Reggie Barnes (skateboarder)

Reginald Reggie Barnes Jr, born around 1961, is a retired American professional freestyle skateboarder and the founder and chief executive of Eastern Skateboard Supply, the largest skateboard wholesale company in North America. Known as a virtuoso teen amateur, he skated professionally from 1980 to 1991 with the Pepsi-Cola Pro Skateboard Team, Walker Skateboards and Dogtown Skateboards. By 1986 he was one of the top five American freestyle skaters and was a featured demonstrator at Expo 86, the world's fair held in Vancouver, Canada, and he placed third in freestyle at the World Cup in 1987. He retired from competitive skateboarding when his interest switched to street skateboarding and running his two businesses.