Rick McCrank

McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

McCrank's first-ever skateboard deck sponsor was a small Canadian brand called Cherry Bombs. He then joined the first incarnation of Plan B Skateboards, when he was discovered by professional skateboarder, Colin McKay, after a brief period with Tony Hawk's Birdhouse company.[1] He was assigned professional status by the company in the late 1990s. Following Plan B's hiatus, McCrank joined the Girl Distribution Company and is currently a team member of the Girl brand.[2]

McCrank designed several signature skate shoe models for the éS brand (on indefinite hiatus as of 2012), including the éS "Anti-Social" model. Following the announcement of the brand's hiatus, McCrank has been filmed wearing the Lakai brand.[3]

The Lifetime lifestyle brand, based in California, U.S.—which emerged from the skateboarding and snowboarding subcultures—collaborated with McCrank on the "Mt. Pleasant" capsule collection in early 2014. McCrank is also a "Collective" member of the brand, alongside other skateboarders, snowboarders, artists, advocates, filmmakers, and designers.[4]

McCrank co-founded and owns Anti-Social Skateshop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and co-owns the Momentum brand (skateboard wheel company).[5]

McCrank has competed in various contests around the world throughout his career and attained one of the highest ever scores in a street skateboarding category, with a 99.67 at ESPN's 2000 grand prix event.[6]

McCrank was voted "Best Street Skater" by Transworld SKATEboarding magazine in 2001.[7]

McCrank resides in Vancouver with his daughter, Kalea. In addition to his career, McCrank has also undertaken several acting roles, such as Harvey Spannos (2006) (television) and the film Machotaildrop (2009).[8] McCrank became host of the television series Abandoned, which premiered on the Viceland network in 2016.[9] His most recent television project is Post Radical, which began airing in 2018.[10]

McCrank is a teetotaler and claims to have never drunk in his life.[11]

• Sheep: Life of Leisure (1996)
• Church of Skatan: Santa Barbara (1996)
• Plan B: The Revolution (1997)
• Birdhouse: The End (1998)
• Transworld: The Reason (1999)
• 411VM: Brazilian Vacation (1999)
• The XYZ Video (1999)
• Powell: Bones Bearings Class Of 2000 (2000)
• éS: éSpecial
• Dwindle: Rodney Mullen vs Daewon Song Round 2 (1999)
• éS: Menikmati (2002)
• Girl: Harsh Euro Barge (2002)
• Girl: Yeah Right! (2003)
• Stereo: Way Out East (2004)
• FuelTV: Riding The Long White Cloud (2009)[8]
• Girl/Chocolate: Pretty Sweet (2012)[12]
• Viceland TV: Abandoned - Skateboarder Rick McCrank explores abandoned places with the people who love them long after the lights have gone out. (2016)[9]
• Viceland TV: Post Radical - Rick McCrank takes viewers on an exploration of skateboarding's varied subcultures.[13][14]