Influential US skateboarder Marc Johnson dies aged 49: ‘Everything he did was art’

Tributes pour in from across skateboarding world Johnson was Thrasher’s 2007 skater of the year Marc Johnson, the influential professional skateboarder whose inventive street style and Bay Area roots helped define modern street skating, has died at the age of 49. Johnson’s death was announced in a statement attributed to longtime friend and fellow professional skateboarder Louie Barletta and shared by Thrasher Magazine. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Continue reading...

Guardian sport · Wed, May 27, 2026, 12:57 PM
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Influential US skateboarder Marc Johnson dies aged 49: ‘Everything he did was art’

Tributes pour in from across skateboarding world
Johnson was Thrasher’s 2007 skater of the year

Marc Johnson, the influential professional skateboarder whose inventive street style and Bay Area roots helped define modern street skating, has died at the age of 49.

Johnson’s death was announced in a statement attributed to longtime friend and fellow professional skateboarder Louie Barletta and shared by Thrasher Magazine. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

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