Dave Carnie
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Dave Carnie is a former editor-in-chief of Big Brother Magazine and current writer for numerous publications.

Writing career

Carnie writes freelance and has had articles published in Rolling Stone, Hustler, The Skateboard Mag
The Skateboard Mag
The Skateboard Mag is an independently published skateboarding magazine. Internal tensions between the Transworld Skateboarding magazine staff and owners AOL Time Warner prompted a walkout of several key editorial members, including J Grant Britain, Dave Swift and Atiba Jefferson, to form The...

, Snowboard magazine
Snowboard Magazine
Snowboard Magazine is an independent snowboarding publication. It was founded in April of 2004 by Mark and Liz Sullivan. Soon they were joined by Jeff Baker, Aaron Draplin, Gary Hansen and Jason "J2" Rasmus. Most of the crew were previous employees and/or contracted employees of Snowboarder Magazine...

, and Bizarre
Bizarre (magazine)
Bizarre is a British alternative magazine published from 1997 to the present. It is currently published by Dennis Publishing; it is a sister publication to the Fortean Times.-Content:...

. Carnie also helped co-write a couple of short films with Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television...

 (whom he met through fellow Big Brother Editor Jeff Tremaine
Jeff Tremaine
Jeffery James "Jeff" Tremaine is an American film and television producer/director, and, along with Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze, one of the creators of MTV's Jackass. He directed Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 3D, and Jackass spinoff Wildboyz...

). Through his work on the Big Brother videos he was also one of the original creators of the television show Jackass
Jackass (TV series)
jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, self-injuring stunts and pranks...

 and has appeared in numerous Jackass episodes. During his time at Big Brother Dave can be credited with launching the careers of numerous Jackass stars, including Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville
Philip John Clapp , better known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, stunt performer, best known for being the co-creator and principal star of the MTV reality series Jackass, with the catchphrase "I'm Johnny Knoxville, and welcome to Jackass."-Early...

, Steve-O
Steve-O
Steve-O is an American stunt performer and television personality. His entertainment career is mostly centered around his performance stunts on the American TV series Jackass and accompanying movies....

, and Chris Pontius
Chris Pontius
Christopher Andrew "Chris" Pontius is an American entertainer and daredevil. Pontius is a member of Jackass, and along with Steve-O, was the co-host of Wildboyz.-Life and career:...

, and has brought fame to hundreds of skateboarding stars.
Recently, Carnie was an editor of jackassworld.com. Dave has a cat with no tail named "Gary" that has become a recurring feature in his writings and interviews.

Skateboarding involvement

Carnie was hailed for his work on exposing the dangers of the modular skateparks that many cities across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 were installing, and was recognized by the Austin Public Skatepark Action Committee for his work. Dave also has his own brand of skateboard decks named Whalecock Skateboarding. Dave was a secret character on the Playstation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...

 game Grind Session
Grind Session
Grind Session is a skateboarding game, developed by Shaba Games, released on the PlayStation in 2000.- Skaters :Grind Session features six professional skaters and nine hidden characters...

. His character farted while grinding
Skateboarding trick
A skateboarding trick, or simply a trick is a maneuver performed on a skateboard while skateboarding. Learning and perfecting new tricks is the primary goal of many skateboarders, for whom most of the time spent skateboarding is spent on tricks....

.

Videos

  • Shit - Big Brother Videos
  • Number Two - Big Brother Videos
  • Crap - Big Brother Videos
  • boob - Big Brother Videos
  • Learn to Ride : A Skateboarding Instructional Video http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H6EEI6

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