Ray Barbee
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Ray Barbee is an American skateboarder from San Jose, California, and one of the first famous African-American skaters. He started skateboarding in 1984, when he was in seventh grade. Barbee was on the cutting edge of skateboarding in the late '80s, being a leading pioneer of applying freestyle/flatland tricks to street, technical ollie combinations and numerous no comply variations.
He had memorable video parts in the Powell Peralta videos "Public Domain" and "Ban This". In 1991, he left Powell Peralta for The Firm Skateboards (now defunct), headed by another Powell veteran, Lance Mountain.
Sponsors: Element Skateboards, Independent Truck Company, Vans Shoes, WESC.
[edit] Music
A music writer and multi-instrumentalist, Barbee released in 2003 his debut EP on Galaxia records, Triumphant Procession, a collection of jazz-influenced instrumental tracks which Barbee produced and engineered at home. His 2005 release, In Full View, also on Galaxia, featured guests appearances by drummers Doug Scharin (of HiM and June of 44) and Carlos de la Garza (formerly of Reel Big Fish). Barbee plays guitar, bass guitar, drums, harp and xylophone.
He has a signature shoe with Vans [1].
Ray appears in skate.2 as a playable skater.
In March 2007, Ray Barbee recorded in Japan with the Mattson 2. That recording became Ray Barbee Meets The Mattson 2, a collaboration melding the guitar/drums twins of the Mattson 2 with Ray Barbee playing additional guitar. When playing live together, Ray sometimes assumes a dual bass line/lead role (both on his guitar) during the set.
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[edit] External links
- Video: Ray Barbee, Propaganda
- Video: Ray Barbee, Ban This
- Ray Barbee at Allmusic
- SkateboardManiaks, All about Barbee in the Dutch language.
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