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{{Short description|American skateboarder}}
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| birth_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States]]
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| occupation = Professional skateboarder, company owner
| occupation = Professional skateboarder, company owner
| known_for = [[Girl Skateboards]], [[Lakai Limited Footwear]], [[EA Skate]]
| known_for = [[Girl Skateboards]], [[Lakai Limited Footwear]], [[Skate (2007 video game)|EA Skate]]
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'''Michael "Mike" Shawn Carroll'''<ref name="Route">{{cite web|title=Rick Howard & Mike Carroll: 20 Years of Girl - The Route One Interview. Part One|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpKhQ4hcFVw#t=49&hd=1|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|accessdate=20 September 2013|author=RouteOneDirect|format=Video upload|date=23 August 2013}}</ref> (born August 24, 1975) is a professional [[skateboarding|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]].<ref name="Team" /> 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 (skateboarding video)|Hokus Pokus]], [[Ban This!]] and [[Video Days]] firmly ensconced street as the premier variation of skating (a position formally held by [[freestyle skateboarding|freestyle]] and especially [[vert skateboarding]]).<ref name="Tws" />
'''Michael Shawn Carroll'''<ref name="Route">{{cite web|title=Rick Howard & Mike Carroll: 20 Years of Girl - The Route One Interview. Part One|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpKhQ4hcFVw#t=49&hd=1 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/tpKhQ4hcFVw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|accessdate=20 September 2013|author=RouteOneDirect|format=Video upload|date=23 August 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (born August 24, 1975) is a professional [[skateboarding|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]].<ref name="Team" /> 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 (skateboarding video)|Hokus Pokus]], [[Ban This!]], and [[Video Days]] firmly ensconced street as the premier variation of skating (a position formerly held by [[vert skateboarding]]).<ref name="Tws" />


==Career==
==Professional skateboarding==
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Carroll's first sponsors were H-Street skateboards, Concrete Jungle, and FTC [[skate shop]] in San Francisco. When Concrete Jungle closed in 1988, Carroll became a founding member of the FTC skate shop team along with brother Gregg Carroll, Jovontae Turner, and Rick Ibaseta.<ref name="48blocks.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.48blocks.com/ftcretrospective/|title=FTC Retrospective|website=www.48blocks.com|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref> H-Street was a skateboard company founded by Tony Magnusson and Mike Ternasky.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Magnusson Loses Fingers, H-Street, Plan B and More on Free Lunch|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wltaTPJ8r_k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/wltaTPJ8r_k |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|accessdate=18 August 2012|author=RIDEChannel|format=Video upload|date=16 August 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Carroll was featured in video parts on H-Street's Shackle Me Not (1988),<ref name="48blocks.com"/> Hokus Pokus (1989),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skatevideosite.com/skatevideos/h-street-hokus-pokus/soundtrack|title=H-Street - Hokus Pokus skate video soundtrack - Skatevideosite|website=www.skatevideosite.com|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref> and This Is Not The New H-Street Video (1990) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skatevideosite.com/skatevideos/h-street-not-the-new-h-street-video/soundtrack|title=H-Street - This Is Not The New H-Street Video skate video soundtrack - Skatevideosite|website=www.skatevideosite.com|accessdate=23 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531190640/http://www.skatevideosite.com/skatevideos/h-street-not-the-new-h-street-video/soundtrack|archive-date=31 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1991, Carroll joined the prestigious [[Plan B Skateboards|Plan B]] team that Ternasky left H-Street to form. After the foreclosure of H-Street and the death of Plan B owner Mike Ternasky, Carroll started [[Girl Skateboards]] in 1993 with fellow Plan B rider Rick Howard. Carroll explained in 2013 that, at the time, Plan B was continually "retiring" team members and he experienced a decrease in stress in regard to his future following the decision to launch Girl.<ref name="Route" />


