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TRUE BUILT BARNS 3 1/2 miles SE of Flemingsburg, Ky. on Rt. 32 (next to the Fast Track Shell) 606-845-0540 • 1-800-710-4822 Quality is our Goal! Ask For Sam Yoder or Dan Esh Since 1991 RENT -TO- OWN FREE Delivery within 150 miles • www.trubuiltbarns.com Our Buildings are ready for your Spring Cleaning Get organzied and ready for Spring with one of our buildings. Available in many sizes. Tonya Gray 901 US Hwy 68, Suite 100 Maysville, KY 606-564-7400 Across from McDonald’s Call today for a free insurance protection review. We’re your Shield. We’re your Shelter. ShelterInsurance.com MASON County KENTUCKY OHIO BRACKEN County BROWN County Brell & Son Funeral Home Maysville’s Only Locally Owned & Operated Funeral Home 606-564-3641 Palmer Funeral Home 6264 Brooksville Germantown Rd. Germantown, KY 606-883-3182 www.palmerfh.com METCALFE- HENNESSEY Funeral Home 301 East 4th. St., Augusta, KY 606-756-2270 www.mhfuneralhome.com MOORE & PARKER FUNERAL HOMES 305 Elizabeth S., Augusta, KY 606-756-2101 www.mooreandparkerfh.com Hwy. 10, Brooksville, KY 606-735-2114 www.mooreandparkerfh.com Palmer Funeral Home 6264 Brooksville Germantown Rd. Germantown, KY 606-883-3182 www.palmerfh.com Meeker Funeral Home 308 Columbus Street Russellville, OH 937-377-4182 www.meekerfuneralhomes.com Wilson Home for Funerals, Inc. 35 West 2nd Street Manchester, Ohio 937-549-3363 www.wilsonhomeforfunerals.com David K. Wilson Jane E. Wilson Cahall Funeral Homes 204 W. State St., Georgetown 937-378-6384 1011 S. 2nd St., Ripley 937-392-1112 ADAMS County Thompson-Meeker FUNERAL HOME 216 West Mulberry Street West Union, OH 45693 937-544-2133 www.meekerfuneralhomes.com ROBERTSON COUNTY Funeral Home Hwy. 62, Mt. Olivet, KY 606-724-5000 LEWIS County Barbour & Son Funeral Home Tommy Barbour Billy Barbour Rt. 10, Tollesboro, KY 606-798-3241 ROBERTSON County FUNERAL DIRECTORY For your convenience CONVENIENT DIRECTORY FLOWERS & PLANTS MAYSVILLE FLEMINGSBURG Lasting Impressions Flowers & Gifts 109 S. Main Cross (606) 845-0103 1-800-230-9800 564-9091 Grimes Greenhouse Nursery & Florist 122 Metcalfe Rd. (606) 267-3141 1-877-476-0222 [email protected] AUGUSTA Amy’s Blue Daisy 128 Main Street (606) 756-2821 www.amysbluedaisy.com Maysville Flower Shop 177 E. 2nd St. 564-3766 EWING freshly cut and arranged by these fine florists Carol Jean Flowers inside Pet & Hobbies 481 Moody Dr. 606-564-6836 Reserve Your Directory Space Today! THE LEDGER-INDEPENDENT Eagle’s Lodge 139 East 2nd Maysville, Ky 564-4505 MEMBERS ONLY MODERN LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING CO. APPLIANCES & FURNITURE McRobert’s Furniture Mart 16 W. 2nd 564-9848 AGING Tom Clarke Long Term Care Insurance 119 Sutton St. • Maysville, KY 606-564-5527 LODGE Moose Lodge 11 E. 2nd St. Maysville, KY 606-564-5266 Members & Invited Guests Welcome Jewelry 46 W. 2nd St. Maysville, KY 606-564-5578 www.eatgallery.com From all of your Downtown Merchants in Maysville, Ky. LAUNDRY -OUR 118th YEAR- Try our “Super Shirt” Service Bring your Dry Cleaning with your shirts. 31 East 2nd St. Maysville, Ky • 564-5561 Thank You For All Your Business! exquisite art treasures 151 East Second Street Maysville, KY 606-564-0321 PAWN LODGE Danita’s Coiffeurs HAIR SALON & BARBER SHOP Evening & Saturday’s 208 Market St. Maysville 606-564-0078 HAIR SALON EYEWEAR & HEARING HEARING AID CENTER Free Hearing Tests & Evaluation 103 E. Second St. Across From Domino’s Pizza 1-800-686-7410 or 564-3512 CATERING Creative Catering for all Occasions! Box Lunches • Drop Off Catering •Sit Down Dinner •Corporate Catering 606-564-4250 [email protected] CHRISTIAN STORES 49 West Second St. Maysville, KY Tues.