Dustin Latimer

Dustin Latimer
Personal information
Full name Dustin Latimer
Nickname(s) DL[1]
Born (1981-05-09) May 9, 1981
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Sport
Country United States
Sport Aggressive inline skating
Event(s) Street
Turned pro 1997
Retired 2007
Updated on 17 November 2014.

Dustin Latimer (born May 9, 1981) is an American inline skater, born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

Skating career

Dustin started inline skating at the age of 9, using ramps built by his father.[2] Dustin signed his first professional contract at age of 15 with Euro Funk clothing and Medium Wheels.[3]

In 1997, he was signed to the Universal Skate Design (USD) pro team along with Jon Julio, Arlo Eisenberg, Champion Baumstimler, Kevin Gillian and Josh Petty. His first pro skate was released the same year. The USD (Classic) Throne I which featured his name were the first customizable skates. During his time at USD, Dustin had 6 pro skates released:[4]

During this time Dustin was also riding for England Clothing[5] which was started by his friend and USD teammate Jon Julio. Other notable England Clothing professional skaters were Jon Julio, Josh Petty, Rachard Johnson and Dominic Sagona.

In the year 2000, USD released the influential team video "Coup De Tat". This video edited by Javad "Joe" Navran featured the all USD Team: Brian Shima, Kevin Gillian, Josh Petty, Jeff Frederick, Champion Baumstimler, Jon Julio.

The same year (2000), Dustin and Shane Coburn launched the Mindgame wheel company.[6] Mindgame rapidly gained notoriety in part to their premiere team video "Brain Fear Gone" which was edited by both Coburn and Latimer. This video featured Brian Shima, Jon Elliot, Omar Wysong, Dustin Latimer and introduced Aaron Feinberg. Dustin had a total of 7 pro wheels released under Mindgame:

In 2003, Dustin left USD to start the ambitious and revolutionary project Xsjado (pronounce it "Shadow"). Xsjado skates were developed on the base of a snowboard binding fixed on an inline skate frame. Dustin had 2 pro skates released during his time with Xsjado:

In 2008, Dustin was signed back on the USD All Star Team along with Kevin Gillian and Aaron Feinberg.

Dustin no longer skates for the USD Team[7] nor for Xsjado Team,[8]

Film career

Dustin has appeared in several videos such as:[9]

Personal life

Dustin has a son and practices yoga, rock climbing and working on cars.

References

  1. http://www.be-mag.com
  2. Interview from http://www.frenchyfries.fr/index.php?2009/06/22/104-interview-dustin-latimer-a-life-of-rolling
  3. Dustin's Facebook
  4. USD Skate History
  5. England clothing website
  6. Shane Coburn's website
  7. Team composition as of November 2014
  8. Team composition as of November 2014.
  9. http://www.bladearchive.net/people/dustinlatimer/
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