Our Team

  • By supporting skaters of every skill level from across the world, we hope to encourage co-operation and get freestyle into more communities. Skateboarding is our common ground, inclusion is our common goal.

Pro

  • Dan Harrigan

    Dan (Sinfull Saintt) is a skilled freestyle skater from Van City, and the resident pro for Mongo Lloyd & Melo Skates! Check out his new twin kick, available from Decomposed, CalStreets and here, MLM Skates!

AM Division

  • Milena Bahamonde

    Milena is a skater from South America with a unique selection of tricks and footwork. She has a distinct style that blends elements from multiple disciplines, reflecting the creativity of the Chilean scene. Welcome to the crew!

  • Aaron Binsted

    Aaron is an all-around skater from Southern Ontario, and a new face in the freestyle scene. We’re glad to welcome him aboard MLM Skates!

  • Alex Boivin

    Alex is a skate instructor from Quebec who’s starting to branch out into freestyle. Known for tech wheelies and flowing lines, he’s taking to it quickly!

  • Thom Bond

    Thomas is yet another awesome freestyler from the USA, and one of the first people I ever spoke to within the community. It’s great to finally welcome him onto the crew.

  • Tristan Bond

    Tristan is a young freestyle skater hailing from the USA. He’s also one of the very first skaters I ever sent a deck to, coincidentally. It’s amazing to see he’s stuck with it, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome him to the worlds biggest freestyle crew!

  • James Cordaway

    James is a great freestyle skater from the south! You know, that place where everything is bigger? We’re proud to welcome him to our giant freestyle collective. Go check out some of his clips!

  • Mikkel Dalsgaard

    This is Mikkel, an up and coming hybrid skater from Denmark! With a wide array of interests and skills, Mikk always has his eye out for fresh brands, new music and good street spots. We’re glad to have him join the fastest growing crew in freestyle.

  • Zach Dobson

    Zach is a long time skater, professional photographer, filmmaker and rad drummer from Eastern Ontario. With his broad interest in skate styles and an arsenal of great skills at his disposal, we couldn’t be more stoked to have him join the team!

  • Trent Eldridge

    Trent is a freestyle skater from the east coast of Canada! Coincidentally, the same area as two of our other members. We’re stoked to welcome another Canuck onto the crew!

  • Billie Goodnough

    Billie Freestyle (based in the USA) is one of the original members of the MLM Skates freestyle crew. He’s a focused skater with a great selection of tricks. If you see him around Minneapolis, say hey!

  • Shylo Hopkins

    Shylo has one of the sickest styles I’ve ever seen. Controlled chaos, endless flow, with little accents of freestyle and early street. A true BC original.

  • Will Howard

    William is freestyle skater hailing from the Southern States, and a damn good one. There’s something in the water down there.

  • James Jones

    James is a talented skater and second generation freestyler based out of NC. We're stoked to add him to the crew at Mongo Lloyd & Melo.

  • Orion Jones

    Orion is skate philosopher and a student of life. Known from coast to coast, he’s travelled and lived all over Canada and the USA. Have you seen him?

  • Derek Lewis

    Derek is another killer skater from MN! With an uncommon selection of tricks that blend street, park and freestyle, it's always fun to see what he's working on. We're happy to have him on the roster!

  • CJ Maldonado

    CJ is an awesome freestyler based in the USA. From the moment I met him at the 2024 WRU, I knew we were kindred spirits. Couldn't be happier to have him with us, repping MLM Skates and Maldo's Madness!

  • Lucas Melo

    Lucas is a dedicated freestyle skater from Brazil, and the first rider I sponsored when I founded my brand. It was his passion for freestyle that inspired me to centre my business around it.

  • Natalie

    Natalie is a freestyle skater based in the United States. Heavily into the DIY lifestyle, Nat is always designing and crafting rad stuff, from customized boards to hand stitched threads. Just the kind of thing we appreciate at MLM Skates.

  • Justice O'

    One of the latest additions to the MLM Skates freestyle team, Justice is a skilled freestyle skater from the USA. We're proud to have him join the fastest growing fs team in the world!

  • Quentin

    Quentin is a new freestyler from the United States. With a natural talent for skating, he’s already competing at a high level and landing some seriously tough tricks. We can’t wait to see how he progresses over the next few years.

  • Mark Robb

    Mark is a long time skater, originally from the UK. Only a touch late, he decided to join the commonwealth and strike out into the wilds of the new world. We’re proud to welcome him to the fastest growing crew in freestyle, MLM Skates!

  • Sean Robinson

    Sean is a freestyle skater and scientist from the United States. He’s also one of the warmest people you’ll ever meet! We’re proud to welcome him to the biggest family in freestyle.

  • Chadd Sinclair

    Chad is a skilled all-around skater from the VanCity area, blending street, freestyle and park. Check out his YT Channel for some quality videos!

  • Gustavo V.

    Gustav is another rad addition from the USA. With a diverse interest in street, park and freestyle, he's quickly becoming a skilled all-around skater.

