Anti Hero's funnyman has had more history than most people know.
November 18, 2009, 5:10 PM
By: Josh Brooks
Gerwer's early days.
A few years back, before Frank Gerwer was known as the comical, loveable dirtbag that he is now, he made the seemingly odd transition from The Firm to Anti Hero, much to the confusion of many, not because people thought he was bad or anything, but because they didn't know just how well he could fit (see Cash Money Vagrants) or didn't know much about him, period.
From Long Island, NY, the large-schnozzed street skater that spent a lot of time in fisherman hats during the nineties and also somehow managed to keep his footage under wraps for much of those years, has been credited with bombing some of the most frightening hills in SF (he's rumored to have bombed Lombard St. without sliding out), kickflipping Wallenberg without grabbing and was one of the central members of the Six Newell house in San Francisco (he had a part in the "Six Newell" video).
His addition to Anti Hero skateboards may have seemed out of the blue for some, but it was most likely facilitated by the fact that his friend Tim Upson was on the team. Also, if you look back at this classic footage that was posted on the Deluxe messageboards, you can see some pre-Firm Frank from his local shop video Maiden Days. He's damn good.
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