Ray Barbee
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Ray Barbee | |
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| Born | October 5, 1971 San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, indie |
| Occupations | Musician, skateboarder |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, xylophone, drums |
| Labels | Galaxia Records |
| Website | galaxiarecords |
Ray Barbee (born October 5, 1971) is an American skateboarder and musician from San Jose, California.[1][2]
Barbee was one of the first skateboarders to bring freestyle/flatland tricks to street, technical ollie combinations and numerous no comply variations. He is best known for his no complys and fluid style.[3]
Barbee appeared in the Powell Peralta videos Public Domain, Ban This and Propaganda. Barbee also appears in the video games Skate 2 and Skate 3 as a playable skater.
In 1987, when Barbee was 15 years old, he was introduced in the New AMs section of the Bones Brigade Intelligence Report, which included a photo of Barbee performing a handrail boardslide on a "ripper deck and street bones."[4]
In 1991, Barbee left Powell Peralta for The Firm Skateboards (now defunct), headed by another Powell veteran, Lance Mountain.
Barbee has a signature shoe with Vans.[5] His other sponsors are Independent Truck Company, and WeSC.
Barbee is also known as a photographer and takes pictures with analog cameras such as a Leica M6.
