Primitive Skateboarding is a skateboard company created by professional skateboarder Paul Rodriguez, Executive Vice President Heath Brinkley, CEO Andy Netkin, and Jubal Jones.[1] Primitive is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.[2]
History
In 2008, Paul Rodriguez, Heath Brinkley, Andy Netkin, Jay Partow, and Jubal Jones founded "Primitive", a skateboard and clothing store in Encino, CA.[3][4] Paul Rodriguez had been sponsored by Plan B Skateboards, but quit the team out of a desire to have more ownership and control over his career. After Paul's departure from Plan B, he printed and sold a limited run of 500 gold-foil Primitive decks, and due to the strong response, decided to launch an ongoing skateboard company, with the help of Andy and Jubal.
Ten months after Paul Rodriguez's departure from Plan B, Primitive Skateboarding was officially announced on April 10, 2014. The original team was Paul Rodriguez as a pro, with Carlos Ribeiro and Nick Tucker as amateurs.[5]
Collaborations
Primitive has featured a number of collaborations that featured rappers like Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. along with various anime and cartoon programs such as Dragon Ball Z, Rick and Morty,[6][7] Naruto, and Sailor Moon.[8][9]
Team [10]
Professional
- Carlos Ribeiro
- Miles Silvas
- Spencer Hamilton
- Trent McClung
- Franky Villani
- Robert Neal
- Wade Desarmo
- Tiago Lemos
- Giovanni Vianna
- Tre Williams
Amateur
- Kyonosuke Yamashita
- Dylan Jaeb
- Filipe Mota
- Johnny Hernandez
Former
- Shane O’Neill
- Devine Calloway
- Nick Tucker
- Bastien Salabanzi
- Diego Najera
- JB Gillet
- Marek Zaprazny
- Brian Peacock