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Following his recruitment to the Vans skate shoe team in 1994, Carroll was often seen in his early team ads skating in Half Cabs.<ref>http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Features/2015/WTC_6_Vans/wtc_6_16.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> In 1996, Carroll released a signature model, a technically more advanced shoe based on the Half Cab with a modern internal looped lacing system,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/wtc-classic-skate-vans/|title=Thrasher Magazine - Wax the Coping: Classic Skate Vans|website=www.thrashermagazine.com|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref><ref>http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/May_1996/TH0596May1996p106-107_800t.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/September_1996/TH0996Sep1996p46-47_800t.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> but left the company in 1997 and moved to [[DC Shoes]].<ref>http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/dc-shoes-plug-model-1997.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> In 1998, DC Shoes released a Mike Carroll signature model shoe called the "Cosmo".<ref>http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/dc-shoes-carroll-cozmo-model-1998.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> Not long afterwards, Carroll left DC Shoes in 1999 along with Girl Skateboards team member and founder Rick Howard and they started the shoe company, [[Lakai Limited Footwear|Lakai]].
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Mike Carroll's first sponsors were H-Street skateboards, Concrete Jungle and FTC skate shop in San Francisco. When Concrete Jungle closed in 1988, Carroll became a founding member of the FTC skate shop team along with brother Gregg Carroll, Jovontae Turner, and Rick Ibaseta.<ref name="48blocks.com">http://www.48blocks.com/ftcretrospective/</ref> H-Street was a skateboard company founded by Tony Magnusson and Mike Ternasky.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Magnusson Loses Fingers, H-Street, Plan B and More on Free Lunch|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wltaTPJ8r_k|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|accessdate=18 August 2012|author=RIDEChannel|format=Video upload|date=16 August 2012}}</ref> Carroll was featured in video parts on H-Street's Shackle Me Not (1988),<ref name="48blocks.com"/> Hokus Pokus (1989) <ref>http://www.skatevideosite.com/skatevideos/h-street-hokus-pokus/soundtrack</ref> and This Is Not The New H-Street Video (1990) <ref>http://www.skatevideosite.com/skatevideos/h-street-not-the-new-h-street-video/soundtrack</ref> In 1991, Carroll joined the prestigious [[Plan B Skateboards|Plan B]] team that Ternasky left H-Street to form. After the foreclosure of H-Street and the death of Plan B owner Mike Ternasky, Carroll started [[Girl Skateboards]] in 1993 with fellow Plan B rider [[Rick Howard]]. Carroll explained in 2013 that, at the time, Plan B was continually "retiring" team members and he experienced a decrease in stress in regard to his future following the decision to launch Girl.<ref name="Route" />


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Carroll is globally known for his skating at the [[Embarcadero (San Francisco)|Embarcadero]] plaza (also known as Justin Herman Plaza), in [[San Francisco]], U.S.<ref name="Tws" /> As of 2012, the area continues to be a popular location for skateboarders. <ref>{{cite web|title=Justin Herman Plaza|url=http://www.sfparksalliance.org/visit/parks/justin-herman-plaza|work=San Francisco Parks Alliance|accessdate=21 September 2012|year=2012}}</ref> Carroll has also been attributed to the discovery of another famous San Francisco skateboard landmark [[3rd and Army]].<ref>{{cite web|title=15 THINGS: 3RD AND ARMY|url=http://www.skateboardermag.com/features/15thing3rdarmy/|work=Skateboarder Magazine|publisher=GrindMedia, LLC|accessdate=18 August 2012|date=21 July 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130202100104/http://www.skateboardermag.com/features/15thing3rdarmy/|archivedate=2 February 2013}}</ref>
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Following his recruitment to the Vans skate shoe team in 1994, Carroll was often seen in his early team ads skating in Half Cabs.<ref>http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Features/2015/WTC_6_Vans/wtc_6_16.jpg</ref> In 1996, Carroll released a signature model, a technically more advanced shoe based on the Half Cab with a modern internal looped lacing system,<ref>http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/wtc-classic-skate-vans/</ref><ref>http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/May_1996/TH0596May1996p106-107_800t.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/September_1996/TH0996Sep1996p46-47_800t.jpg</ref> but left the company in 1997 and moved to [[DC Shoes]].<ref>http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/dc-shoes-plug-model-1997.jpg</ref> In 1998, DC Shoes released a Mike Carroll signature model shoe called the "Cosmo".<ref>http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/dc-shoes-carroll-cozmo-model-1998.jpg</ref> Not long afterwards Carroll left DC Shoes in 1999 along with Girl Skateboards team member and founder Rick Howard and they started the shoe company, [[Lakai Limited Footwear|Lakai]].


