Factory Riders
Max Capps
AKA: Cali Condor
Home turf: Orange County, SoCal
Biggest skate influences: Andrew Mercado, JM Duran, and Patrick Rizzo
Sponsors: Sector9 Skateboards, Venom Wheels/Bushings, Ronin Trucks, Vicious Grip, NJK, Kenny’s Components, Drake Inc, and his Mom.
Setup: The entire Sector9 board line, Ronin Trucks in all widths and angles, Riot tubes, Venom wheels and bushings, Vicious grip tape, Roger Bros hardware, and a Kreep Skategood California footstop.
When not skating: Max works at Handplant Skateshop in Laguna Beach and hangs out at home. He spends most of his time and energy on skating.
Emily Pross
AKA: I don’t have a nickname but I’m open to suggestions
DOB: May 3rd, 1996
Home Turf: Vernon, New Jersey
Sponsors: Original Skateboards, Rad Wheels, RDVX Grip, Ronin Trucks, Community Bikes N’ Boards, Holesom Pucks, Riptide Bushings, Organic Hogwash, and Sikk Shades
What are you doing when you’re not skateboarding? I’m at the gym lifting weights, cooking, Skiing, Snowboarding, at school getting my bachelors in marketing, or playing some video games
Setup? Downhill: Original Maven 35 gripped with RDVX. Rad advantages (duro depends on the course) 45/30 174mm pro lite billets riptide 90a/85a barrels in the front and in the back 90a barrel/ 93a chubby
Freeride: Original Directional DK proto board, gripped with RDVX and some RDVX proto concave inserts (I call it ninja-cave) Cast Ronins with 90a barrels both front, back, roadside and boardside with Rad glides or some lathed down scrubbed Rad advantages
Jimmy Riha
Key Dougherty
Born: October 4th, 1983
Sponsors: Ronin Trucks, Gravity, Abec11, and a Muirskate supporter.
Best race stat: #2 qualifier at Maryhill, finishing 5th.
Setup: Gravity Key Dougherty pro model with 174mm Ronin hangers and 40°/30° baseplates most of the time, but rides every baseplate angle. Key also has a shorter 9″ wide version of his pro model with Ronin 45°/30° 154′s, and a Gravity Muira on cRonins.
Bucket list: Bonneville, Baja 100
Pepe Laporte
Five years ago, I was introduced to Downhill Skateboarding and since then I couldn’t step off that board. Today my connection to the sport of skateboarding goes way beyond of just a sport’s practice, it is something connected to my spiritually, it’s what keeps my fire burning, it’s what allows me to dream, motivates me to live and gives me the power to achieve.
Through skateboarding I’ve been having the opportunity to meet very special people, beautiful places and amazing cultures.