Английская Википедия:Donovan Strain
Donovan Strain (born November 22, 1985) is a stand-up comedian and skateboarder living in Los Angeles, California.
Biography
Skateboarding
Strain started the skateboarding-based comedy segment titled "Buttery Ass Mondays" on The Berrics, where he was credited for inventing the skateboarding tricks Grape Flip,[1] and Double Grape Flip.[2] The series ran until 2010 when it was cancelled and removed from the archives.[3][4]Шаблон:Third-party-inline In October 2013, Strain's "Buttery Ass Mondays" returned to The Berrics' archive, suggesting new episodes of the series would be made for 2014.[3] On April 1, 2014, Donovan's series made a return to The Berrics with the newly titled series "The Donovan Strain Show".[5]
In 2008, Strain participated in his first professional skateboard contest for the original "Battle at the Berrics" where he won his first round match against Sean Malto,[6] only to be knocked out of the contest in the second round by Eric Koston.[7]
He received his first signature skateboard with the brand Sk8mafia in 2008[8]Шаблон:Better source needed before a split with the brand and receiving his next signature skateboard with City Skateboards in 2009.[9]Шаблон:Better source needed
In 2010[10] Donovan got involved with the Make-A-Wish foundation when he was able to help grant a wish for a kid from Florida named Alex that requested to meet him.[10]
In 2010,[11] he moved to New York City, where he hosted a video series on his own site MurkAvenue.com[12]
"It Was a Good Day"
In 2012, Strain wrote a post on the website Tumblr breaking down the lyrics to Ice Cube's 1993 classic "It Was a Good Day" deducing that everything in the song actually happened on the date January 20, 1992.[13] This was picked up by news outlets[14][15] including CNN,[16] Daily News (New York),[17] and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where Ice Cube commented "It doesn't make any sense at all, but it's cool".[18][19] On January 20, 2014 Goodyear invited both Ice Cube and Donovan Strain to their Goodyear Blimp airport for a charity event to witness the blimp fly over south central Los Angeles reading "Ice Cube Says Today Was A Good Day".[19][20]
Stand-up comedy
Strain started performing stand-up comedy in 2013 at Flappers Comedy Club[21]Шаблон:Primary source inline located in Burbank, CA.
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