Steve Olson (skateboarder)

Steve Olson is a 1970s and 1980s era American professional skateboarder and contemporary artist originally from Orange County, California. In 1979 he was sponsored by Santa Cruz Skateboards and turned professional alongside teammates Duane Peters and Steve Alba, and later that year he received the Skateboarder of the Year award. Among his contributions to the culture, he is credited with first introducing the skateboarding world to punk rock music. In 2014 he was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, when the filmmaker and former professional skateboarder Stacy Peralta said that he was the first vert skateboarding champion.