Patrick Smith (skateboarder)

Patrick Smith, also called Pat Smith, is an American fabricator, carpenter, skateboard ramp builder, skate community contributor, professional skateboarder and skate company owner who lives and works in New York City. He was born in Germany into a military family, was re-stationed around the world every three years and spent most of his youth outside Baltimore, where he grew up skating at Lansdowne Skatepark. He studied programming at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He skated for Real Skateboards and then for Black Label, appearing in the Label Kills video, and according to Steve Rodriguez he was the first to ollie a famous obstacle.