"Over the last twenty years the name Mike Vallely has come to be associated with an ever-expanding p...
more >"Over the last twenty years the name Mike Vallely has come to be associated with an ever-expanding palette of disparate but oddly complementary activities and ideas. Much more than just an explosive, unpredictable skateboarder, Vallely is also a spoken word artist, vocalist, brutal brawler, and most recently- acclaimed television personality (Drive on FuelTV). Married fifteen years and a father of two daughters, Vallely's never slowed down. Imbued with a sense of limitless freedom and a love of responsibility, he attempts to live his life as a creative and energetic role model to thousands of skateboarders."
-- Transworld Skateboarding Magazine November 2007
Mike Vallely's careers in music and skateboarding haven't been about fleeting moments of fame or winning some specific prize. In fact, they're more akin to the drafting and execution of a battle plan, enacted by a warrior on a mission in perpetuity. All the skate demos, recording studios, television appearances, concert stages, vert ramps, pages of poetry, street courses, and countless miles behind the wheel don't even begin to describe the human spirit embodied within Vallely that not only consistently proceeds and persists, but ultimately prevails without the need of any outside assistance.
"I'm at the point now where I no longer follow the scene, at all," he says. "I don't get involved in the politics and I do not care about the industry aspect of anything. I really don't care. And so my skating, it's just about skating, just the actual act of doing it."
Nevertheless, the 37-year-old New Jersey native is still facing blank pages of which to pen fresh chapters of his already incredible life story.
To read the rest of the bio, go here: http://www.mikevallely.com/bio
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Segment from the 8th episode of season two of Drive entitled Tyler's Story. Mike V visits Tyler Fingerle and presents him with a J...
more >Segment from the 8th episode of season two of Drive entitled Tyler's Story. Mike V visits Tyler Fingerle and presents him with a Jeep as a gift.
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mike v is the man
(posted about 5 days ago)
cool
(posted about 5 days ago)
mike v is so nice also that park at the end looks sick
(posted about 6 days ago)
kwool
(posted about 1 months ago)
the kid got hit by an electrical wire and his friend also did and his friend died.
(posted about 1 months ago)
i said it before and i will say it again, you’re a good man mike… the kids, our the future of skateboarding… this is inspiring, we are starting to hold skate camps at our skatepark… helping underprivileged kids.. get boards …have a place to ride…. giving back to the skateboarding community….
keep up the great work, keep shredding…
old man (Rob)
(posted about 4 months ago)
just me again. i hope you get the title of BEST HEART
(posted about 4 months ago)
so touching. Mike V. if you read this i just wana say that your the best._
(posted about 4 months ago)
This is the accual news report about it.
Tuesday, September 12th, 17-year-old Samantha Merchant and 15-year-old Tyler Fingerle were in a tragic accident. They had been with friends and went to run a quick errand. Tyler’s dad, Shawn Fingerle says, “They didn’t return. We didn’t think anything of it until we started to hear sirens. Then we thought oh my go... more >
(posted about 5 months ago)
Tyler and his friend Samantha were in a car accident. They ran into a power line, When they got out, Samantha stepped on the power line and died. The only reason why Tyler didn’t die was because of his Element shoes. They were made of rubber or something like that. He lost his foot though. Two people came over to help them but one also stepped on the power l... more >
(posted about 5 months ago)
TWAT HAPPENED TO TYLER?
(posted about 6 months ago)
come to philly and teach me how to air stomp.
(posted about 6 months ago)
dude what happend to the kid
(posted about 7 months ago)
Great vid, very inspiring.
(posted about 7 months ago)