Tosh Townend

Tosh Townend (b. March 12, 1985) is a professional skateboarder from Huntington Beach, California. He turned pro at the age of 11. Tosh Townend got sponsored by Element when he was 11, and is now on the pro team with which he releases signature decks.

Tosh Townend's father is Australian Peter Townend, the 1976 surfing world champion. His father would have boards around the house and would let Tosh ride them.

Tosh first followed his father's footsteps and surfed. He started surfing in the National Scholastic Surfing Association when he was seven years old and became the NSSA Junior Middle School California Champion in 1996. However, when Peter was working at Rusty, Tosh started skateboarding more and at 11, he won the California Amateur Skateboard League in the 11 and under division, and at 12, the 14 and under division. These wins, and the sponsorships that followed, propelled him into his professional skateboarding career.

Sponsors

Townend's sponsors include CCS, Boost Mobile, Map Cargo, Upful Hardware, and Independent trucks. He ended his decade-long relationship with Element Skateboards and Element Footwear in 2008. [cite web |url=http://alpha.skateboard.com/articles/article/news/20080602/element_and_tosh_part_ways-12977.html |title=Element and Tosh part ways |accessdate=2008-06-02 |author= |date=June 2, 2008 |work=www.skateboard.com |publisher=]

Previous Sponsors

* Emerica
* Element Skateboards and Element Footwear

TV & video appearances

*Tosh makes a cameo appearance in Bam Margera's CKY3 video
*Thrasher King of the Road 2005
*Sight Unseen (Transworld)
*The Weenabago Projekt
*This Is My Element
*Elementality vol.1 and vol.2
*Emerica-This is skateboarding
*Television show Drive

References

External links

* [http://www.elementskateboards.com/team/tosh-townend/ Tosh Townend Info on Element Website]