berra lives in Los Feliz, California. In January of '92, Tony Hawk moved him from Omaha, Nebraska and into his house in Fallbrook, California where they formed, along with Jeremy Klein and Willy Santos, Birdhouse Skateboards. A year later Steve left Birdhouse to ride for Television Skateboards, a company owned by Ed Templeton, Mike Vallely and business partner Dean Crystal. Seven months later Television went bankrupt as a result of Crystal's mismanagement and Steve was left without a sponsor for a short period before finding his way onto Tod Swank's fledgling brand... less