Andrew Reynolds

Andrew Reynolds (born June 6, 1978) is an American professional skateboarder known for co-founding Baker Skateboards in 2000 with artist Jay Strickland. He is now Baker Skateboard's sole owner. Reynolds established Bakerboys Distribution with Erik Ellington and Jim Greco in 2007. Bakerboys Distribution provides distribution for closely related in-house skateboard companies such as Deathwish Skateboards and Shake Junt.

Quotes

• Gonz is the most influential skater of all time, no question. Mark Gonzales created how to street skate, doing handrails and things that no one has ever done. When people were doing a boardslide on the rail and thought that was super crazy, he was doing 180 nosegrinds and 180 fakie 50-50s. The best and most technical skater today doing the hardest tricks beyond what anyone could think of is not doing what Gonz was doing then. It’s just not the same.
  • On Mark Gonzales Blair Alley (20 December 2011). THE 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL SKATERS OF ALL TIME – 10. Reynolds. Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation.

• It's just a nickname that [professional skateboarder] Jim Greco came up with. I guess growing up watching mob movies and mob documentaries, there's always like has to be a boss. I had a Cadillac, it was just little stuff. I had an apartment; Jim was like, "He's the Boss". That's it. And then he just kind of stuck with it after that. I don't take part in it. I don't go around [saying] "I'm the Boss", you know? I don't care, whatever.
  • On the origin of his nickname "The Boss" RIDEChannel (17 October 2012). Andrew Reynolds on Bake and Destroy, Riley Hawk, Figgy and More on Free Lunch ... (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc.