Mike Vallely (AKA Mike V) is a professional skateboarder and musician. Born and raised in Edison, New Jersey, Mike V caught the eye of his own skateboard heroes Lance Mountain and Stacy Peralta while skateboarding in a parking lot outside of a professional skateboard contest in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1986. Impressed with Mike’s skating, Stacy Peralta asked the then sixteen year old Mike V to join the prestigious Powell Peralta skateboard team making Mike the first east coast based street skater to emerge on the scene and an overnight sensation in the skateboard world. Now some 23 years later, Mike V is a legend.

Mike V is sponsored by Element Skateboards and Footwear, Affliction Clothing, Von Zipper Eye Wear and Active Rideshop. He is the vocalist for the hard rocking punk rock band Revolution Mother and the host of his own show DRIVE on Fuel TV. He has long been featured in the Tony Hawk video game series from Activision and is once again featured in Tony’s new game, RIDE. Recognized and idolized by skateboard enthusiasts around the world Mike V is proud to be working with Ratrod Studio Inc. to present his own game title for the iPhone, “Mike V: Do or Die.”

To learn more about Mike V, make sure to check out his official website which is updated on a daily basis.