![]() Former team members included Antwuan Dixon, Jim Greco, Erik Ellington, Leo Romero, and. Members of the company's professional skating team include Andrew Reynolds, Kader Sylla, Riley Hawk, Elissa Steamer, Tristan Funkhouser, Zach Allen, Tyson Peterson, Kevin Long, Rowan Zorilla, Jacopo Carozzi, Casper Brooker, and Justin Figueroa. The series features video productions from the Baker company, such as "Weekend Warriors," "Piled Out," "Trash Compactor," and "Dumb Ass Park Footy". The RIDE Channel, a YouTube skateboarding channel cofounded by Hawk, announced on Mathat a new series, entitled "Baker Zone", would commence on March 18, 2013. Riley Hawk, son of professional skateboarder and company owner Tony Hawk, joined the Baker team in 2012 after riding for his father's company, Birdhouse. Romero was awarded Thrasher magazine's "Skateboarder of the Year" trophy in 2010. Leo Romero left the Baker team in April 2009, and his departure led to a great amount of discussion among skateboarders and fans. In regard to the original Baker logo, Reynolds has credited the design to co-founder J Strickland and stated that it represented a motley company that consisted of talented skateboarders. As of 2008, the brand was the top-selling brand under the Blitz Distribution umbrella. In 2007, the skateboard deck brand signed a distribution deal with Blitz Distribution, the company that, at the time, was distributing Birdhouse and other brands, such as Fury and Hook-Ups (Blitz had originally been formed by Per Welinder and Hawk to distribute their own products). In 1999 Reynolds went to a secret lunch meeting with Tony Hawk & Per Welinder and started Baker Skateboards without J.Strickland's knowledge or any of the original riders. ![]() The company's main products are skateboard decks, soft goods, accessories, and wheels. Baker Skateboards is an American skateboarding company founded in 2000 by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. ![]()
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