Name Lauren Andino Website www.dlboards.com | Associated acts Sun Colony Years active 1998–present Role Musical Artist | |
Occupation(s) Artist, Musician, Skateboarder, Painter Genres Shoegazing, Grunge, Alternative rock | ||
Instruments Guitar, drums, vocals | ||
Lauren Andino (born July 7, 1986) is an American artist, skateboarder, musician, and co-founder of DL Skateboards. Raised in Columbia, South Carolina, Andino moved to Brooklyn, New York as a young adult where she played in several bands before starting DL Skateboards with her boyfriend, Derek Mabra, in 2011. Of her inspiration for starting the company, she told Vogue Magazine:
In the 1960s, if you wanted a skateboard, you carved and painted it yourself, and that is what we make, a classic skateboard with a modern twist.
Andino designs and paints each DL Skateboard collection. In an interview with The New York Daily News, she explained:
A lot of the designs come from '60s, surf style or a classic kid toys, and they are hand-painted. So even if you get the same design, each board is different.
In 2014, Marie Claire Magazine named her one of 5 Women Running the Show Behind Iconic Male Brands along with executives from Anheuser Busch, Playboy, and ESPN. The Daily Beast profiled her as a "skater chick turned entrepreneur".
She is also the singer and guitarist for the shoegaze pop band Sun Colony.
Since 2012, Andino has been a student at Southwestern Law School.
She currently resides in Topanga Canyon, CA.