#314 - Ron Allen

Ron Allen discusses getting his first skateboard in 1974, his first sponsor Gullwing Trucks, skating in his first contest, getting on Vision Street Wear, how much his first pro check was for, leaving Vision for H-Street & filming the “Shackle Me Not” video, starting Life Skateboards with Mike Ternasky, Sean Sheffey in the Life video "A Soldier's Story”, starting Fun Skateboards, his Krooked guest board & video part, being "babysat" by Stacy Peralta and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Ron Allen 00:01:00 Coming down to LA from the Bay 00:02:48 Ron's 3 skate moms 00:04:10 Growing up in Visalia 00:05:52 The Visalia skate camp Mcdonalds racket 00:06:57 Getting his first board in 1974 00:16:35 Being chased by cowboys 00:18:39 Ron at school 00:19:05 Ron the cheerleader 00:23:50 Getting his first sponsor - Gullwing trucks 00:24:15 Ron's first contest 00:26:34 Experiencing racism and prejudice 00:30:32 Getting on Vision Street Wear 00:36:30 Ron's first pro check 00:37:49 Leaving Vision for H-Street 00:41:22 The H-Street Shackle Me Not video 00:46:23 Hanging with the Neighborhood team in Chicago 00:50:15 Tour stories... 00:52:50 Starting Life Skateboards with Mike Ternasky 00:59:23 Life skateboards video "A Soldier's Story" 01:03:49 Why and how Life Skateboards ended 01:18:00 How DLX got involved with Fun Skateboards 01:32:44 Sean Sheffey 01:34:12 What happened with Fun Skateboards 01:36:24 Fun becoming American Dream 01:46:15 Rons's love experiment 01:47:19 Ron's Krooked guest board/video part 01:48:17 Ron's recent handrail slam 01:54:04 Heaters 01:55:25 Makin' bongs 02:03:43 Getting on Creation Skateboards 02:12:00 Ron's thoughts on current skateboarding 02:22:57 Ron's Thrasher cover 02:24:13 Getting on Converse 02:29:47 James Kelch stories 02:37:36 Being "babysat" by Stacy Peralta 02:40:13 What's Ron working on now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices