Rick Howard
Nationality
Canada
Born
1972
Brands
3
Born in Vancouver in 1972, Rick Howard moved to California at seventeen and turned pro for Blockhead in 1989 before joining Mike Carroll on the seminal Plan B team, where his switch-stance technical skating in Virtual Reality reshaped the discipline. In 1993, with Spike Jonze, Carroll and Megan Baltimore, he co-founded Girl Skateboards in Los Angeles, soon spinning off sister brand Chocolate Skateboards. In 1999 Howard and Carroll launched Lakai Limited Footwear, completing a skater-owned constellation under the Crailtap umbrella that produced landmark videos like Yeah Right and Pretty Sweet. He was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2023.
