Guy Mariano (born 1977) is a professional
skateboarder who gained widespread recognition at the age of 14 for his part in
Blind Skateboards'
Video Days (1991). Before Blind, Mariano was sponsored by
Powell Peralta, and appeared in their video
Ban This. In his later years, Guy rode for
Girl Skateboards and had a seminal part in their second video
Mouse (1996). After Guy retired from professional skateboarding due to injuries and other causes, he co-founded the Royal skateboard truck company with Rudy Johnson in 1997. He came out of retirement in 2005. Thrasher Magazine featured a 14 page article with Guy Mariano in its November 2005 issue. His first telephone interview was featured in the February 2007 issue of Transworld SKATEboarding. Mariano also appeared in the Lakai video "Fully Flared" in 2007, which features two
Band of Horses songs, "The Funeral" and "Is there a Ghost" in respective order, winning 3 Transworld Skateboarding Awards including Best Video Part, Best Street Skater, and Readers Choice.
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