Prince Charles skates, who knew?
“I have one of me own”

Disregarding his attempts to be ‘down’, and the affected pleb accent, it’s impossible to argue with Charlie’s assertion that he has actually skated before – cruising from one side of the park to the other in those shiny patent leather numbers is, at the very least, mildly impressive.

Peep the excerpt below then hit this link to see the full documentary.

Ben Harper – Laser Flip at Stoner

In stark contrast to the one above, here’s California-born multi-instrumentalist Ben Harper actually going in at Stoner Plaza. Ok, ‘going in’ as in mega-crouching prior to a laser flip – but still, pretty legit.

Also – bonus point for providing the intro track to 411VM Issue 13.

Brooklyn Beckham – Dad leap

Brooklyn Beckham’s status as a genuine skateboarder is beyond question. His mum, (yeah Posh Spice) is regularly spotted at Bay 66, and Brooklyn himself has suffered pap surveillance whilst skating since his toddler days in LA. The breathless descriptions of this dad leap in the mainstream press though – kek-tastic.

Heath Ledger AKA the Joker faking the flips

It turns out that the infamous photo that did the rounds of Heath Ledger dressed as The Joker kickflipping over Christian Bale’s Batman was bullshit, but he did still skate, as you can see 23 seconds into the clip below.

Devo

Devo have a strong affiliation with skateboarding, aside from doing it and providing section songs for countless skate videos, they also used Duane Peters, Tony Alva, Steve Olson, Steve Alba, Stacy Peralta, David Andrecht, Eddie Elguera and more in their Freedom of Choice video. LADS!

Devo induction to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame 5/09/13 from Brian Applegate on Vimeo.

“God made man, but he used the monkey to do it.”

Dave Chappelle – no mall grab required

Dave Chappelle is an undeniably top bloke and it’s always nice seeing a celebrity who isn’t a tit skating, isn’t it?
“Oh, I still skateboard. Absolutely. You know what it is? It’s like a second childhood thing and also, they say extreme sports is one of the best stress relievers, which is true. But the thing that is good about skateboarding is that of every extreme sport, it’s the most accessible thing in the world. I don’t have to go to a mountain. I don’t need a plane ticket. I can just find a hill in my neighborhood and skate down it.”

Clint Eastwood – Go ahead, make my day – do a benihana…

That duck foot stance is highly suspect but it’s Clint Eastwood so he gets a pass.
Next!

Frankie Howerd – Oooh what a pump!

Now this is a bizarre one: Yorkshire comedian Frankie Howerd demonstrating his own style in a full suit because he clearly gives no fucks! The man’s got an OBE (without the scandal) and was backing skating.

“Sex change? From what to what? I’ll tell you this, any sex would be a change!”

Henry Rollins – I used to be in Black Flag you know…

Henry Rollins from Black Flag legitimately skated as you can see in this real Independent trucks advert from Thrasher. LEGIT! Go’ed Henry lad!

“Skate mean, live clean.”

Peter Cook – Sadly I was an Only Twin

We started with a member of the English Upper-Class so we may as well end with one as well.
The main difference is that this patrician, blue-blooded, independently wealthy human was more famous for saying the word ‘cunt’ and for inventing alternative comedy, than he was for being born the son of a monarch.
Whether Peter Cook actually skated more than this one time for the photo above is immaterial – it’s Peter Cook – let’s claim him. Peep below for one of the many reasons.