Lance Mountain

Lance Mountain, born Robert Lance Mountain on June 13, 1964, is an American professional skateboarder and artist who was one of the prominent skaters of the 1980s through his place on the Bones Brigade. He took first or second place in over a third of the amateur contests he entered, joined Variflex in 1981 and moved to the Powell-Peralta team in 1982, where he formed a strong friendship with team manager Stacy Peralta. He appears in eight Bones Brigade videos, including The Search for Animal Chin, and won the 1983 Upland Turkey Shoot at Upland Skatepark. As of August 2017 he still skated professionally, with sponsors including Flip, Nike SB, Indy, Spitfire and Bones Bearings.