Lance Mountain

Born in 1964 Lance was one of the more popular skaters in the 80's. He also was one of the five most legendary members of the Bones Brigade. When contests were the main factor in a skaters status, Lance was on top of the competition during the first phases of street skating, but he specialized in vert skating where he regularly placed in the top five. In 81 Mountain was got his first sponsorship with Variflex, but then signed with Powell Peralta a year later. In 1983 Lance won the Upland Turkey Shoot which upped his skate status. He was up against some tough competition including fellow team riders Steve Cabellaro, Mike McGill, and Tony Hawk. Winning this contest made Mountain the perfect candidate for "The Bones Brigade Video Show" which was skateboarding's first full length video in 1984. In the early 90's street skating started to take over and vert fell into second place, the Bones Brigade went through the change and fell behind as well because of its heavy vert dominance. As this was happening Lance left Powell Peralta and started his own skateboard company call "The Firm" in 1991 and signed noteable skaters such as Bob Burnquist, Ray Barbee, and Rodrigo Teixeira. "The Firm" was ended in 2006, and Lance has been riding for Flip ever since. Lance was also one of the creators of fingerboards back in the late 70's and assembled them out of cardboard, pencil erasers, and a disassembled Hot Wheels toy.

A couple vids of Lance Mountain shredding


Lance in 85


Now look how far people have taken fingerboards