Stacy Peralta

Stacy Peralta was born in 1957 and began skating at the age of five. He has been associated with skateboarding ever since, as a leading competitor, entrepreneur, and video director. Considered one of the founding fathers of modern skateboarding, he was the first Z-Boy to systematically capitalize on his reputation with lucrative sponsorship and advertising deals, and eventually co-founding his own company, Powell-Peralta. As a teenager, Peralta appeared in… (more)