-Fri., 9-5 • Sat., 9-1 606-563-8449 BANQUETS The Limestone Center NO RENTAL FEE! with catering purchase Bernard Coughlin Blvd. 1-800-785-8639 [email protected] Maysville Community & Technical College 1755 U.S. 68 Maysville KY 41056 606-759-7141 ext. 66120 COLLEGE DENTISTS Maysville’s Friendly Dentist DR. JAMES E. ADAMS 19 E. 3rd St. 564-9033 Hair Designers MAYSVILLE 1321 Suite B US. Hwy 68 Maysville, KY 606-564-3635 Hours: Wed. 9-5, Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9-6; Sat. 9-4 MAYSVILLE Marketsquare 606.759.5038 HRS: Mon.-Fri. 10a.m.-7p.m. Sat. 9a.m.-6p.m. Sun. Noon-5p.m. Shoppes of Maysville 223 Wal-Mart Way 606-759-0100 M-F 9 -9 •Sat 9-6 •Sun 12-5 525 Tucker Drive 606•759.0405 Cindy Frankenfield, Owner 836 Forest Avenue Maysville, KY 606.564.5001 MT. OLIVET Shear Talent Main Street 606•724•5455 TOLLESBORO Tonia’s BEAUTY SHOP 3534 W. KY 10, Tollesboro, KY 606•799•9199 THESE SALONS ARE REACHING OVER 29,000 POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS. YOUR BUSINESS CAN DO THE SAME BY CALLING: 1-800-264-9091 THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT WEDNESDAY, 03.28.2012 | A5 THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT | WEDNESDAY, 03.28.2012 OBITUARIES | A5 DEATHS LOCALLY DEATHS ELSEWHERE FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY Clay Jolly — 1 p.m., Wilson Home for Funerals, Manchester, Ohio. WEDNESDAY Madge Todd — 11 a.m., Boone-Nickell Funeral Home, Flemingsburg. THURSDAY Glenn G. Huber — 11 a.m., Palmer Funeral Home, May’s Lick. Carol R. Stout — Noon, Wilson Home for Funerals, Manchester, Ohio. FRIDAY Clair Kimball Jr. — 2 p.m., Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley, Ohio. Michael L. Poynter — 1 p.m., Dickerson Funeral Home, Vanceburg. MR. HUBER MAY’S LICK | Glenn G. Huber, 70, of Huber Lane, May’s Lick, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Meadowview Regional Medical Center. He was a self-employed mechanic, machinist and farmer. His wife Rena Jewell Gul- ley Huber preceded him in death on Dec. 7, 2010. Glenn was born in Maysville on Jan. 20, 1942, son of the late Charles V. and Ann Gordon Huber. He was a graduate of May’s Lick High School and Lexington Technical School. He was a former member of the Army Re- serves. Survivors include a daughter, Nicole Carswell (Tracy) Tolle of Fountain, Colo.; a son, Glenn (Kerri) Huber Jr. of Maysville; three grandchildren, Luke Carswell, Megan and Emily Huber; a sister, Joyce “Joy” (Larry) Coffey of Prescott, Ariz.; a niece, Tomeka Ogan of California; and a nephew, Will Coffey of New Mexico. Services will be conduct- ed at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 29, at Palmer Funer- al Home in May’s Lick with Rev. Bill Boldt officiating. Interment will follow in the Charleston Bottoms Cemetery. Visitation is 6-9 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials suggested to The Huber Grandchildren Scholarship Fund. Condolences to www. palmerfuneralhome.net. MR. KIMBALL ABERDEEN | Clair Kim- ball Jr., 87, of Aberdeen, Ohio, went to be with the Lord, Monday, March 26, 2012, at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He worked in sales, was a United States Army World War II veteran and a member of the Courts- Fussnecker American Le- gion Post No. 367 of Ripley, Ohio. Mr. Kimball was born July 10, 1924, in Mount Orab, Ohio, the son of the late Clair and Edna (Wise) Kimball. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary (Kearns) Kimball. Mr. Kimball is survived by two daughters, Di- anna Canter and Patti Law (Jerry), both of Cincinnati; one son, Jerry Kimball of Aberdeen, Ohio; eight grandchildren; four great- grandchildren; one sister, Mary Alice Felix of Mount Orab, Ohio; three brothers, Paul Kimball and Glenn Kimball, both of Mount Orab, and Danny Kimball of Texas. He was preceded in death by one son, Donald Lee Kimball. Services will be held at 2 p.m., on Friday, March 30, 2012, at Cahall Funeral Home in Ripley, Ohio. Rev. Jim Rawlings will officiate. Burial will follow in Charter Oak Cemetery in Aberdeen, Ohio with Military Honors provided by the Courts-Fussnecker American Legion Post No. 367 of Ripley. