Alec Beck

Alec Beck is an American professional skateboarder, public space advocate, skatepark designer and Olympic coach. His skateboarding career spans more than twenty years, from national competitions to video parts for several brands, including his Birdhouse pro debut video, and he and his ZJ Boarding House team won gold at ESPN X Games 16 in Los Angeles. He was a featured athlete over three seasons of the Fuel TV series Built to Shred. As an advocate he led the development of Stoner Skate Plaza in West Los Angeles, worked with Nike to legalize skateboarding at the West LA Courthouse, and since 2015 has worked at the Tony Hawk Foundation, now The Skatepark Project, where he authored the Skatepark Best Practices Guide.