Andrew Kessler (June 11, 1961 - August 10, 2009) [1] was a Greek-born American skateboarder, skatepark builder, and prominent member of a loose-knit collective of skateboarders and graffiti artists called the Soul Artists of Zoo York. [2] [3] Kessler is featured in the documentary Deathbowl to Downtown. [4] Early life Andy Kessler, who banded with graffiti artists to help give a distinctively New York spin to the nascent sport of skateboarding and then helped popularize it by designing skate parks, died on.
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A New York skate pioneer dies at Montauk. Dogtown does Zoo York: O.G. skate pioneers Tony Alva and Andy Kessler at the Lords of Dogtown art opening in NYC in 2005. Legendary Skateboarder Andy Kessler Has Died - Slideshow - Daily Intel 'Skateboarder' magazine reports the cause was an allergic reaction to a bee sting. View the Slideshow. 'Skateboarder'. Andy Kessler, a skateboarding pioneer and designer of New York City skate parks, has died. He was 48. The next time some punk skateboarder cuts you off on a downtown sidewalk, curse Andy Kessler.
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ESPN Andy Kessler, a skateboarding pioneer and designer of New York City skate parks, has died. He was 48. Photographs of the New York City skateboarding pioneer Andy Kessler decorated the walls inside the warehouse, and bouquets of roses sat on a table next to handwritten messages addressed to Mr. Andrew Kessler (June 11, 1961 - August 10, 2009) was a Greek-born American skateboarder, skatepark builder, and prominent member of a loose-knit collective of skateboarders and graffiti artists called the Soul Artists of Zoo York. Kessler is featured in the documentary Deathbowl to Downtown. Oops something went wrong: 403 NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Kessler, a trailblazer during New York City's nascent 1970s skateboarding scene and a designer of skate parks who was admired by boarders on both coasts, died Monday. He was 48. By Sun Staff August 13, 2009 at 12:07 PM Share
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I've been skateboarding seriously for more than 20 years, and while I never met Andy Kessler, I know his life story. Most skaters over the age of 25 do. Born in Greece and raised on West 71st Street in Manhattan, Kessler started skateboarding when he was 11. ANDY KESSLER. the history of skateboarding has no place in skateboarding. they never seem to learn from its history. Imagine that. Enough of that history. New York skateboarding's godfather, Andy Kessler. And maybe a handful of cats were riding the streets of New York, Andy Kessler was right in the middle of the pack. there then.
NEW YORK - Andy Kessler, a trailblazer during New York City's nascent 1970s skateboarding scene and a designer of skate parks who was admired by boarders on both coasts, has died. He was 48. He. On an exquisite late-spring afternoon, Andy Kessler is leaning against the promenade wall overlooking the Riverside Park skate park, at 108th Street, when a skateboarder approaches and asks him.
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Riverside Skate Park was designed in the 1990s by the New York skateboarding pioneer Andy Kessler, who died in 2009. But it had fallen into disrepair until friends of Mr. Kessler took on a. Andy Kessler, a trailblazer during New York City's nascent 1970s skateboarding scene and a designer of skate parks who was admired by boarders on both coasts, died Monday. He was 48. Kessler.