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m., Fri- day at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.ca- hallfuneralhomes.com. MR. POYNTER GARRISON | Michael L. Poynter, 66, of Garrison, died Monday, March 26, 2012, at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Poynter was born in Ashland, March 6, 1946, the son of the late Clifton and Shirley DeBorde Poyn- ter. He was a retired opera- tor-engineer for the city of Hamilton Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Kamer Poynter; one son, Michael Poynter Jr. (Tonya) of Gar- rison; two grandchildren, Hayley Poynter and Chase Poynter; and one brother, Norman Poynter (Gloria) of Chattanooga, Tenn. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Raymond Poynter. Services for Michael L. Poynter will be held at the Dickerson Funeral Home at 1 p.m., Friday, March 30, 2012, with Rev. Al Owens officiating. Burial will be in the Skid- more Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jason Bentley, Wil- lie Willis, Kenny Eldridge, Danny Kamer, Wes Ferrell and Michael Poynter Jr. Chase Poynter will serve as an Honorary Pallbearer. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thurs- day from 6-8 p.m., and on Friday from 9 a.m. until the hour of the service. ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES | Larry Stevenson, a skateboard maker who helped take the sport from an early 1960s kid’s gimmick often com- pared to the hula hoop to a respectable and eventually professional sport on par with surfing, has died. Stevenson died at age 81 on Sunday at Ronald Rea- gan-UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, his son Curt Stevenson told The Associated Press. The elder Stevenson had dealt with Parkinson’s Dis- ease since the early 1970s, and he’d been in a nursing home for much of the past decade. His death was first reported by the Los Angeles Times. Larry Stevenson was a design innovator who de- veloped features still found on skateboards 50 years later and a businessman who was among the first to make professional and mass-produced boards. But many skaters say his greatest achievement was getting the public to accept skateboards by perma- nently linking it to surfing, a sport that had become a national craze and was in- spiring movies and music. “That freedom of being in the waves, he wanted to transfer that to land,” said Michael Brooke, author of the 1999 history of skate- boarding “The Concrete Wave” who often inter- viewed Stevenson. “He basically was the godfather of skate culture. Before him, skateboards were toys.” A Southern California native, Stevenson was working as a lifeguard in Venice Beach in 1959 when he saw kids tooling around on mostly homemade boards with clay or metal wheels. Before he started manu- facturing, he became a pioneer in promoting the sport through magazine pictures and stories, an element that would be almost as essential to skate culture as the boards themselves. He pushed skateboarding in Surf Guide, a magazine he founded with a friend, showing pictures of skat- ers carving up sidewalks alongside surfers riding waves. Stevenson then began designing and selling boards with his wife out of their garage. His first commercially produced board was known as the “Makaha Surf & Ski Skateboard,” in an attempt to link the sport to the slopes as well as the waves. He used the Makaha name, taken from a Hawai- ian surf spot, for the com- pany he’d run for the next several decades. Early skateboard innovator Larry Stevenson dies