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===Sponsors===
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Carroll is globally known for his skating at the [[Embarcadero (San Francisco)|Embarcadero]] plaza (also known as Justin Herman Plaza), in [[San Francisco]], U.S.<ref name="Tws" /> As of 2012, the area continues to be a popular location for skateboarders all thanks to a local skate crew which contributed to the locations notoriety today. They called themselves "EMB" (Embarcadero's Most Blunted).<ref>{{cite web|title=Justin Herman Plaza|url=http://www.sfparksalliance.org/visit/parks/justin-herman-plaza|work=San Francisco Parks Alliance|publisher=San Francisco Parks Alliance|accessdate=21 September 2012|year=2012}}</ref> Carroll is said to have discovered the famous San Francisco skateboard landmark [[3rd and Army]].<ref>{{cite web|title=15 THINGS: 3RD AND ARMY|url=http://www.skateboardermag.com/features/15thing3rdarmy/|work=Skateboarder Magazine|publisher=GrindMedia, LLC|accessdate=18 August 2012|date=21 July 2005}}</ref>
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As of July 2014, Carroll is [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsored]] by FTC, Fourstar Clothing, Girl, Lakai Limited Footwear, Diamond Supply Co., Royal Truck Company, Glassy Sunhaters, Grizzly Griptape, and Bones Bearings.<ref name="Team">{{cite web|title=Mike Carroll|url=http://lakai.com/team/pro/mike-carroll/|work=Lakai Limited Footwear|accessdate=29 May 2013|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftcsf.com/family/|title=Family - FTC|website=ftcsf.com|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Team|url=http://glassysunhaters.com/blog/team/|website=Glassy Sunhaters|accessdate=15 July 2014|date=July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226002008/http://glassysunhaters.com/blog/team/|archivedate=26 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Team|url=http://grizzlygriptape.com/?page_id=59|website=Grizzly Griptape|accessdate=15 July 2014|date=July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BONES® BEARINGS TEAM|url=http://bonesbearings.com/team/|website=Bones Bearings|publisher=Skate One|accessdate=15 July 2014|date=July 2014}}</ref>


===Video Parts===
==Awards and Honors==
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Carroll won [[Thrasher magazine]]'s ''Skater of the Year'' award in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Classics: Mike Carroll S.O.T.Y|url=http://www.thrashermagazine.com/component/option,com_hwdvideoshare/task,viewvideo/video_id,349/|work=Thrasher Magazine|publisher=High Speed Productions|accessdate=18 August 2012|date=17 November 2009}}</ref>
[[H Street]] - [[Hokus Pokus (skateboarding video)|Hokus Pokus]] 1989


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In December 2011, Carroll was selected as one of "The 30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time" by [[Transworld Skateboarding]]. Carroll was number 16 in the list, following [[Jamie Thomas]] and preceding [[Guy Mariano]].<ref name="Tws">{{cite web|title=THE 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL SKATERS OF ALL TIME|url=http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000150173/features/the-30-most-influential-skaters-of-all-time/15/|work=Transworld Skateboarding|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|accessdate=7 September 2012|first=Blair|last=Alley|date=20 December 2011}}</ref> In the corresponding interview with Skin Phillips, uploaded in September 2012, Carroll listed [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] and [[Julian Stranger]] as the two skateboarders who have been the most influential in his life.<ref>{{cite web|title=30TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS: MIKE CARROLL PART 2|url=http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000164185/videos/30th-anniversary-interviews-mike-carroll-part-2/|work=Transworld Skateboarding|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|accessdate=7 September 2012|first=Skin|last=Phillips|author2=Blair Alley|date=6 September 2012|archive-date=10 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910033345/http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000164185/videos/30th-anniversary-interviews-mike-carroll-part-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[H Street]] - [[This is Not the New H Street Video]] 1990


In 2023, Carroll was inducted into the [[Skateboarding Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://skateboardinghalloffame.org/category/shof-2023/|title=SHoF 2023|website=Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum}}</ref>
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[[Plan B Skateboards|Plan B]] - Questionable 1992

FTC - Finally 1993

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[[Plan B Skateboards|Plan B]] - Virtual Reality 1993

