Josh Kalis

Josh Kalis is a professional skateboarder who specializes in street skateboarding, born on 27 April 1976 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who split his childhood between Philadelphia with his mother and Dallas with his father. He was sponsored by Alien Workshop for a significant period before switching to the board sponsor DGK in 2009. With Stevie Williams, the founder of DGK, he is well known for his involvement in the LOVE Park scene in Philadelphia in the late 1990s, and he can be seen skating the park, officially JFK Plaza at 16th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, in the videos Photosynthesis, The DC Video and Time Code. Before joining Alien Workshop he planned to start a board company with fellow professional Mark Appleyard, and after joining he and Rob Dyrdek helped recruit others to the team.