Keith Hufnagel

Keith Hufnagel, born on 21 January 1974 and died on 24 September 2020, was an American skateboarding professional, entrepreneur and fashion designer, the founder of the streetwear brand HUF. He was born in Manhattan and grew up in Stuyvesant Town, attended Xavier High School on a track scholarship, and left San Francisco State University after one semester to become a professional skateboarder. He began skating in his teens at the Brooklyn Banks in New York City, turned pro in California in 1993, first joining Fun Skateboards and then signing with Jim Thiebaud of Real Skateboards, and he also skated for Thunder Trucks and Spitfire Wheels. In 2002 he opened the first HUF Worldwide store in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco with his then wife, Anne Freeman, a pioneering streetwear boutique.