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multimillion-dollar support industry of protective gear and equipment that emerged. Of the 200 professional skateboarders, only a few had that kind of success; he was a true superstar. In addition to prize money from competitions, Ty had major endorsement deals. Ty was paid $ 1 for every Ty Page
Professional Skateboard that was sold, and he was paid for appearances, commercials, movie appearances, and to test new model boards. By the time he was 19 years old, he had an oceanfront apartment and a new
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skateboarding, a hard surface is a hard surface. Once you get your balance on solid ground, you can go from there." At first, he skated basic surf style, attempting anything that he and Bruce Logan made up. He began bank riding in 1969 and almost all of his freestyle maneuvers were original tricks. After the introduction of the urethane wheel in 1972, Ty saw real potential in the sport as a career, so he focused primarily on skateboarding.
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In 2015 Ty Page announced that he had brain cancer, an astrocytoma of a frontal lobe. He underwent chemotherapy and radiation, as well as alternative therapies. He died June 1, 2017. He lived with his wife and three sons in Park City, Utah. He skateboarded and snowboarded once in a while, and surfed
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Ty Page was a leader in the 1970s skateboard world. He was known as a true professional with a genuine passion for promoting the sport in a positive and responsible manner. He performed at safety demonstrations and consistently recommended the use of safety equipment and emphasized not riding in the
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Ty took first place at the Santa
Barbara Skateboard Championships with long nose wheelies, headstands, and 360s. He continued to push limits and went on to win many national competitions. He said, "One thing I'm into is I don't like to do anything that's easy. In all the tricks that I do, I don't do
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and double kicktail boards. Some say the Makaha team was the best skateboarding team ever assembled. Mike Purpus said, "The reason the Z-Boys got more recognition was because they were loud and obnoxious, while the Makaha Team just skated great and went on quietly winning contests." Ty later signed
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He entered his first skateboarding competition in 1973 at the first Del Mar nationals. He says he was really nervous and couldn't eat for days before the competition. However, in 1975, he was a contest veteran and placed second in the junior men's freestyle division. It was at this competition that
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Ty was always attempting new stunts, aiming to go bigger and faster each time. He would create four new tricks for each show. Ty is credited with inventing over 50 new moves, including the Ty Slide, Ty Hop, Half-Hop, Pay Hop, Daffy (also known as a Yeah Right Manual), Head
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At the age of 17, Ty signed with Bill
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In addition, his line of skateboards was revolutionary in performance. The Ty Page
Professional Skateboards were designed by Ty himself to be different from all other boards. The boards and Ty Page Black Gold wheels were heavily promoted by Blammo Gum and California Free Formers in every major
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at the age of 4 by Greg when he received 3 boards one
Christmas. Ty later said, "I'm a surfer, and I guess I like skateboarding so much because it's very close to surfing. Surfing is harder than skateboarding, though. Every wave is different, and you have to start out fresh on each wave. With
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made the first skateboard push by sponsoring Ty Page and putting out a popular, wooden kick-tail skateboard called the Ty Stix. The second generation Makaha team of Ty Page, Bruce Logan, Rusty
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magazine was forced to purchase a new $ 3,000 high-speed camera to catch him on film to publish in the August and
September 1977 issues. He appeared on the cover of many national and international magazines and was frequently featured in skateboarding magazines and journals as well as
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performed on stage. The show set a new record for the largest audience in the history of skateboarding – an estimated 300,000 – and was aired nationally on
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streets regardless of traffic. He brought integrity to the sport and upheld an image that was good for skateboarding. In 1998, he was inducted into the
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