Marcus McBride

Marcus and his brother Lavar grew up in San Francisco CA.^[2] Marcus first skated at the age of 9 in Oakland, California.^[4][3] He took it up more seriously around the age of 13.^[6] The first real skateboard McBride got was a Jesse Martinez pro model.^[4]

McBride's brother Lavar excelled at skating, getting sponsorship from Blind Skateboards.^[3] Lavar would include Marcus with him to LA when he used to go film for Blind. Marcus went down there a handful of times. The brothers would stay with Rodney Mullen. Marcus described Rodney as "a cool dude.^[3] He used to look out for us… take us out to eat and skate everywhere."^[3]

While in LA, Jason Dill would see Marcus skate and him boards from 101.^[4] Marcus ended up riding for 101 as he admired the team which included Jason Dill, Gino Iannucci, Clyde, and Natas.^[3][4]

D.G.K

McBride is a founding member of DGK, helping Stevie Williams start company in 2002 .^[6]