Geoff Rowley

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name = Geoffrey Joseph Rowley(Jnr)
residence = Huntington Beach, California, United States.
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Geoffrey Rowley (born June 6, 1976 in Liverpool, England) is a professional skateboarder who currently resides in Huntington Beach, California. He began skating at the age of 13, and he has been skating for over 18 years. Geoff is known for being fearless when skating large gaps, rails and ledges and for being able to skate different types of terrain. He is judged by many to be amongst the best professional skateboarders in the world, indeed leading magazine 'Thrasher' voted Geoff 'Skater of year' for the year 2000.. Geoff is currently filming for the video "Extremely Sorry" by Flip Skateboards which will be released in the summer of 2008.

Geoff was first sponsored by "Flip Skateboards" (when it was based in the United Kingdom under the name "Deathbox" before the move to California) and is an original team member. [ [http://www.volcom.com/team/team_rider_detail.asp?TeamID=2&riderID=12&SectionId=1 Volcom | Youth Against Establishment | SKATE team ] ] Geoff follows a vegan diet. [ [http://www.happycow.net/famous/geoff_rowley/ HappyCow's List of Famous Vegetarians] ] [ [http://www.ivu.org/people/sports/rowley.html ivu.org: Famous Vegetarians - Geoff Rowley] ]

Liverpool Skatepark

Geoff Rowley is one of the driving forces backing the skatepark project in his home city Liverpool. He has urged Liverpool City Council to build a high-specification skatepark that would see Liverpool become one of the leading skating cities in the world. The current consultation can be viewed at http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/skatepark.

Current Sponsors

*Flip Skateboards
*Vans (Pro Models: Rowley, XLT, XL2, XLIII, Shams, Slims, Squares, Shambles, XLT Elite, X,Specials)
*Volcom Clothing
*Ricta Wheels
*Independent Trucks
*Mob Griptape
*Boost Mobile
*Korey Skateboarding Inc
*Mountain dew

Video appearances

* 1994: Hookups - "Asian Goddess"
* 1995: 411 VM - "Issue #13"
* 1996: Transworld - "Uno"
* 1997: Volcom - "Freedom Wig"
* 1998: 411 VM - "Issue #30"
* 1999: Transworld - "Feedback"
* 2000: 411 - "Best of Vol 6"
* 2000: Digital - "Issue #2"
* 2002: Flip - "Sorry"
* 2003: Flip - "Really Sorry"
* 2004: Volcom - "Chicagof"
* 2005: Volcom - "Chicagof: The Hook"
* 2006: -Volcom- - "Lets Live" (Tribute video to the recent Shane Cross)
* 2008: -Flip- - "Extremely Sorry"

Other appearances

Rowley appeared in the Tony Hawk video game franchise running from "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" to "Tony Hawk's Underground". He also made an appearance in the MTV show Viva La Bam.

External links

* [http://www.volcom.com/team/team_rider_detail.asp?TeamID=2&riderID=12&SectionId=1 Team Page on Volcom]
* [http://skate.vans.com/TEAM/rowley.html Team Page on Vans]
* [http://www.skateboarding.com/skate/stories/article/0,23271,200897,00.html The Complete and Uncut Geoff Rowley Interview]
* [http://www.skateboarding.com/skate/stories/article/0,23271,785069,00.html Rowley Web Exclusive Interview]
* [http://www.planettonyhawk.com/articles/interviews/rowley2 Interview w/ Geoff Rowley]
* [http://www.activemailorder.com/Active/rowley_interview.aspx?j~& Geoff Rowley Interview]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSE/is_292/ai_n12416784 Thrill of the hunt: the Rowley interview]

References