Rick McCrank

McCrank was born in Peterborough Ontario Canada but grew up in Ottawa Ontario Canada McCranks firstever skateboard deck sponsor was a small Canadian brand called Cherry Bombs He then joined the first incarnation of Plan B Skateboards when he was discovered by professional skateboarder Colin McKay after a brief period with Tony Hawks Birdhouse company He was assigned professional status by the company in the late 1990s Following Plan Bs hiatus McCrank joined the Girl Distribution Company and became a team member of the Girl brand where he remains in 2014 McCrank designed several signature skate shoe models for the éS brand on indefinite hiatus as of 2012 including the éS AntiSocial model Following the announcement of the brands hiatus McCrank has been filmed wearing the Lakai brand The Lifetime lifestyle brand based in California USwhich emerged from the skateboarding and snowboarding subculturescollaborated with McCrank on the Mt Pleasant capsule collection in early 2014 McCrank is also a Collective member of the brand alongside other skateboarders snowboarders artists advocates filmmakers and designers