Darren Navarette

Darren Navarette

Darren Navarrette is a professional American vert skateboarder. He is currently the Team Captain of Creature Skateboards, under the direction of Lee Charron, which is under NHS distribution. Nicknamed the "Vertical Vampire", "Old Crow" or simply "Navs", he is associated with hesh skateboarding. He has avoided large events, such as the X-Games and AST Dew Tour, while openly criticizing them, and even has a competition at the Creature vert ramp the same weekend as the dew tour Called Rumble In Ramona. Navarrette also appears in video games. he is a symbol of vert skateboarding everywhere

Biography

Navarette grew up in Minneapolis and Kansas City, skating vert from the start. He skated with Al Partanen and Sam Hitz, current members of the Creature skateboard team.

Navarrette dropped out of high school as a senior and moved to Florida. In 1994, at the age of 18, he again moved, this time to California. At the time, he was sponsored by Good Times Skateboards.

In the late 1990s, Navarette made the move to Creature skateboards).[1]

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