• Jon West

    FOUNDER

    Jon West is the former cofounder of Easy Day Studios and lead developer behind Skater XL. He’s responsible for creating the gameplay, physics, designing the controls and maps, the animation system and more.

    Skateboarding is his life’s passion and making skateboarding games is the best way he could give back to the community that defined him.

  • Amber Johnson

    Amber is an Associate Professor at Wake Technical Community College and held several Lead Artist positions in the game industry since 2007. Icarus Studios leading a team of 3 - 7 environmental artists. MFV, Inc. doing the same shipping several titles. And at Cygnus as the Lead Level Designer and Environment Artist working on Colossal Cave.

  • Mike Hanson

    Mike found his start in game development making mods and maps for Skater XL. He quickly became one of the staples of the community, creating some of the most played maps. Mike was hired on as a contractor in November 2023 and has continued to produce amazing content. At Easy Day Studios in the past, we had hired a couple members of the community that made mods and maps with great success.