| Intro | Arist, Musician, Skateboarder | |
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Skateboarder Musician |
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| From | United States of America | |
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Music Sports |
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| Gender | female | |
| Birth | 7 July 1986, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA | |
| Age: | 34 years | |
| Star sign | Cancer | |
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Lauren Andino (born July 7, 1986) is an American artist, skateboarder, musician, and co-founder of DL Skateboards. Raised in Columbia, South Carolina, Andino moved to Brooklyn, New York as a young adult where she played in several bands before starting DL Skateboards with her then boyfriend, Derek Mabra, in 2011.
Of her inspiration for starting the company, she told Vogue Magazine:
In the 1960s, if you wanted a skateboard, you carved and painted it yourself, and that is what we make, a classic skateboard with a modern twist.
Andino designs and paints each DL Skateboard collection. In an interview with The New York Daily News, she explained:
A lot of the designs come from ’60s, surf style or a classic kid toys, and they are hand-painted. So even if you get the same design, each board is different.
In 2014, Marie Claire Magazine named her one of 5 Women Running the Show Behind Iconic Male Brands along with executives from Anheuser Busch, Playboy, and ESPN. The Daily Beast profiled her as a “skater chick turned entrepreneur”.
She is also the singer and guitarist for the shoegaze pop band Sun Colony.
Since 2012, Andino has been a student at Southwestern Law School.
She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.