C.R. Stecyk III

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C.R. Stecyk III (born in the early 1950s) A southern California native and one of its most ardent pop culture historians.

Craig Stecyk (also known as John Smythe or Carlos Izan), started to gain notoriety for his art work on surfboards in the early 1970s, particularly when he became involved in the founding of the infamous Zephyr surf shop in Santa Monica, California.

In the 1970s Stecyk was also a contributing photographer and writer for "Surfer" magazine. As surfing gave birth to Skateboarding Stecyk became one of it's earliest practitioners and proponents. When Surfer magazine revitalized the 1964 SkateBoarder magazine Stecyk became one its most important photo journalists. The stories he wrote about the notorious Z-Boys from DogTown were for the most part his creation. His stories inspired an entire generation and he is often credited as the Godfather of the sport/art of skateboarding as it is known today.

Stecyk is also internationally known as a respected and collected fine artist working in sculpture, painting, surfboards, and hot-rod cars. He is one of the founders of Juxtapoz art magazine, and has written for many different books. His Life was portrayed in the 2001 award winning documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys as well as the Hollywood style feature film Lords of Dogtown in 2005.

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