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THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT WEDNESDAY, 03.28.2012 | A5

TRUE BUILT BARNS 3 1/2 miles SE of Flemingsburg, Ky. on Rt. 32 (next to the Fast Track Shell)606-845-0540 • 1-800-710-4822Quality is our Goal! Ask For Sam Yoder or Dan Esh

Since 1991 RENT-TO-

OWN

FREE Delivery within 150 miles • www.trubuiltbarns.com

Our Buildings are ready for your Spring Cleaning

Get organzied and ready for

Spring with one of our buildings.

Available in many sizes.

Tonya Gray901 US Hwy 68, Suite 100

Maysville, KY606-564-7400

Across from McDonald’s

Call today for a free insurance protection review.

We’re your Shield.We’re your Shelter.ShelterInsurance.com

MASON County

KENTUCKY

OHIO

BRACKEN County

BROWN County

Brell & SonFuneral Home

Maysville’s Only Locally Owned & Operated

Funeral Home

606-564-3641 Palmer Funeral Home6264 Brooksville Germantown Rd.

Germantown, KY

606-883-3182www.palmerfh.com

METCALFE- HENNESSEY Funeral Home301 East 4th. St., Augusta, KY

606-756-2270www.mhfuneralhome.com

MOORE & PARKERFUNERAL HOMES

305 Elizabeth S., Augusta, KY

606-756-2101www.mooreandparkerfh.com

Hwy. 10, Brooksville, KY

606-735-2114www.mooreandparkerfh.com

Palmer Funeral Home6264 Brooksville Germantown Rd.

Germantown, KY

606-883-3182www.palmerfh.com

Meeker Funeral Home308 Columbus Street

Russellville, OH

937-377-4182www.meekerfuneralhomes.com

Wilson Home for Funerals, Inc.

35 West 2nd StreetManchester, Ohio937-549-3363

www.wilsonhomeforfunerals.comDavid K. Wilson Jane E. Wilson

Cahall Funeral Homes

204 W. State St., Georgetown

937-378-63841011 S. 2nd St., Ripley

937-392-1112

ADAMS County

Thompson-MeekerF U N E R A L H O M E

216 West Mulberry StreetWest Union, OH 45693

937-544-2133www.meekerfuneralhomes.com

ROBERTSON COUNTY

Funeral HomeHwy. 62, Mt. Olivet, KY

606-724-5000

LEWIS County

Barbour & Son Funeral Home

Tommy Barbour Billy BarbourRt. 10, Tollesboro, KY

606-798-3241

ROBERTSON County

FUNERAL DIRECTORYFor your convenience

CONVENIENTDIRECTORY

FLOWERS & PLANTS

MAYSVILLE

FLEMINGSBURGLasting

ImpressionsFlowers & Gifts

109 S. Main Cross(606) 845-0103 1-800-230-9800

564-9091

Grimes Greenhouse Nursery & Florist122 Metcalfe Rd.(606) 267-31411-877-476-0222

[email protected]

AUGUSTAAmy’s

Blue Daisy128 Main Street(606) 756-2821

www.amysbluedaisy.com

Maysville Flower Shop

177 E. 2nd St.564-3766

EWING

freshly cut and arranged by these fine florists

Carol Jean Flowers

inside Pet & Hobbies481 Moody Dr.606-564-6836

Reserve Your Directory Space Today!THE LEDGER-INDEPENDENT

Eagle’s Lodge139 East 2nd Maysville, Ky

564-4505MEMBERS ONLY

MODERN LAUNDRY& DRY CLEANING CO.

APPLIANCES & FURNITURE

McRobert’sFurniture Mart

16 W. 2nd

564-9848

AGING

Tom Clarke

Long Term Care Insurance

119 Sutton St. • Maysville, KY606-564-5527

LODGE

Moose Lodge11 E. 2nd St.Maysville, KY

606-564-5266Members & Invited Guests Welcome

Jewelry

46 W. 2nd St. Maysville, KY

606-564-5578

www.eatgallery.com

From all of your Downtown Merchants in Maysville, Ky.

LAUNDRY

-OUR 118th YEAR-Try our “Super Shirt” Service

Bring your Dry Cleaning with your shirts.

