Marty Grimes

Marty Grimes, born in 1962, is a goofy-footed professional American skateboarder from Los Angeles and one of the original Los Angeles pool rippers, riding for Dogtown and Zephyr skateboards. He and his brother were the first African-American professional skateboarders, as they both went pro at the same time. He grew up in Midtown, Los Angeles, and went to Mar Vista Elementary, which had a large embankment that he grew up to skate. At ten a family member introduced him to skating, and as part of the Los Angeles desegregation busing he attended Paul Revere Junior High in Pacific Palisades, which had one of the best banks in the city, a popular skate spot.