Andrew grew up in Lakeland, Florida, which is very close to Tampa. Reynolds first started skating in 1987, when he was only 9 years old. The old Powell videos are what used to fuel Andrew and his friends to keep on skating, the videos also helped him and his friends to build little launch ramps.
Andrew would go to the skate park in Tampa occasionally for fun. In 1995 he went pro sponsored by Birdhouse. He was 17 and at the height of 6 feet 2 inches, when he went pro. He immediately got a couple of 1st place standings in Northampton and Tampa. Now Andrew does not like contests. On skateboarding he says "Its' more just like a test for yourself. It's not really all that much fun, I'd say. Well it's always fun skating, but it's just like, "I wonder how I can do?"
In 1997 Andrew moved from florida to Huntington Beach in California. He later moved to Hollywood and there, Andrew was introduced into the night life and started partying. Andrew would party with his friends Jim Greco, Erik Ellington, Ali Boulala and some others. He could see people to drunk to skate, that is when he decided to stop drinking. Now he is totally clean, sober, and skating better than ever.
Now Andrew spends half of the year in his hometown of Lakeland and half of the year in Los Angeles. Reynolds likes Lakeland more than Los Angeles because all of his family is there, he knows every where that he likes to skate there, and it is a more laid back lifestyle than in Los Angeles.
Andrew Reynolds has been sponsored by many people. Some of his early sponsors were G&S, Birdhouse, Airwalk, Independent, Ezekiel Clothing, Nowadays. Andrews current sponsors are Baker and Emerica.
Some things that Andrew Reynolds loves are diamonds, collecting jewelry, shopping for clothes and DVDs and editing video footage of himself and his friends on his PowerBook.
To
the left are two of Reynolds pro decks.
