Tony Ferguson (skateboarder)

Tony Ferguson (born May 4, 1973) is a professional skateboarder and company owner. He was an original member of the Girl Skateboards team and is a partner in the Alife Footwear brand.[1]

Tony Ferguson
Personal information
Full nameTony Ferguson
Nickname(s)Rone
NationalityCanadian
Born (1973-05-04) May 4, 1973
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Websitewww.ronebrand.com
Sport
Country Canada
SportSkateboarding

Early life

Tony was born in Edmonton, Alberta on May 4, 1973. His early years were spent in Ottawa, Ontario where he began skateboarding at age 12. His family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1990. In 1994, he was living in Los Angeles, California.

Career

His first sponsor was the Tommy Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud-owned Real Skateboards where he stayed from 1990 until 1992. In 1992, he was asked by future Girl founder Rick Howard to join the legendary Plan B team. In 1993, along with a handful of other pros and cinematographer Spike Jonze, Ferguson helped start the Girl Skateboard Company.[2][3]

After leaving professional skateboarding in 2005, he became involved with the New York City streetwear lifestyle brand Alife. He acquired the global license for Alife Footwear in the same year and oversees creative direction and production for the company. In recent years he’s also acted as a consultant for several notable footwear brands.[4]

Videography

  • Plan B – Virtual Reality (1993)[5]
  • Eric Koston Profile 411 VM (1993)[6]
  • Girl Skateboards – Goldfish (1994)[7]
  • Girl Skateboards – Mouse (1996)[8]
  • Chocolate - Chocolate Tour (1999)[9]
  • 411 VM – Girl Chocolate (1999)[10]
  • Girl Chocolate Euroblitz (2000)[11]
  • Girl Skateboards – Yeah Right (2003)[12]
  • North Two (2004)[13]
  • Four Star North Of Everything (2008)[14]
  • North (2009)[15]
  • Crail Couch interview (2009)[16]
  • Crailtap’s mini DV drawer mouse years (2010)[17]
  • Crailtap’s mini DV drawer Yeah right years (2011)[18]
  • Maolo’s tapes, 20 years of Girl (2013)[19]
  • Vice Epicly Later’d – Koston Part 4 (2014)[20]
  • Girl X Alife Budweiser commercial (2014)[21]
  • Chocolate city series commercial (2014)

References

  1. "Check In- Tony Ferguson Alife Footwear". sbcbusiness.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. "BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT PART 10". muckmouth.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. "Tony Ferguson Anthology". sbcskateboard.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. "THURSDAY FIVES: Tony Ferguson". knowshow.ca. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. "Tony Ferguson Plan B Virtual Reality 1993". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. "1993 - Eric Koston - Pro File - Best of 411 Vol 1". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  7. "Girl "Goldfish" - Tony Ferguson - 1994". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  8. "Tony Ferguson - Mouse - 1996". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  9. "Tony Ferguson - The Chocolate Tour". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  10. "411VM - Girl / Chocolate - Euroblitz". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  11. "The Girl & Chocolate Euro Blitz, 2000". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  12. "Girl - Yeah Right - Rick, Jeron and other 16/9". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  13. "Tony Ferguson North 2". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  14. "Fourstar North Of Everything Tour". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  15. "tony ferguson & montage". youtube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  16. "Tim Gavin and Tony Ferguson on the Crail Couch". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  17. "Crailtap's Mini DV Drawer. The Mouse Years Part 2". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  18. "Crailtap's Mini DV Drawer, Yeah Right! years". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  19. "Manolo's Tapes x 20 Years of Girl Skateboards". YouTube. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  20. "Eric Koston - Part 4". vice.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  21. "ALIFE x Budweiser Teaser by Girl featuring Tony Ferguson". hypebeast.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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