31 East 2nd St.Maysville, Ky • 564-5561

Thank You For All Your Business!

exquisite art treasures

151 East Second StreetMaysville, KY

606-564-0321

PAWN

LODGE

Danita’s CoiffeursHAIR SALON & BARBER SHOP

Evening & Saturday’s208 Market St. Maysville

606-564-0078

HAIR SALON

EYEWEAR & HEARING

HEARING AID CENTERFree Hearing Tests & Evaluation

103 E. Second St.Across From Domino’s Pizza

1-800-686-7410 or 564-3512

CATERING

Creative Cateringfor all Occasions!

Box Lunches • Drop Off Catering•Sit Down Dinner •Corporate Catering

[email protected]

CHRISTIAN STORES

49 West Second St.Maysville, KY

Tues.-Fri., 9-5 • Sat., 9-1

606-563-8449

BANQUETSThe Limestone

CenterNO RENTAL FEE!with catering purchase

Bernard Coughlin Blvd.

[email protected]

Maysville Community & Technical College

1755 U.S. 68Maysville KY 41056

606-759-7141 ext. 66120

COLLEGE

DENTISTS

Maysville’s Friendly Dentist

DR. JAMES E. ADAMS19 E. 3rd St.

564-9033

Hair Designers

MAYSVILLE

1321 Suite B US. Hwy 68 Maysville, KY

606-564-3635Hours: Wed. 9-5, Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9-6; Sat. 9-4

MAYSVILLE Marketsquare

606.759.5038HRS: Mon.-Fri. 10a.m.-7p.m.

Sat. 9a.m.-6p.m. Sun. Noon-5p.m.

Shoppes of Maysville223 Wal-Mart Way

606-759-0100M-F 9 -9 •Sat 9-6 •Sun 12-5

525 Tucker Drive

606•759.0405

Cindy Frankenfield, Owner836 Forest Avenue

Maysville, KY

606.564.5001MT. OLIVET

Shear TalentMain Street

606•724•5455

TOLLESBOROTonia’s

BEAUTY SHOP3534 W. KY 10, Tollesboro, KY

606•799•9199THESE SALONS ARE REACHING

OVER 29,000 POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS. YOUR BUSINESS

CAN DO THE SAME BY CALLING:

1-800-264-9091

THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT WEDNESDAY, 03.28.2012 | A5THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT | WEDNESDAY, 03.28.2012 OBITUARIES | A5

DEATHS LOCALLY

DEATHS ELSEWHERE

FUNERAL SERVICESTODAY

Clay Jolly — 1 p.m., Wilson Home for Funerals, Manchester, Ohio.

WEDNESDAY

Madge Todd — 11 a.m., Boone-Nickell Funeral Home, Flemingsburg.

THURSDAY

Glenn G. Huber — 11 a.m., Palmer Funeral Home, May’s Lick.

Carol R. Stout — Noon, Wilson Home for Funerals, Manchester, Ohio.

FRIDAY

Clair Kimball Jr. — 2 p.m., Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley, Ohio.

Michael L. Poynter — 1 p.m., Dickerson Funeral Home, Vanceburg.

MR. HUBERMAY’S LICK | Glenn G.

Huber, 70, of Huber Lane, May’s Lick, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Meadowview Regional Medical Center.

He was a self-employed mechanic, machinist and farmer.

His wife Rena Jewell Gul-ley Huber preceded him in death on Dec. 7, 2010.

Glenn was born in Maysville on Jan. 20, 1942, son of the late Charles V. and Ann Gordon Huber.

He was a graduate of May’s Lick High School and Lexington Technical School. He was a former member of the Army Re-serves.

Survivors include a daughter, Nicole Carswell (Tracy) Tolle of Fountain, Colo.; a son, Glenn (Kerri) Huber Jr. of Maysville; three grandchildren, Luke Carswell, Megan and Emily Huber; a sister, Joyce “Joy” (Larry) Coffey of Prescott, Ariz.; a niece, Tomeka Ogan of California; and a nephew, Will Coffey of New Mexico.

Services will be conduct-ed at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 29, at Palmer Funer-al Home in May’s Lick with Rev. Bill Boldt officiating.

Interment will follow in the Charleston Bottoms Cemetery.

Visitation is 6-9 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials suggested to The Huber Grandchildren Scholarship Fund.

Condolences to www.palmerfuneralhome.net.

MR. KIMBALL ABERDEEN | Clair Kim-

ball Jr., 87, of Aberdeen, Ohio, went to be with the Lord, Monday, March 26, 2012, at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.

