Mike Carroll
Michael Shawn Carroll (born August 24, 1975) is a professional skateboarder from Daly City, California, United States. He is the co-founder and vice-president of Girl Skateboards and the co-founder of Lakai Limited Footwear. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Chocolate Skateboards subdivision of Girl. Furthermore, Carroll is known for being in the vanguard of innovative, technical, and stylish street skateboarding in the early 1990s and beyond. The success of skateboarding videos like Hokus Pokus, Ban This! and Video Days firmly ensconced street as the premier variation of skating (a position formerly held by freestyle and especially vert skateboarding).
Known for
- Epicly Later'd (2007)
- Yeah Right! (2003)
- Pretty Sweet (2012)
- All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) (2021)
- The Man Who Souled the World (2007)
- Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine (2017)
- "cherry" (2014)
- FTC - Penal Code 100A (1996)
- Wet Dream: A Skateboard Tale (2014)
- Thrasher - King of the Road 2004 (2004)
- Big Brother: Boob (1999)
- The Chocolate Tour (1999)
- Thrasher - S.O.T.Y. Video (2003)
- Modus Operandi (2000)
- Thrasher - Donut Duty (1995)
- Lakai - Beware of the Flare (2002)
- H-Street - This Is Not The New H-Street Video (1991)
- Fully Flared (2007)
- Harsh Euro Barge (2002)
- Mouse (1997)