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词条 Kareem Campbell
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  1. Skateboarding Career

  2. Post-Skateboarding Career

  3. References

{{BLP sources|date=May 2011}}Kareem Campbell (born November 14, 1973) is a professional skateboarder. He is known popularizing the skateboard trick "The Ghetto Bird" which is a nollie hardflip late 180°.[1][2] He was born in Harlem, New York. Throughout his career Kareem has been sponsored by World Industries, Axion shoes, Nixon watches, Alphanumeric clothing and more.[3]

Skateboarding Career

Kareem Campbell was an innovative professional skateboarder in the 1990s. He was featured in World Industries videos "New World Order", "20 Shot Sequence", and "Trilogy" which are regarded as classics to many skateboarders. He has been called the godfather of smooth street style. [4][5] He eventually went onto spawn another company of his own under the Dwindle Distribution umbrella though he continued to ride for World Industries. [6][7] He also helped found Axion shoes. [8] After Menace, he went on to create City Stars skateboards also under the same Dwindle Distribution umbrella. He still operates City Star Skateboards to this day. http://citystarsskateboarding.com/ [9]

Campbell was already a well-known figure in the skateboarding scene, but rose to mainstream fame in the late-1990s after he was featured as a playable character in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater video game series. This video game series came about at a time in the 1990s when advancements in GPU chips and CPU processing were allowing developers to use CD-ROMs as a medium to distribute games that were extremely successful. [10]

Post-Skateboarding Career

Kareem Campbell now resides in Dallas, Texas and works in a variety of business ventures, notably real estate.[11]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdzquuaNNcY|title=Kareem Campbell Ghetto Bird|first=|last=martinkus|date=14 October 2006|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://juicemagazine.com/home/kareem-campbell-2/|title=Kareem Campbell Interview|first=|last=Juice Magazine|date=1 May 2014|publisher=|via=}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://skately.com/library/people/kareem-campbell|title=Kareem Campbell Profile < Skately Library|website=skately.com|access-date=2017-06-19}}
4. ^http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/videos/classics-kareem-campbells-trilogy-part/
5. ^https://www.muckmouth.com/kareem
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://skately.com/library/brands/menace-skateboards|title=Menace Skateboards < Skately Library|website=skately.com|access-date=2017-06-19}}
7. ^https://www.muckmouth.com/kareem
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://skately.com/library/brands/axion-footwear|title=Axion Footwear < Skately Library|website=skately.com|access-date=2017-06-19}}
9. ^http://skateboarding.transworld.net/features/profilin-with-neftalie-featuring-kareem-campbell/
10. ^Hadzinsky, Chad, "A Look into the Industry of Video Games Past, Present, and Yet to Come" (2014). CMC Senior Theses. Paper 842.http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/842
11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://juicemagazine.com/home/kareem-campbell-2/|title=Kareem Campbell|date=2014-05-01|work=Juice Magazine|access-date=2017-06-19|language=en-US}}
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