Sebo Walker
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Sebo Walker (born April 28, 1988) is a professional skateboarder and artist living in Venice, Los Angeles who is best known for winning the Red Bull Manny Mania Amateur U.S. Championships in 2011{{cite web|title=Red Bull Manny Mania 2011|url=http://www.skateboardermag.com/videos/sebo-walker-wins-redbulls-manny-mania-national-finals/|work=Jason Rogers|publisher=skateboardermag.com|accessdate=14 November 2012|author=Jason Rogers|year=2011}}{{cite web|title=Red Bull Manny Mania U.S. Am Finals|url=https://www.espn.com/action/skateboarding/news/story?id=6757264|work=Ben Karpniski|publisher=ESPN.com|access-date=14 November 2012|author=Ben Karniski|year=2011}} and for living in his Chrysler Town and Country van{{cite web|title=Sebo Walker lives in a van|url=http://www.skateboardermag.com/features/skateboarder-magazines-sebo-walker-lives-in-a-van/|work=unknown|publisher=skateboardermag.com|accessdate=14 November 2012|author=Unknown|year=2011}} in West LA from 2010–2015.
Early life
Sebastian Alvin Walker is the youngest of three children born to Ron and Delight Walker in Salem, Oregon. He was a star club soccer team member for Salem's Cascade FC{{cite web|title=Cascade FC|url=http://cascadefc.com/}} as well as an avid participant in tennis and basketball. He began skateboarding at the age of 13 and after pressure from his coaches and parents to stop skateboarding, he quit organized sports altogether to focus on skating.
Career
Walker was first noticed by the shop Exit Real World in 2004 and completed his first full video part in Exit's shop video "Pieces"{{cite web|title=Exit Real World Pieces| website=YouTube | date=December 3, 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWQcC_w7G7s}} in 2007 and "Count It?!"{{cite web|title=Exit Real World Count It?!| website=YouTube | date=October 24, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsNYTpu59Fo}} in 2009. With influence from local friends/professionals Tyler Bledsoe and Brent Atchley, Sebo began to receive product from Element Skateboards in 2007. After being contacted by professional skateboarder Reese Forbes{{cite web|title=Reese Forbes|url=http://espn.go.com/action/blog?sport=skateboarding&post=5651191|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007162509/http://espn.go.com/action/blog?sport=skateboarding&post=5651191|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 7, 2010}} and, ex-Global Design Director for Nike, Michael Leon{{cite web|title=Michael Leon|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-leon/34/b8/69a}} in 2010, Sebo joined Commonwealth Stacks skateboards.{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Stacks|url=http://stacks.myshopify.com/}} He debuted as the first AM with an introduction video{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/13739299|title=Introducing Sebo Walker|accessdate=April 23, 2018}} in 2010 and later a full feature video titled "SEBO"{{cite web|title=Sebo|url=https://vimeo.com/21059846}} in 2011. This was Forbes and Leon's second attempt at creating a skateboard company following Rasa Libre.{{cite web|title=Rasa Libre|date=5 December 2019 |url=http://www.grindtv.com/brand/rasa-libre/about/}}
Sebo began receiving product from Lakai Limited Footwear in 2008 and was officially added to the team{{cite web|title=Lakai Team|url=http://www.lakai.com/team/walker/}} as an AM in 2012. His first shoe commercial for Lakai debuted in 2012.
On Jan. 31st, 2014 Krooked Skateboards (Deluxe Distribution) added Sebo to the team in a turf killer video titled "Krooked Welcomes Sebo Walker".{{cite web|title=Krooked Welcomes Sebo Walker|url=http://www.krookedskateboarding.com/sebowalker/}} On Jan. 7th, 2016 Krooked Skateboards and Mark Gonzales turned Sebo pro.
Awards
- 1st Place; 2011 Amateur Red Bull Manny Mania U.S. Championships{{cite web|title=Red Bull Manny Mania 2011|website=Red Bull |url=http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Article/Sebo-Slays-Red-Bull-Manny-Mania-U.S.-Am-National-Final-021243048752237}}
- 4th place; 2011 Amateur Red Bull Manny Mania World Finals.{{cite web|title=Red Bull Manny Mania 2011 World Finals New York City|url=http://www.weouthere.net/2011/08/22/sebo-walker-of-salem-places-fourth-at-manny-mania-world-series-2011/|work=Jake Espinoza|publisher=weoutthere.net|accessdate=14 November 2012|author=Jake Espinoza|year=2011}}
- Best Trick; 2012 Nike US Open Damn AM, Huntington Beach, CA.{{cite web|title=Nike US Open Best Trick Contest|url=http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000162539/videos/matador-recap-nike-damn-am-finals-best-trick/|publisher=skateboarding.transworld.net|accessdate=14 November 2012|author=Unknown|year=2012}} with a 360 shove-it to smith grind down the big hubba.
- 2nd Place; 2012 Above the Line Contest – Relentless – Bright, Berlin, Germany{{cite web|title=Above the Line Skateboarding Contest|url=http://www.tribaspace.com/news/13125-finals-relentless-above-the-line-bright|publisher=tribaspace.com/news|accessdate=6 July 2012|author=Unknown|year=2012}}
- 12th Place; 2014 (1st Place qualifier); Phoenix AM 2014{{cite web|title=Phoenix AM 2014|url=http://phxam.com/~cowtown/?page_id=7|work=Phoenix AM|publisher=phxam.com|accessdate=6 April 2014|author=Unknown|year=2014}}
References
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External links
- [http://sebowalkerskatevideos.tumblr.com/ Sebo Walker (videos)]
- [http://www.lakai.com/ Lakai]
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Category:American skateboarders
Category:People from Venice, Los Angeles
Category:Sportspeople from Salem, Oregon
Category:Skateboarders from Los Angeles
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