  • Laurence Viray

    If you don’t know Laurence, he’s the kindest and most positive person in freestyle. As one of very few freestyle skaters in the Philippines, the global community is an important part of his daily life. We’re honoured to welcome him into our freestyle family.

  • Ash West

    Ash is another new freestyler from the United States, and one of the latest members of our team! With a solid foundation of rail tricks, they’re quickly becoming a well rounded fs skater.

Masters

  • Dustin Umberger

    Perhaps known better as Grim Deeds to some, Dustin is a rad skater, teacher, filmmaker and long time musician from the Bay area. He’s also the World Round-Up 2024 Masters AM Champion! We’re proud to add him to the growing list of riders repping freestyle’s most underfunded brand!

  • Gary Fix

    Meet Gary Fix! After only a couple short years, Gary has developed a classic style with some great twists. On top of being a great skater, he's also a musician and a real stand-up guy, always showing support for others. We're proud to have him on the crew!

  • Ken Tizzard

    This is Ken, a born again skater, acclaimed musician and top notch family man. Coming back to skating after 25 years, Ken represents a demographic often overlooked in mainstream skating. We’re proud to have him on board, showing that it’s never too late to do what you love.

  • Alexey - L

    Alexey is a dedicated freestyler from Russia. His passion for skating and its’ global community makes him the perfect addition to our team.

  • Dean Jones

    Dean has impeccable style, bottomless passion and the sickest whip in NC, not to mention roots reaching back to the golden era of freestyle. We couldn’t be more stoked to have him with us as we navigate the modern landscape of a scene that just refuses to die.

  • Tim Drapeau

    Tim is an adaptive skater from the east coast of Canada. You'll catch him out at the courts or skating his favourite street spots pretty well every day of the week. This guy has zero quit in him.

Hey, I’m Justin C. Lloyd, founder of MLM Skates.
Some people call me “Mongo”.

In 1996, the son of a family friend set me on a skateboard and pushed me down a hill. At four years old, I had no clue what adrenaline was, yet I was hooked none the less. It took me a whole year of pestering to finally get my first board in 1997, which started me down a path through the best and worst times of my life.

As a dedicated downhill skater for most of my early career, I found myself alone most of the time. I didn’t fit in with park and street skaters, and they weren’t into the idea of risking their necks on hills. As a result, I never really experienced the community aspect of skateboarding that would come to change my life in later years. Unfortunately, I had to go through some hard times before discovering freestyle.

In early 2013, I took the worst slam of my life. Skating an unfamiliar hill, I took a wrong turn and found myself hurdling toward a dead end with no time to stop. I chose to run it out and safety roll at approximately 40 - 60 kmph. The resulting injuries landed me in physiotherapy on a powerful prescription for pain killers. The chronic pain, which I still deal with to this day, led me to turn to harder substances once the pills ran out. Before long, I found myself homeless in a new city. Out of desperation, I eventually took a job collecting debts for my dealer. They helped me get a slum apartment, which became known as “The Waiting Room”. All hours of the day, seven days a week, I would play host to the worst society had to offer. In 2015, I decided I was done letting drugs ruin my life, sick of hurting people to feed what had become an illness and a crutch. I kicked everything cold, left that apartment and never went back.

Though I had finally gotten sober, I was far from healthy. I took a string of fast food and retail jobs while dealing with the struggles of recovery and having neglected my diabetes for years. I ran myself into the ground and became deeply depressed, eventually leaving the workforce entirely in 2018. It was only after years of wasting away in my mom’s basement that I finally came back to skateboarding. There was no immediate epiphany or miraculous recovery, even then. I had tried returning to downhill, just to discover I had serious PTSD and couldn’t force myself to do it anymore. I was faced with the reality that I had lost the only thing I ever excelled at. From there, I tried getting into street skating and started the first iteration of my brand. I’d never tried learning tricks in all the years I skated, so I found myself discouraged and even more depressed. That’s about the time the pandemic hit, forcing us into a lockdown. During that time, I might as well have not existed.

It wasn’t until things began returning to normal that I stumbled across a chat room full of freestyle skaters. One in particular, Lucas Melo, encouraged me to give it a try. I went looking for my first freestyle board, discovering quickly that they weren’t sold in Canada. Not a single brand or shop carried proper freestyle gear in the entire country. In response to that problem, I sold most of what I owned and sank everything into properly starting my own brand. I hadn’t even landed my first trick yet. I fully realized that I was unqualified before I began, so I started surrounding myself with people that could teach and guide me along the way. After facing initial rejection and hostility from the first brand owner I contacted, I was lucky enough to get in touch with Witter Cheng, founder of Decomposed Skateboards. Since then, things have only gotten better and better. I find myself at the head of a globally recognized freestyle brand, helping people in need from all over the world.

Skateboarding gives and takes. I lost my early twenties to it, my friends, family, self respect, my health. Nearly lost my life over and over again. I may not be able to recover the time, but it’s given everything else back a thousand times over. Whatever you’re going through, go skate.

P.S. - I make tons of comma splice errors. Embrace your humanity.