[[Girl Skateboards|Girl]] - Goldfish 1993

[[FTC Skate Boarding|FTC]] - [[Penal Code 101]] 1996

[[Girl Skateboards|Girl]] - Mouse 1996

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[[Girl Skateboards|Girl]]/Chocolate - [[Chocolate Tour]] 1999

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[[Transworld Skateboarding|Transworld]] - Modus Operandi 2000

[[Girl Skateboards|Girl]] - [[Yeah Right!|Yeah Right]] 2003

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[[Lakai Limited Footwear|Lakai]] - [[Fully Flared]] 2007

[[Lakai Limited Footwear|Lakai]] - [[Final Flare]] 2008

[[Girl Skateboards|Girl]]/Chocolate - Pretty Sweet 2012

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===Sponsors===
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As of July 2014, Carroll is [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsored]] by FTC, Fourstar Clothing, Girl, Lakai Limited Footwear, Diamond Supply Co., Royal Truck Company, Glassy Sunhaters, Grizzly Griptape and Bones Bearings.<ref name="Team">{{cite web|title=Mike Carroll|url=http://lakai.com/team/pro/mike-carroll/|work=Lakai Limited Footwear|publisher=Lakai Limited Footwear|accessdate=29 May 2013|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref>http://ftcsf.com/family/</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Team|url=http://glassysunhaters.com/blog/team/|website=Glassy Sunhaters|publisher=Glassy Sunhaters|accessdate=15 July 2014|date=July 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226002008/http://glassysunhaters.com/blog/team/|archivedate=26 December 2013|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Team|url=http://grizzlygriptape.com/?page_id=59|website=Grizzly Griptape|publisher=Grizzly Griptape|accessdate=15 July 2014|date=July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BONES® BEARINGS TEAM|url=http://bonesbearings.com/team/|website=Bones Bearings|publisher=Skate One|accessdate=15 July 2014|date=July 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==
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Carroll won [[Thrasher magazine]]'s ''Skater of the Year'' award in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Classics: Mike Carroll S.O.T.Y|url=http://www.thrashermagazine.com/component/option,com_hwdvideoshare/task,viewvideo/video_id,349/|work=Thrasher Magazine|publisher=High Speed Productions|accessdate=18 August 2012|date=17 November 2009}}</ref>


==Videography==
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In December 2011, Carroll was selected as one of "The 30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time" by [[Transworld Skateboarding]]. Carroll was number 16 in the list, following [[Jamie Thomas]] and preceding [[Guy Mariano]].<ref name="Tws">{{cite web|title=THE 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL SKATERS OF ALL TIME|url=http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000150173/features/the-30-most-influential-skaters-of-all-time/15/|work=Transworld Skateboarding|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|accessdate=7 September 2012|first=Blair|last=Alley|date=20 December 2011}}</ref> In the corresponding interview with Skin Phillips, uploaded in September 2012, Carroll listed [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] and [[Julian Stranger]] as the two skateboarders who have been the most influential in his life.<ref>{{cite web|title=30TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS: MIKE CARROLL PART 2|url=http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000164185/videos/30th-anniversary-interviews-mike-carroll-part-2/|work=Transworld Skateboarding|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|accessdate=7 September 2012|first=Skin|last=Phillips|author2=Blair Alley|date=6 September 2012}}</ref>
* H-Street: ''Shackle Me Not'' (1988)<ref name="skatevideosite.com">{{cite web |title=Skate Video Site: Mike Carroll Skate Videos |url=http://www.skatevideosite.com/skaters/76/mike+carroll |website=Skate Video Site |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref>
* H-Street: ''Hokus Pokus'' (1989)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>
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* [[Plan B Skateboards|Plan B]]: ''Questionable'' (1992)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>
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* [[Plan B Skateboards|Plan B]]: ''Virtual Reality'' (1993)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>
* [[Girl Skateboard Company|Girl]]: ''Gold Fish'' (1993)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>
* [[Girl Skateboard Company|Girl]]: ''Mouse'' (1996)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>
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* [[Chocolate Skateboards]]: “The Chocolate Tour” (1999)
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* [[Transworld Skateboarding|Transworld]]: ''Modus Operandi'' (2000)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>
* [[Girl Skateboard Company|Girl]]: ''Yeah Right'' (2003)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>
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* [[Lakai Limited Footwear|Lakai]]: ''Fully Flared'' (2007)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>
* [[Girl Skateboard Company|Girl]]: ''Pretty Sweet'' (2012)<ref name="skatevideosite.com"/>