He worked in sales, was a United States Army World War II veteran and a member of the Courts-Fussnecker American Le-gion Post No. 367 of Ripley, Ohio.

Mr. Kimball was born July 10, 1924, in Mount Orab, Ohio, the son of the late Clair and Edna (Wise) Kimball.

He was preceded in death

by his wife, Mary (Kearns) Kimball.

Mr. Kimball is survived by two daughters, Di-anna Canter and Patti Law (Jerry), both of Cincinnati; one son, Jerry Kimball of Aberdeen, Ohio; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary Alice Felix of Mount Orab, Ohio; three brothers, Paul Kimball and Glenn Kimball, both of Mount Orab, and Danny Kimball of Texas.

He was preceded in death by one son, Donald Lee Kimball.

Services will be held at 2 p.m., on Friday, March 30, 2012, at Cahall Funeral Home in Ripley, Ohio. Rev. Jim Rawlings will officiate.

Burial will follow in Charter Oak Cemetery in Aberdeen, Ohio with Military Honors provided by the Courts-Fussnecker American Legion Post No. 367 of Ripley. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m., Fri-day at the funeral home.

Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.ca-hallfuneralhomes.com.

MR. POYNTER

GARRISON | Michael L. Poynter, 66, of Garrison, died Monday, March 26, 2012, at the Ohio State University Medical Center

in Columbus, Ohio.Mr. Poynter was born in

Ashland, March 6, 1946, the son of the late Clifton and Shirley DeBorde Poyn-ter.

He was a retired opera-tor-engineer for the city of Hamilton Ohio.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia Kamer Poynter; one son, Michael Poynter Jr. (Tonya) of Gar-rison; two grandchildren, Hayley Poynter and Chase Poynter; and one brother, Norman Poynter (Gloria) of Chattanooga, Tenn.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Raymond Poynter.

Services for Michael L. Poynter will be held at the Dickerson Funeral Home at 1 p.m., Friday, March 30, 2012, with Rev. Al Owens officiating.

Burial will be in the Skid-more Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jason Bentley, Wil-lie Willis, Kenny Eldridge, Danny Kamer, Wes Ferrell and Michael Poynter Jr. Chase Poynter will serve as an Honorary Pallbearer.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thurs-day from 6-8 p.m., and on Friday from 9 a.m. until the hour of the service.

ANDREW DALTONAssociated Press

LOS ANGELES | Larry Stevenson, a skateboard maker who helped take the sport from an early 1960s kid’s gimmick often com-pared to the hula hoop to a respectable and eventually professional sport on par with surfing, has died.

Stevenson died at age 81 on Sunday at Ronald Rea-gan-UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, his son Curt Stevenson told The Associated Press.

The elder Stevenson had dealt with Parkinson’s Dis-ease since the early 1970s, and he’d been in a nursing home for much of the past decade. His death was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Larry Stevenson was a design innovator who de-veloped features still found on skateboards 50 years later and a businessman who was among the first to make professional and mass-produced boards.

But many skaters say his greatest achievement was getting the public to accept skateboards by perma-nently linking it to surfing, a sport that had become a national craze and was in-spiring movies and music.

“That freedom of being in the waves, he wanted to transfer that to land,” said Michael Brooke, author of the 1999 history of skate-boarding “The Concrete Wave” who often inter-viewed Stevenson.

“He basically was the godfather of skate culture. Before him, skateboards were toys.”

A Southern California native, Stevenson was working as a lifeguard in

Venice Beach in 1959 when he saw kids tooling around on mostly homemade boards with clay or metal wheels.

Before he started manu-facturing, he became a pioneer in promoting the sport through magazine pictures and stories, an element that would be almost as essential to skate culture as the boards themselves.

He pushed skateboarding in Surf Guide, a magazine he founded with a friend, showing pictures of skat-ers carving up sidewalks alongside surfers riding waves.

Stevenson then began designing and selling

boards with his wife out of their garage.

His first commercially produced board was known as the “Makaha Surf & Ski Skateboard,” in an attempt to link the sport to the slopes as well as the waves.

He used the Makaha name, taken from a Hawai-ian surf spot, for the com-pany he’d run for the next several decades.

Early skateboard innovator Larry Stevenson dies