Carson City resident Ed Nadalin to be inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame
One of the top freestylers of the 1970s, Ed Nadalin was born in Ridgecrest, California in the Mojave Desert in 1955.
He now lives in Carson City, Nevada.
He began skating in 1968 in Cupertino, Calif. when he saw the Hobie Skateboard team on TV.
His first board was a Hobie Super Surfer with clay wheels. By 1975, Ed had progressed enough to turn pro for Hobie, Speed Springs, Power Paw, and California Pro.
He wasted no time dominating the contest circuit by scoring first place as an amateur at the Hang Ten World Pro Am and as a pro at the Belmont South Bay Open—both in 1975; as well as first place pro at the Northern California Pro-Am at Cow Palace and the California State Championships in Ventura—both in 1976.
Ed quickly followed up his contest wins with ample amounts of coverage, including a Who’s Hot! in the June 1976 issue of Skateboarder, a Pro File the August 1977 issue of Skateboard World, and a bubble gum card.
On the big screen, Ed appeared in The Magic Rolling Board, which was a sequence in a surf film called Five Summer Stories. (It eventually became an award winning documentary circulated in United States libraries for education purposes).
After his pro career winded down around 1980, Ed moved to Rome, Italy in 1982, where he skated ramps and enjoyed slalom with his Italian friends.
While there, he starred in a Jeans West TV commercial that showed his skills as a skateboarder.
By 1989, Ed had stopped skating when he became an assistant film editor in Rome.
Today, Ed works at home as a freelance video editor and holds down a part time job at the Paradise salon / spa wellness center in Carson City, Nevada.
He enjoys listening to music at home, playing his Guild 12-string acoustic guitar, cooking and yes he still rides a board. On Nov 12,2021 in Costa Mesa California he will ride into the history books by being inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame.