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The CKY Crew (CKY stands for Camp Kill Yourself) is a group of friends and relatives centered around Bam Margera, many of whom are from or located in and around West Chester, Pennsylvania. Bam Margera Brandon Cole Bam Margera (born September 28, 1979) is a professional skateboarder, actor, creator of the CKY skate / prank / stunt videos, and radio personality. ...
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Some members of the crew are skateboarders, others are involved either on-camera or behind-the scenes in Bam's various projects such as the CKY Videos, Jackass and Viva La Bam. While the better-known CKYers have their own pages elsewhere on the site, biographical details for many of the less well-known members can be found here. The cover of the first of the DVDs The CKY (Camp Kill Yourself) videos are an invention of West Chester, Pennsylvania boys Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo. ...
Jackass was a half-hour television series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002 in which a group of men perform various dangerous and/or ridiculous stunts, simply for fun and comedy. ...
Viva La Bam is a television reality show on MTV focusing on the life of Bam Margera and his friends engaged in various practical jokes with one another, but mostly played out on his unsuspecting parents Phil & April, as well as his uncle Vincent Margera (Don Vito). It is a...
Members
- Chris Aspite, (born August 12, 1974 in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is a professional skateboarder, musician, and script writer. He attended the University of Pittsburgh. Chris is most known for being a member of the CKY Crew, helping make the movies that later became Jackass and Viva La Bam. When Bam Margera needed help with the script for his movie, Haggard, he gave it to Chris and had him edit it. He has a variety of nicknames: Hoof, Hoofbite, Hook, Beltbite, The Spracker, Pantsbite, and The Knife (becase he'll cut you off in mid-sentence). He was a member of the band "Streetgang" and now is a member of the band "Venomous".
- Dave Battaro appeared in some of Bam's very earliest skits in the mid-90's - see the documentary in the CKY box set for an example and the classic quote "You just got f**ked in the ass by Dave Battaro". He also gets a name check in the "Chester County" piece in CKY4 and can be seen in Haggard as the guy who fingers and then licks out his wallet in the coffee shop, causing Ryan Dunn to fly into a rage.
- Naked Dave (real name David Decurtis), is a skinny bearded man who frequently appears in the CKY videos without any clothes.
- Brandon Dicamillo
- Ryan Dunn
- Jason Ellis is an Australian pro-skater who appears in Haggard as psychopathic "Record Bin" clerk Cactus (Ellis kicks Rake's ass in the record store) and various VLB episodes including Scavenger Hunt (part of the winning Gnar Kill team) and as a member of the skating "Dream Team" who travel to Mardi Gras via Skatopia.
- Joseph Frantz (born in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is a producer and director and a member of the CKY Crew. He produced and did the cinematography for Haggard: The Movie and the Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild. video album for the band CKY. Frantz attended Temple University and studied film. He lives in Western Philadelphia. IMDb entry (external) at: Joseph Frantz at The Internet Movie Database
- Ryan Gee (born March 1975 in New Jersey), also known as Shitgoose, The Leak, or The Gill, is a member of the CKY Crew. He is a frequent guest on Radio Bam, usually fighting with Brandon Novak or pimping out his website. He is a professional photographer and has photographed many skateboarders, most notably Bam Margera. He has also photographed music acts including Nine Inch Nails and Pharrell Williams. He spends his free time with his girlfriend, Kim, and his cats: Calvy and Tasia.He appears occasionally on Viva La Bam, and also in the CKY videos.
- Kerry Getz
- Chad I. Ginsburg
- Tim Glomb - A skatepark builder by trade, Glomb has been involved in any stunt that requires building or heavy duty work. A skilled carpenter and construction worker, he has helped in a variety of stunts including hoisting Margera's uncle Don Vito's car up into a tree, and renovating the entire inside and outside of the Margera household into a skatepark. As a skatepark builder, Glomb has recently finished construction of Shield's Skate Park in Flemington, New Jersey.
- Chris Hanna - the brother of Mark Hanna. He can be seen in CKY4 and Jackass digging the hole for "The Hole" skit.
- Mark Hanna aka The Sound Guy or Fuckin' Fanna does the sound for all of the CKY videos. He has several bit parts in Haggard: The Movie. He was in the victorious "Gnar Kill" team along with Bam Margera, Tim O'Connor and Jason Ellis in the Viva La Bam "Scavenger Hunt" episode (series 1 episode 8).
- Compton Ass Terry (Terry Kennedy)
- Mike Maldonado
- April Margera
- Bam Margera
- Jess Margera
- Phil Margera
- Vincent Margera aka Don Vito
- Deron Miller
- Mom-Mom - Bam's grandmother. She appeared in the Family Reunion episode of Viva la Bam, when she became increasingly disillusioned with the behaviour of her family - particularly son Don Vito - and ended up throwing a tantrum ("This whole family is CRAZY! Put that on your TV movie! Get the HELL OUT OF HERE!") before being driven off by husband Pop-Pop. Also appears in the "Shitbags" bonus scene on CKY4.
- Brandon Novak
- Pop-Pop - Bam's grandfather. Appears in several episodes of Viva la Bam. He is also credited with giving Brandon Margera the famous nickname "Bam" when he was a young child.
- Tim O'Connor is a pro skater from Morristown, NJ. Tim has made many appearances on Viva La Bam, including as a member of the winning GnarKill team in the VLB Scavenger Hunt and the Dream Team which travelled to Mardi Gras. Sponsors include Habitat skateboards, IPATH shoes, Venture trucks, and Quiksilver clothing. Tim was featured as a Made coach on MTV's Made: I want to be a Skateboarder and is friends with Tony Hawk.
- Raab Himself (Chris Raab)
- Jenn Rivell
- Mike Vallely
- Art Webb 1986 is the brother of Rake Yohn (whose real name is Ted Webb). The 1986 was affixed to his name because of his love for music from that year. Art's longest known speaking part comes in an unscripted tirade in the documentary in the Haggard: The Movie bonus features when he professes his willingness to act as Tony Hawk's bodyguard.
- Rake Yohn
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