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词条 Brooke Howard-Smith
释义

  1. Action sports

  2. TV and radio

  3. Philanthropy

  4. Business

  5. Personal life

  6. External links

  7. See also

  8. References

{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2014}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2011}}{{Infobox person
| birth_name = Brooke Broughton Howard-Smith
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|10|06}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| other_names =
| occupation = TV presenter
| years_active= 1996–present
}}Brooke Howard-Smith (born 6 October 1972) is an Entrepreneur, New Zealand broadcaster, television presenter and artist having most recently exhibited at 42 Below's space in Auckland[1]

Action sports

At age 21 Brooke and Arlo Eisenberg started skate company Senate industries The company became one of the world's largest makers of inline accessories, turning over in excess of 13 million dollars in 1997. In 1996 he founded England Clothing. In 1999 he started a shoe company called Poynter Footwear. Known more for his OTT personality and crashes than his skating, he is commonly thought of as the inventor of several tricks, including the Royale. Brooke is credited with being instrumental in the birth of Street and vert inline skating. Over a period of 11 years he competed in multiple X Games and world championships and toured with the likes of Matt Hoffman and Tony Hawk. In 1996 he was featured in the finale of the closing ceremony of the Atlanta Olympics with Hawk, Hoffman and a small group of action sport heroes.[2][3]

Howard-Smith won the bronze medal at the X Games Rhode Island in 1995.[4]

TV and radio

Brooke is a New Zealand television personality, well known for his role presenting TV3's Target consumer affairs show, as well as Celebrity Joker Poker and TV2's XSTV an extreme sports show and Brooke was a part of the presenting line up for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. He also presented NZ Performance Car TV series 5 as well as the television coverage of the 2008 Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park, TV3's Big Night In telethon and Maori Television's Rise Up Christchurch telethon.

Brooke was a judge for a challenge on the New Zealand television show The Block in September 2012 and in 2014, he is currently hosting reality show, Cadbury Dream Factory.

Philanthropy

Brooke organised Rise up Christchurch in 2011 for the Christchurch earthquake. The event raised 2.7 million dollars for the Prime Minister's Fund. Brooke and Jesse Griffin produced Comedy for Cure Kids for TV3. as a part of the 2012 event he created the charity single "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" with the Flight of the Conchords. The song won the 2012 Tui for highest selling single.

The team returned in 2015 to produce a charity supporters song for the All Blacks titled "Team Ball Player Thing". The song reached number 1 and has over a million views on Facebook and YouTube.

Business

In 2016 Brooke, Derek Handley and Sam Hazledine WeAreTENZING, a social enterprise that holistically manages athletes and content creators. He is the current CEO

Personal life

Brooke is married to former Miss New Zealand and actress/television presenter, Amber Peebles. Between 2005 and 2010 he owned and ran the Auckland nightclub The Pony Club.

External links

  • One Blade Mag 15 Minutes with Brooke Howard Smith

See also

  • List of New Zealand television personalities

References

1. ^{{cite news|last=Saunders|first=Bridget|title=Bridget Saunders: Babbling about Brooke |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/entertainment/487533 |accessdate= 13 June 2008|publisher=stuff.co.nz|date=13 June 2008}}
2. ^{{cite news|last=|first=|title=PRINT: 15 MINUTES with Brooke Howard-Smith |url=http://www.oneblademag.com/spotlight/print-15-minutes-with-brooke-howard-smith/ |accessdate= 12 May 2008|publisher=One|date=12 May 2008}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.havenskate.com/previews/Sifika%20Shoes%20Press%20Release/|title=Havenskate.com »|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.skatelog.com/x-games/1995/summer/results-inline.htm|title=1995 X Games Aggressive Inline Results|publisher=|accessdate=5 January 2017}}
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