Donovan Strain
Donovan Strain is a stand-up comedian and skateboarder living in Los Angeles, California.
Biography
Skateboarding
Strain started the skateboarding-based comedy segment titled "Buttery Ass Mondays" on The Berrics, where he was credited for inventing the skateboarding tricks Grape Flip, and Double Grape Flip. The series ran until 2010 when it was cancelled and removed from the archives. In October 2013, Strain's "Buttery Ass Mondays" returned to The Berrics' archive, suggesting new episodes of the series would be made for 2014. On April 1, 2014, Donovan's series made a return to The Berrics with the newly titled series "The Donovan Strain Show".In 2008, Strain participated in his first professional skateboard contest for the original "Battle at the Berrics" where he won his first round match against Sean Malto, only to be knocked out of the contest in the second round by Eric Koston.
He received his first signature skateboard with the brand Sk8mafia in 2008 before a split with the brand and receiving his next signature skateboard with City Skateboards in 2009.
In 2010 Donovan got involved with the Make-A-Wish foundation when he was able to help grant a wish for a kid from Florida named Alex that requested to meet him.
In 2010, he moved to New York City, where he hosted a video series on his own site MurkAvenue.com