Ben Raemers

Ben Raemers was a British professional skateboarder, born on 4 November 1990 in Colchester, Essex, and died on 14 May 2019 at the age of 28. He has been described as one of the greatest British skateboarders. He started skating at ten while living in his mother's flat in Walton-on-the-Naze and rode for Consolidated Skateboards, Lost Art, Volcom and eS Footwear before settling with Enjoi, Slam City Skates, Independent Trucks and Converse. He moved to San Jose, California, in 2010 and back to London around 2015. He was a cast member of King of the Road 2016, in which his Enjoi team came first and he appeared on the Thrasher cover performing a barefoot invert on a bowl. The Ben Raemers Foundation was established in 2019 after his death.