I was lucky enough to have a great conversation with Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean. They had a whole lot to do with popularizing the skateboard through their song “Sidewalk Surfin’”. A skateboard company made boards with their likenesses and Dean did skateboard tricks during their concerts. At the time we chatted (the late ‘90s), skateboards were MASSIVE business, as they are today. Dean said he and Jan would probably have made multi millions if they’d become even just a little more involved on the business end. But, at the time, the fun of it was everything.