Welcome to LA Creator, an ongoing vorlesertalente Journal series that spotlights emerging influencers that you’ll only meet on the mean streets of Southern California. Let’s drop in!
Andrey Tarasov is a 21-year-old skater, photographer, model and poet. When he was a young kid, his family emigrated from Russia to Atlanta, Georgia to find a better life in America. Then, at 18, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of skateboarding.
Now, he’s in school studying social media and marketing, working as a fashion model about town and riding for Stereo Skateboards thanks to a chance encounter with co-owner Chris Pastras.
“Skating schoolyards in Los Angeles is such a staple,” he says. “Hop a fence and go skate with your friends. It’s fun to see what you can create.”
“Dylan Rieder is a big influence on me,” he goes on. “He looked super rad on and off the board. I always looked up to him growing up and going out and shooting a lot. Now how do I interpret what he did and make it my own.”
