Quick Facts

Full Name	Natas Kaupas
Occupation	Skateboarder
Date Of Birth	Mar 23, 1969(1969-03-23)
Age	55
Birthplace	Santa Monica
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Pisces

Natas Kaupas Biography

Natas Kaupas is one of the most popular and richest Skateboarder who was born on March 23, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, United States. He was a skateboarder who became famous in the mid-80s when he was one of the first professional street riders. He was an original member the SMA (Santa Monica Airlines), skate team. One of the many tricks he helped to popularize was the rail slide, which is a sliding down a staircase handrail on his board.

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Kaupas by his own admission remained clueless and uninterested in the mainstream skateboard subculture. He honed his street skateboarding skills by utilizing his surroundings, preferring not to ride ramps or parks. By the mid 1980s, Kaupas had discovered riding walls where he would throw his skateboard up against a wall and ride off it. He then perfected this trick by riding up the side of walls without using his hands. In 1984 Thrasher Magazine photographer and skating commentator Craig Stecyk took a photo of Kaupas riding off a wall which featured on the cover of Thrasher Magazine’s September 1984 issue. With this cover photo, Kaupas began to receive more magazine coverage and recognition from professional skaters. Also in 1984, SMA released Kaupas’s first pro-model skateboard, which infamously featured a panther image drawn by Santa Monica artist Kevin Ancell. At this point, Kaupas was regularly skating with such notables as Mark Gonzales, Julien Stranger and Jim Thiebaud and pioneering what would be known as ‘street skating’. Kaupas and Gonzales innovated many new skateboarding tricks and ideas, the first of which was transferring Rodney Mullen’s kickflip from freestyle skating to street skating.

Kaupas began skating during his childhood years. In 1983 Kaupas won a local Santa Monica surfing contest and received a Santa Monica Airlines (SMA) skateboard as a first place prize. SMA was operated out of the back of a surfshop owned by Skip Engblom. Kaupas approached Engblom about becoming a member of his skate team, which did not exist. However, Engblom was impressed with Kaupas’s skating ability and offered to sponsor him.

His daughter has been frequently featured on his Instagram.

Natas Kaupas Net Worth

Natas Kaupas is one of the richest Skateboarder from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Natas Kaupas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His long association with SMA began in 1984. He has contributed to board designs, and even arranged a manufacturing deal with Santa Cruz Skateboards. This was in response to the fact that SMA could not meet growing demand.

Apart from his skating career, which was slowed down by a broken ankle in 1991 he also worked as an artist and designer for Quiksilver, Element Skateboards and other clothing companies.

Natas Kaupas (born March 23, 1969) is an American professional skateboarder. He grew up in South Santa Monica, California in the area known as Dogtown and is of Lithuanian descent. He attended Santa Monica High School. He is often referred to as one of the first true professional street skateboarders.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Natas Kaupas Dating?

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Kaupas along with fellow skater Jim Thiebaud, who was now skating for SMA, began a tour across America driving used Cadillacs. During the tour, the duo discovered many unknown but talented skaters who would later skate for SMA. Upon their return in 1990, skateboarding’s hype had died with a slowing US economy.

Facts & Trivia

Natas Ranked on the list of most popular Skateboarder. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Natas Kaupas celebrates birthday on March 23 of every year.

In 1998 Kaupas along with longtime friend Mark Oblow formed Vita Shoes, which was short lived. Kaupas then found work in design and art with clothing companies Quiksilver and Element Skateboards. Both companies also sponsored him for their skateboarding team. Quiksilver soon promoted Kaupas to the role of graphic director and then vice president of marketing. In 2004, Natas started a new board company, Designarium under the manufacturing and distribution of NHS. Natas’ art background led him to focus Designarium on artists rather than pro skaters. He has commissioned artists to interpret his original Santa Monica Airlines Panther graphic into their own vision. Each board is produced in limited edition runs.

Is Natas Kaupas his real name?

This role gave Kaupas a sudden jolt of notoriety, however attention was soon turned to the spelling of his first name, as ‘Natas’ spelled backwards is ‘Satan’. Kaupas attempted to explain his name as being the masculine version of the Lithuanian female name ‘Natalija’.

What tricks did Natas Kaupas invent?

Press play on the latest Supreme or Polar video, and you’re likely to find a trick that was pioneered by Natas Kaupas. The wall-ride, the wallie, the slappie, the no comply – every skate rat who’s laced up a pair of Chuck Taylors in the past three years has sweated over these tricks, desperate to be

ontrend.

Who invented the Natas Spin?

Overview. The Natas Spin is a skateboarding trick that was invented by Natas Kaupas. The trick was later translated into snowboarding. The trick was originally invented when Natas ollied onto a fire hydrant and spun 720 degrees while on top of it.

How many Natas blind bags are there?

In our Natas Blind Bag you will be able to get one of 9 variants. This variant is the black on black matte / gloss ink and will be signed by Natas himself. Being hand numbered and limited to 50 world wide you can bet they will be sought after! NATAS BLIND BAG COMING SPRING 2021!

Who invented the Ollie?

Invented in the late 1970s by Alan “Ollie” Gelfand , the ollie has become a skateboarding fundamental, the basis for many other more complicated tricks. In its simplest form, the ollie is a jumping technique that allows skaters to hop over obstacles and onto curbs, etc.