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    Alan "Ollie" Gelfand (born January 1, 1963) is an American skateboarder, racing driver, and businessman credited with inventing the ollie, the foundational...
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  • Alan Enoch Gelfand (born April 17, 1945) is an American statistician, and is currently the James B. Duke Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences...
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  • Gelfand is a surname meaning "elephant" in the Yiddish language, and may refer to: Alan Gelfand, the inventor of the ollie, a skateboarding move Alan...
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    were common modern-day tricks like the ollie and heel-flip invented by Alan Gelfand and Rodney Mullen, setting the stage for other aerial tricks. The invention...
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    skateboarder and typically takes considerable practice to master. In 1978, Alan Gelfand, who was given his nickname "Ollie" by Scott Goodman, learned to perform...
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    skateboarding, Rodney Mullen adapted the ollie, first pioneered by Alan Gelfand on vert (where Gelfand would scoop off the back trucks to obtain more air off the...
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  • to warn Alan Gelfand, a lawyer who had joined the SWP late in 1975, just after the start of the 'Security' Campaign. In 1977 and 1978 Gelfand asked questions...
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    as well as classic skateboarding originators Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Alan Gelfand, Duane Peters, and Stacy Peralta, among others. Friedman's photography...
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    many of the same techniques that Alan Gelfand discovered when he created the technique for the ollie, but Gelfand's ollie unifies the board and rider...
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  • included: Ray "Bones" Rodriguez Steve Saiz Ray Barbee Steve Caballero Alan Gelfand Tommy Guerrero Nicky Guerrero Kevin Harris Tony Hawk Brandon Novak Bucky...
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  • 2016). "Origins of the Front Pop with Steve Rocco, Rodney Mullen, and Alan Gelfand". Transworld Skateboarding. Hall, Stan (October 5, 2007). "Beyond the...
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  • basis of most skating tricks, originally done on a ramp, named after Alan Gelfand, AKA "Ollie" and the flat ground ollie was created by Rodney Mullen See:...
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  • Ollie Rae (born 1988), Scottish cricketer Olly Donner - Finnish writer Alan Gelfand (born 1963), known by the nickname "Ollie", American inventor of the...
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    for United States Attorney General Adam Gaynor (born 1963), guitarist Alan Gelfand (born 1963), skateboarder, racing driver and entrepreneur Michael Heverly...
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    Alan "Ollie" Gelfand. It remained largely a unique Florida trick until the summer of 1978, when Gelfand made his first visit to California. Gelfand and...
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  • Laura Thornhill, Tom Sims, NHS, Inc., Rodney Mullen, Christian Hosoi, Alan Gelfand, DEVO, Wendy Bearer Bull, Warren Bolster Fausto Vitello, Pipeline Skatepark...
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  • Blum, jockey Lindsey Durlacher, wrestler Sidney Franklin, bullfighter Alan Gelfand, skateboarder, inventor of the ollie Vic Hershkowitz, handball champion...
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    1978 Lonnie Toft Skiboard (snowboard). "Lonnie Toft". radaris.com. "How Alan Gelfand Almost Made Me Quit Skating (More Than Once)". azpx.com. 13 June 2016...
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  • champion (25 m & 50 m pistol) and Olympic bronze medalist (300 m rifle) Alan Gelfand, US, invented the ollie, the foundational skateboarding trick Minna Stess...
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  • collaborated on methodological spatial statistics projects with Professor Alan Gelfand, Duke University and Dr David Holland, US Environmental Protection Agency...
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  • professional baseball pitcher Adam Gaynor – former member of Matchbox Twenty Alan Gelfand – inventor of the ollie skateboarding trick Bill Lindsey – professional...
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  • Draper 2003 Edward George 2004 Jim Berger 2005 Sylvia Richardson 2006 Alan Gelfand 2007 Peter Green 2008 Christian Robert 2009 Mike West 2010 Peter Müller...
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  • doi:10.1007/s00403-018-1876-y. PMID 30417279. S2CID 53250523. Menter, Alan; Gelfand, Joel M.; Connor, Cody; Armstrong, April W.; Cordoro, Kelly M.; Davis...
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  • stars that had laid the foundation for modern skateboarding including Alan Gelfand, Mike McGill, and Rodney Mullen. He also worked as a photographer and...
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  • magazines. It would notably become the first magazine to publish a photo of Alan Gelfand before he became a famous public figure, the South Florida skater associated...
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    Probability into English. He wrote an influential paper in 1990 along with Alan E. Gelfand, which drew attention to the significance of the Gibbs sampler technique...
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    "FloridaSkater.com Volume 2, #4, November 2002, Olliewood Skate Jam - Hosted by Alan Gelfand" November 2002. Accessed November 2002. Murder Ride Skateboards Homepage...
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    participates in collective recording rights management. The private company Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman (GR&F) is responsible for auditing RIAA sales. According...
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  • Szczecinek 1997 Poland M Gelashvili, Tamaz 13600702 1978-04-08 1999 Georgia M Gelfand, Boris 2805677 1968-06-24 Minsk 1989 Soviet Union M later Belarus; currently...
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    lost what would be the final Miskolc Rapid match 3½-4½ against Boris Gelfand and came bottom of the Dortmund field with 4/10. After representing Hungary...
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