Steve Steadham

Steve Steadham (born in February, 1963, in Farmington, NM) is a regular-footed American skateboarding pioneer, former Bones Brigade member, and musician.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Steve Steadham
Personal information
Full nameSteve Steadham
BornFarmington, NM
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSkateboarding

Early life

Steadham grew up in Las Vegas and California, going to high school in Las Vegas.[4] He started seriously skateboarding when he was 17.[4][1] In 1981, Steadham moved to California.[13]

Skateboarding

Steadham worked in the Whittier skatepark's pro shop where Lance Mountain was his co-worker. Neil Blender, Lester Kasai, and John Lucero were also locals at the park.[4] Steadham helped popularize the boneless.[14]

Within two years of moving to California, Steadham signed to Powell & Peralta.[13][15] Steadham turned pro in 1984 for Powell.[4] After riding for Powell for over a year, Steadham left Powell and started his own company: Steadham Skateboards.[4]

Stedmz Skateboard

Steadham Skateboards evolved in to Stedmz Skateboards.[16]

Skate Video Parts & Appearances Year
Bones Brigade Video Show 1984

Music

Steadham is in three bands: Citizen X, Funkenstein and Freight Train.[1][17][9]

References
  1. "Steve Steadham's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  2. "Skate park rakes in big bucks". Kern Valley Sun. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. "Coping Block Skateboarding Magazine "The Blog!": The Steve Steadham Interview in Coping Block Skateboarding Magazine". Coping Block Skateboarding Magazine "The Blog!". Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  4. "STEVE STEADHAM". Juice Magazine. 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  5. "HOW TO RUIN YOUR SKATEBOARDING CAREER". Jenkem Magazine. 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  6. "Back To The Badlands". Thrasher Magazine: 39. August 1984.
  7. "All Categories". Muckmouth. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  8. Baynard Woods. "Labtekwon is "Post-skatepunk/Ghettoclectic" in new video". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  9. "Vol 16 No 1 Summer 2017". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  10. "vans Archives - Page 3 of 5". Radballs Skateboard Blog. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  11. Borden, Iain (2019-02-21). Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-8347-5.
  12. "Calling All Skater Girls | The Argonaut Newsweekly". argonautnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  13. Warrior, The. "WHO/WHERE/WHAT ABOUT STEVE AND stedmz??". www.familymediasite.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  14. Badillo, Steve (2010-03-01). Skateboarding: Legendary Tricks 2. Tracks Publishing. ISBN 978-1-884654-79-4.
  15. Colberg, Tait (2013-06-21). The Skateboarding Art. Lulu Press, Inc. ISBN 978-1-300-09709-9.
  16. "3 Way Street Skateshop". www.3waystreetskateshop.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  17. "Steve Steadham". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
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