Donovan Strain

Donovan Strain is a stand-up comedian and skateboarder living in Los Angeles, CA.

Skateboarding
In 2007 Strain gained notoriety in skateboarding after starting the popular series on The Berrics titled "Buttery Ass Mondays", which ran from 2007 until 2010 when he retired the series.

In 2008 Donovan participated in his first professional skateboard contest for the original "Battle at the Berrics" where he won his first round match against Sean Malto, only to be knocked out of the contest in the second round by Eric Koston. There was enough controversy from the outcome of Koston vs Strain due to Strain's performance that a rematch exhibition was played for fun and ended up becoming one of the most watched Games of "S.K.A.T.E." online.

He received his first signature skateboard with the brand Sk8mafia in 2008 before a split with the brand and receiving his next signature skateboard with City Skateboards in 2009. In 2010 He moved to New York City where he hosted a video series on his own site MurkAvenue.com until mid-2011 when he moved back to Los Angeles.

Today was a good day
In 2012 Donovan wrote a post on the website Tumblr breaking down the lyrics to Ice Cube's 1993 classic "Today was a good day" deducing that everything in the song actually happened on the date January 20th 1992, which then attracted enough popularity for it to be talked about in every news outlet including CNN , television interviews like Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and eventually led to Good Year inviting both Ice Cube and Donovan Strain to their Good Year Blimp airport on January 20th 2014 for a charity event to witness the blimp fly over south central Los Angeles reading "Ice Cube Say's Today Was A Good Day" in the lights of the Good Year Blimp celebrating the date Donovan found. The popularity of Strain's 2010 retired series "Buttery Ass Mondays" has gained so many requests over the years for a return that a comeback of the series is being made for 2014 on The Berrics.

Stand-up comedy
Strain started performing stand up comedy in 2013 at Flappers Comedy Club located in Burbank, CA and continues to perform weekly in the Los Angeles area.