Mark Gonzales is one of the most popular and richest Skateboarder who was born on June 1, 1968 in South Gate, California, United States. He was in the video for the track “West Coast” by He was featured in the music video of the song “West Coast” by Jason Schwartzman‘s band Coconut Records.’s group Coconut Records.
Gonzales entered the skateboarding scene at the age of thirteen in South Gate, California, U.S. At the age of fifteen, as Tommy Guerrero and Natas Kaupas were developing their own styles of progressive street skating around the same time, Gonzales adopted a more modern, innovative approach to skateboarding in a street context (subsequently dubbed “street skateboarding”). He was featured on the cover of Thrasher magazine’s November 1984 issue riding a board from the Alva company, his board sponsor at the time, while performing a trick known as a “beanplant”.
Shortly after his Thrasher magazine cover, Gonzales then joined the Vision skateboard team and attained the status of a professional skateboarder. Gonzales won the 1985 Oceanside street contest while sponsored by Vision.
His family is Mexican descent. He lives with his family in New York City with his wife and daughter.
He was in four films throughout his entire career. Gummo (1997), How They Get There (1992), Beautiful Losers (2008) as well as Southlander (2003).
Mark Gonzales (born June 1, 1968), also known as “Gonz” and “The Gonz”, is an American professional skateboarder and artist. He is known in the skateboarding world as a top pioneer of modern street skateboarding and was named by the Transworld Skateboarding magazine as the “Most Influential Skateboarder of all Time” in December 2011.
