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Dan MacFarlane Basic Bio Information: * Name: Dan MacFarlane * Gender: Male * Height: 5'10" * Weight: 170 lbs * Hometown: Houston * Birthday: December 9th * Occupation: Pro Skateboarder, Instructor * Began Skating: 1986 * Started Competing: 1989 as an amateur vert and mini ramp skater. 1993 as a street skater, and 2002 as a street pro * Turned Pro: 2002 * Favored Discipline: Streetstyle * Stance: Goofy * #1 Sponsor: Mentality * Setup: 7.75 Dan MacFarlane Mentality, 52 mm Mentality wheels, Bones Swiss bearings, Low profile Independent trucks (loose), Shorty's Silverados bolts, Mentality Grip tape Dan MacFarlane Skateboarding Style and Strengths: Dan is a well rounded shredder who adds in a fair share of technical skill. His consistency and versatility set him appart, plus a good dose of creativity (Dan MacFarlane has created some trick variations over the years) Dan MacFarlane Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: "Backside 270 to frontside tailslides, Switch varial heelflips, nollie frontside caballerials, Switch 180 to smith grinds, manuals. I recently came up with a new variation to me, I am calling it a Barley stall to 270 out." Check out the Barley stall to 270 out sequence. Dan MacFarlane Skateboarding Career Highlights: 1990 - First sponsored by Skatepark of Houston 1993 - Took 4th place in Shut Up and Skate, Street Division, and shown in 411 #3 1995 - Began instructing in skateboarding at the Encinitas YMCA (Instructed Shaun White there. He was 1996 - First major sponsor, Formula One Skateboards (Omar Hassan's company) 2000 - 8th place Vans Am World Championships 2001 - 1st Place Damn Am 2002 - Turned pro for Vision 2003 - 17th Overall by Vans TripleCrown as a Pro 2003 - started Mentality Skateboards 2006 - made Skateboarding Explained, the instructional video Dan MacFarlane Personal History: Dan MacFarlane was introduced to skateboarding in 1986 by his brother John, plus the Back to the Future movie. He was influenced at first by the Bones Brigade and Tony Hawk, then H-Street and the original Plan B. In 1990 MacFarlane was sponsored by the Skatepark of Houston, but a couple of years later a broken ankle combined with vert’s sudden drop in popularity forced MacFarlane to expand to street. MacFarlane went though a turbulent time with various sponsors, and focused more on his shredding. He now runs Mentality Skateboards, released the Skateboarding Explained DVD, and is back in the competition circuit. Dan MacFarlane Interesting Facts: Dan MacFarlane is trained in mixed martial arts by UFC fighter Yves Edwards! He says that the stuff he learned in MMA helped him become a better skateboarder and instructor. Dan MacFarlane Quote: "The only limits you have are the limits you set on yourself
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