Background
McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Ottawa, Canada.
McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Ottawa, Canada.
McCrank was sponsored by local skate shops as a young person. McCrank"s first-ever skateboard deck sponsor was a small Canadian brand called Cherry Bombs. He then joined the first incarnation of Plan B Skateboards, when he was discovered by professional skateboarder, Colin McKay, after a brief period with Tony Hawk"s Birdhouse company.
He was assigned professional status by the company in the late 1990s.
McCrank designed several signature skate shoe models for the éSouth brand (on indefinite hiatus as of 2012), including the éSouth "Anti-Social" model. Following the announcement of the brand"s hiatus, McCrank has been filmed wearing the Lakai brand.
The Lifetime lifestyle brand, based in California, United States.—which emerged from the skateboarding and snowboarding subcultures—collaborated with McCrank on the "Mountain. Pleasant" capsule collection in early 2014.
McCrank co-founded and owns Anti-Social Skateshop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and co-owns the Momentum brand (skateboard wheel company).
Sheep: Life of Leisure (1996)
Church of Skatan: Santa Barbara (1996)
Plan B: The Revolution (1997)
Birdhouse: The End (1998)
Transworld: The Reason (1999)
411VM: Brazilian Vacation (1999)
The XYZ Video (1999)
Powell: Bones Bearings Class Of 2000 (2000)
éSouth: éSpecial
Dwindle: Rodney Mullen vs Daewon Song Round 2 (1999)
éSouth: Menikmati (2002)
Girl: Harsh Euro Barge (2002)
Girl: Yeah Right! (2003)
Stereo: Way Out East (2004)
FuelTV: Riding The Long White Cloud (2009)
Girl/Chocolate: Pretty Sweet (2012).
Following Plan B"s hiatus, McCrank joined the Girl Distribution Company and became a team member of the Girl brand, where he remains in 2014. McCrank is also a "Collective" member of the brand, alongside other skateboarders, snowboarders, artists, advocates, filmmakers, and designers.