==Video game appearances==
==Video game appearances==
Carroll is a playable character in the [[Electronic Arts]] [[video games]]; [[Skate (video game)|Skate]],<ref>{{cite web|title=SKATE: Mike Carroll|url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13044/SKATE-Mike-Carroll/|work=teamxbox|publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc|accessdate=5 September 2012|author=César A. Berardini|date=19 March 2007|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304154543/http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13044/SKATE-Mike-Carroll/|archivedate=4 March 2012|df=}}</ref> [[Skate 2]]<ref>{{cite web|title=profiles|url=http://skate.ea.com/profiles.action|work=EA Skate|publisher=Electronic Arts Inc|accessdate=5 September 2012|year=2010}}</ref> and [[Skate 3]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TEAM UP AND THROW DOWN IN SKATE 3 ON MAY 11TH|url=http://www.ea.com/news/team-up-and-throw-down-in-skate-3-on-may-11th|work=EA|publisher=Electronic Arts Inc|accessdate=5 September 2012|author=LTUCKER|date=17 March 2010}}</ref>
Carroll is a playable character in the [[Electronic Arts]] [[video games]]; ''[[Skate (2007 video game)|Skate]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=SKATE: Mike Carroll|url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13044/SKATE-Mike-Carroll/|work=teamxbox|publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc|accessdate=5 September 2012|author=César A. Berardini|date=19 March 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304154543/http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13044/SKATE-Mike-Carroll/|archivedate=4 March 2012}}</ref> ''[[Skate It]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Skate It Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12216024/fullcredits |website=IMDB |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Skate It|developer=[[EA Black Box]], [[EA Montreal]], [[Exient Entertainment]]|publisher=Electronic Arts|date=November 19, 2008|platform=[[Wii]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[iOS]]|level=Intro video}}</ref> ''[[Skate 2]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=profiles|url=http://skate.ea.com/profiles.action|work=EA Skate|publisher=Electronic Arts Inc|accessdate=5 September 2012|year=2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311094608/http://skate.ea.com/profiles.action|archive-date=11 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Skate 3]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=TEAM UP AND THROW DOWN IN SKATE 3 ON MAY 11TH|url=http://www.ea.com/news/team-up-and-throw-down-in-skate-3-on-may-11th|work=EA|publisher=Electronic Arts Inc|accessdate=5 September 2012|author=LTUCKER|date=17 March 2010}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://crailtap.com/ crailtap.com]
* [http://crailtap.com/ crailtap.com]


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For other people, see Michael Carroll (disambiguation).
Mike Carroll
Born
Michael Shawn Carroll

(1975-08-24) August 24, 1975 (age 49)
San Francisco, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Professional skateboarder, company owner
Known forGirl Skateboards, Lakai Limited Footwear, EA Skate

Michael Shawn Carroll[1] (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.[2] 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 vert skateboarding).[3]

Career

[edit]

Carroll's first sponsors were H-Street skateboards, Concrete Jungle, and FTC skate shop in San Francisco. When Concrete Jungle closed in 1988, Carroll became a founding member of the FTC skate shop team along with brother Gregg Carroll, Jovontae Turner, and Rick Ibaseta.[4] H-Street was a skateboard company founded by Tony Magnusson and Mike Ternasky.[5] Carroll was featured in video parts on H-Street's Shackle Me Not (1988),[4] Hokus Pokus (1989),[6] and This Is Not The New H-Street Video (1990) [7] In 1991, Carroll joined the prestigious Plan B team that Ternasky left H-Street to form. After the foreclosure of H-Street and the death of Plan B owner Mike Ternasky, Carroll started Girl Skateboards in 1993 with fellow Plan B rider Rick Howard. Carroll explained in 2013 that, at the time, Plan B was continually "retiring" team members and he experienced a decrease in stress in regard to his future following the decision to launch Girl.[1]

Following his recruitment to the Vans skate shoe team in 1994, Carroll was often seen in his early team ads skating in Half Cabs.[8] In 1996, Carroll released a signature model, a technically more advanced shoe based on the Half Cab with a modern internal looped lacing system,[9][10][11] but left the company in 1997 and moved to DC Shoes.[12] In 1998, DC Shoes released a Mike Carroll signature model shoe called the "Cosmo".[13] Not long afterwards, Carroll left DC Shoes in 1999 along with Girl Skateboards team member and founder Rick Howard and they started the shoe company, Lakai.

