Gilbert Crockett


Gilbert Crockett
GILBERT CROCKETT STATS...

Hometown
Richmond, Virginia

Sponsors
Vans shoes and apparel, Alien Workshop boards, Venue skate shop, Independent trucks, Spitfire wheels

Date of Birth: April 23, 1989

First board: Powell

On Vans since: 2009

Nickname: "The Body", Giblert

Stance: Regular

Shoe size: 9


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GILBERT CROCKETT INTERVIEW...

What style of shoes do you skate?
Stage 4 Mids featuring WAFFLECUP & Half Cab Pros.

What’s your set up?
Workshop 8", 139 Indys, Classic Spitfire 52s, Bones Swiss.

What’s been the best trip you’ve veer been on?
New Zealand because I wish I could drop out of the world and live there.

Favorite Vans rider?
AVE because it's all real.

What trick can’t you do that you wish you could?
Airs like Grant [Taylor].

What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
I moved to Carlsbad for a while one time.

Worst trend in skateboarding right now?
Can’t say it; would hurt too many feelings.

What are some interests/hobbies outside of skating?
Fishing, living, eating, cobbling, camping.

Last good book you read?
The Four Agreements. It's basically a book that teaches you ways to be the best you can be.

5 songs that have to be on a mix tape?
They're always changing [artist unknown - ed.].

