Neil Blender

Neil Blender, born in 1963, is an American former professional skateboarder, skate company owner and artist who is regular-footed. His pro career began during his senior year of high school in 1981, after he had skated for Powerflex for three years in his mid-teens and then signed with G&S. By 1986 he had invented at least two tricks, among them the Wooly Mammoth, and he is credited with naming and conceptualizing several others. In 1990 he, Chris Carter and Mike Hill formed Alien Workshop in Dayton, Ohio. Transworld Skateboarding ranked him number 19 of the 30 most influential skaters of all time in December 2011, and he was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2015.