Carroll is globally known for his skating at the Embarcadero plaza (also known as Justin Herman Plaza), in San Francisco, U.S.[3] As of 2012, the area continues to be a popular location for skateboarders. [14] Carroll has also been attributed to the discovery of another famous San Francisco skateboard landmark 3rd and Army.[15]

Sponsors

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As of July 2014, Carroll is sponsored by FTC, Fourstar Clothing, Girl, Lakai Limited Footwear, Diamond Supply Co., Royal Truck Company, Glassy Sunhaters, Grizzly Griptape, and Bones Bearings.[2][16][17][18][19]

Awards and Honors

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Carroll won Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year award in 1994.[20]

In December 2011, Carroll was selected as one of "The 30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time" by Transworld Skateboarding. Carroll was number 16 in the list, following Jamie Thomas and preceding Guy Mariano.[3] In the corresponding interview with Skin Phillips, uploaded in September 2012, Carroll listed Jason Lee and Julian Stranger as the two skateboarders who have been the most influential in his life.[21]

In 2023, Carroll was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame.[22]

Videography

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Video game appearances

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Carroll is a playable character in the Electronic Arts video games; Skate,[24] Skate It,[25][26] Skate 2,[27] and Skate 3.[28]

References

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  1. ^ a b RouteOneDirect (23 August 2013). "Rick Howard & Mike Carroll: 20 Years of Girl - The Route One Interview. Part One" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Mike Carroll". Lakai Limited Footwear. May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Alley, Blair (20 December 2011). "THE 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL SKATERS OF ALL TIME". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b "FTC Retrospective". www.48blocks.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  5. ^ RIDEChannel (16 August 2012). "Tony Magnusson Loses Fingers, H-Street, Plan B and More on Free Lunch" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. ^ "H-Street - Hokus Pokus skate video soundtrack - Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ "H-Street - This Is Not The New H-Street Video skate video soundtrack - Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ^ http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Features/2015/WTC_6_Vans/wtc_6_16.jpg [bare URL image file]
  9. ^ "Thrasher Magazine - Wax the Coping: Classic Skate Vans". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. ^ http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/May_1996/TH0596May1996p106-107_800t.jpg [bare URL image file]
  11. ^ http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/September_1996/TH0996Sep1996p46-47_800t.jpg [bare URL image file]
  12. ^ http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/dc-shoes-plug-model-1997.jpg [bare URL image file]
  13. ^ http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/dc-shoes-carroll-cozmo-model-1998.jpg [bare URL image file]
  14. ^ "Justin Herman Plaza". San Francisco Parks Alliance. 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  15. ^ "15 THINGS: 3RD AND ARMY". Skateboarder Magazine. GrindMedia, LLC. 21 July 2005. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Family - FTC". ftcsf.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Team". Glassy Sunhaters. July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  18. ^ "Team". Grizzly Griptape. July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  19. ^ "BONES® BEARINGS TEAM". Bones Bearings. Skate One. July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  20. ^ "Classics: Mike Carroll S.O.T.Y". Thrasher Magazine. High Speed Productions. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  21. ^ Phillips, Skin; Blair Alley (6 September 2012). "30TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS: MIKE CARROLL PART 2". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  22. ^ "SHoF 2023". Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Skate Video Site: Mike Carroll Skate Videos". Skate Video Site. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  24. ^ César A. Berardini (19 March 2007). "SKATE: Mike Carroll". teamxbox. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  25. ^ "Skate It Full Cast & Crew". IMDB. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  26. ^ EA Black Box, EA Montreal, Exient Entertainment (November 19, 2008). Skate It (Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS). Electronic Arts. Level/area: Intro video.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ "profiles". EA Skate. Electronic Arts Inc. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  28. ^ LTUCKER (17 March 2010). "TEAM UP AND THROW DOWN IN SKATE 3 ON MAY 11TH". EA. Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
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