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  • One of the raddest things about Gilbert Crockett is that he's constantly making little homie videos, like this Midlothian Tour, with the most fantastic "throwaway" footage and him and his buddies give off such a good, fun, casual vibe. But there's nothing casual about that kickflip. DAMN!
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  • Transworld Skateboarding just posted this 50-50 transfer of Gilbert Crockett by Mike O'Meally.
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  • Gilbert Crockett and his buddies are working on a new video called Cellout. This is the super, amazingly fun promo:
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  • Gilbert Crockett Apparel Commercial
  • We're sure you've already seen it, but here it is one more time for your viewing pleasure, Gilbert Crockett's apparel commercial shot back at home in Virginia:
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  • Have you recently been jumped by the Wu Tang and left shoeless? Is it that time of the month (where you need new shoes)? Are you in a skateshop unsure of what shoe to choose and Yelp isnt Yelping? Then perhaps this ESPN review of the new Stage 4 shoe can sway you into trying the new shoe designed by Chima, Pfanner, Gilbert and Andrew Allen.
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  • The 9th webisode of Thrasher's King of the Roadfeatures all 4 teams and a major make out session between Lutheran and a juggalette, JLay shredding some stairs, naked ramp riding from Trujillo, Elijah Berle casually wrecking Clipper and Gilbert Crockett's insane switch flip UP six stairs. All the Vans acton starts at 3:55.
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  • Welcome in the New Year with the second installment of The Vans Team on Thrasher's King of The Road. Trujillo's boneless off the van is off the hook and Lutheran and Berle skating a rail in the rain is painful to watch. Check out the entire KOTR article from last Thrasher here.
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  • Vans Team Invade Austria in TSM
  • The filming missions continue in the latest issue of The Skateboard Mag with the guys heading over to Chris Pfanner's homeland of Austria. Check out Anthony Acosta's amazing photos of Dollin, AVE, Pfanner, Allen, Crockett and Berle below and go grab a copy (On newsstands now) so you can tear out the pages and hang on your wall!
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  • Gilbert Crockett Rules The Internet
  • Alien Workshop posted nearly two minutes of Gilbert awesomeness with this episode of Life Splicing. Hot damn, Gilby has been killing it. Let's turn this boy pro and start the SOTY voting for 2012!!
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  • Vans King of The Road Teaser Live
  • Just a few days until Thrasher's King of The Road starts airing. To get you fired up, check out the Vans Team's KOTR teaser. Our guys killed it! Good job, fellahs. Loading the player ...
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  • Gilbert Crockett Gets Rural in Skateboarder
  • The newest issue of Skateboarder Magazine has an amazing Jonathan Mehring article of adventure and lawlessness in the West Virginia woods with our boy, Gilbert Crockett. Grab a copy today!
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  • Thrasher King of the Road Sneak Peek
  • Thrasher Magazineposted a sneak peek of their KIng Of The Road Issue Cover and a couple of our guys, Tony Trujillo and Johnny Layton, got some BGPs. Look for the webisodes of the trip December 10th.
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  • Vans Video Update from China Part 8: Final Showdown
  • Welcome back to the 8th and final part of The Vans Team's Adventures in China. Here's Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7 if you missed them. Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner, Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming Vans video. Today we received a postcard from Acosta. It read ...
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  • Vans Video Update from China Part 7: Chubba?
  • Welcome back to the 7th part of The Vans Team's Adventures in China. Here's Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 if you missed them. Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner, Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming Vans video. Welcome to the rest of your life. Or at least the rest of ...
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  • Vans Video Update from China Part 6: Panda Power
  • Welcome back to the 6th part of The Vans Team's Adventures in China. Here's Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 if you missed them. Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner, Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming Vans video. Today the fellahs make skate at a demo/signing in Chengdu. Chengdu is apparently known ...
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  • Vans Video Update from China Part 5: Guangzhou Dreamin'
  • Welcome back to the 5th part of The Vans Team's Adventures in China. Here's Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 if you missed them. Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner, Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming Vans video. Today Anthony sends photos from their last day in Guangzhou. This place was good to the guys ...
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  • Vans Video Update from China Part 4: Skate Magic
  • Welcome back to the 4th part of The Vans Team's Adventures in China. Here's Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 if you missed them. Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner, Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming Vans video. Today the guys are out and about trying to make the skate while doing their best to blend in ...
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  • Vans Video Update from China Part 3: Red Ribbon
  • Welcome back to the 3rd part of The Vans Team's Adventures in China. Here's Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed it. Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner, Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming Vans video. Today we find the guys at the suddenly famous Guangzhou Ribbon that has been popping up in a lot of skate ...
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  • Gilbert Outtakes on Skateboarder
  • Skateboarder just posted a bunch of Jonathan Mehring's outtakes from their Skatopia Adventure including Gilbert Crockett's nosegrind and more
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  • Vans Video Update from China Part 2
  • Welcome back to the second installment of The Vans Team's Adventures in China. Here's Vans in China Part 1 if you missed it. Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner, Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming Vans video. One can not fly half way around the globe without shaking some hands and kissing some babies upon arrival. Most of ...
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  • Gilbert Crockett Contest Footage
  • Recently Gilbert Crockett and his buddy Swyers entered Battle of the Shops in Raleigh to represent Venue Skateshop, here's the footage of them killing it:
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  • Vans Video Update from China
  • A crew of the Vans dudes are in China on one of many filming missions scheduled for the upcoming months. Anthony Acosta's photos will keep you posted on their adventures as they develop...
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  • Vans East Coast Extras on Skateboarder
  • You may recall the recent Vans East Coast article in the last Skateboarder, you know the one. With J-Lay on the cover at Pulaski. NBD. Well, they just added some photos to their semi-anual Film Blog from the trip HERE.
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  • Gilbert Crockett Raw
  • Check out this raw footage of Gilby that just surfaced on the interweb. This kid is so unbelievably good:
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  • Alien Article in Thrasher
  • Thrasher has posted the full Alien Workshop Tour Article HERE with AVE, Gilbert Dill & Donovon Piscopo along with 5-minutes of footage from Fat Bill: Loading the player ...
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  • Gilbert Crockett Remix
  • Filmer Will Rosenstock remixed the Gilbert Crockett footage he shot for Yougottagetthat and Toxic Turdz for our viewing pleasure:
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  • New Team Commercial
  • Check out this 30 seconds of rad with the dudes:Vans Skate Team Commercial from Off The Wall TV on Vimeo.
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  • Thrasher King of The Road Burnout Party
  • Thrasher's Burnout has all the KotR wrap up party photos HERE. Cameos by AVE, TNT, Dan Lu, Gilbert and more.
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  • Gilbert Crockett KotR MVP
  • Congrats to Gilbert Crockett for being Thrasher's King of the Road MVP!Gilby scored 1200 points on his own. Pro status can't be far off...Also congrats to the entire Vans squad for getting second place in KotR.
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  • Maloof DC Recap
  • If you live under a rock and somehow missed all the actionof this weekend's Maloof MOney Cup in Washington DC, don't sweat it.We got you. We'll get you up to speed.The Skateboard Mag posted a bunch of rad Anthony Acosta photos HERE. You can see the rest of his photos, including Steve Van Doren's uncut sheet of $50 bills HERE. And if still photography confuses you, here's some moving images of our boys:
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  • Thrasher Announces KOTR Skaters
  • Thrasher's King of The Road starts this weekand here's Jake Phelps& Griffin Collins to announce what Vans riders will be on the mission:Loading the player ...
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  • Vans Team in Denver Wednesday 9/7
  • The dudes will be at 303 Boards next WednesdaySeptember 7th from 4 to 6pm. Buy a plane ticket, go check them out, lend them your lady.
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  • VAns Team in New Zealand
  • A few months back a tight crew of Vans riders consisting of AVE, Dill, Chima, Pfanner, Dollin, TNT & Crockett went to New Zealandwith O'Meally to shoot this Transworld article for the October issue (on Newstands Now.).
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  • VAns Team in New Zealand Continued
  • Here's the rest of the photos from the Vans trip to New Zealand for Transworld:
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  • Gilbert Crockett bro cam
  • Venue Skateshop posted some Gilby Bro Cam on the Interweb:
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  • PHX AM HIGHLIGHT VIDEO
  • Highlights from the Vans team shredding the 2011 Phoenix Am contest. Featured are Elijah Berle, Andrew Langi, John Fitzgerald, Taylor Smith, Daniel Lutheran, and Gilbert Crockett.
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