Tod Swank

Tod Swank is an American former professional skateboarder, company owner of Tum Yeto distribution and Foundation Skateboards, photographer and musician. His mid 1980s skateboard zine, Swank Zine, was among the original wave of underground xeroxed press. He achieved notoriety as one of the earliest American skaters to compete in European contests, placing third in the 1985 French Open, hosted by the Skateboard Club of Fontainebleau, and seventh in the Scandinavian Open in the same year. In 1987 he was featured on the cover of TransWorld Skateboarding as the subject of the iconic photo The Push, shot by J. Grant Brittain.