Last we saw Terry Kennedy, he was pushin’ a 2007 Cadillac EXT with the Zenetti Skate Team feature back in Issue 56. Since then, he’s moved on up in both the skate world and life. For starters, he traded in his EXT for a 2008 Mercedes-Benz SL550. “I didn’t want something with a lot of room ’cause I was tired of hauling my friends everywhere,” he says jokingly. “I needed a cool little car for me and a nice little hunny.” His choice of the SL was based upon the fact that he wanted to stand out and own a different Benz than his skater crew. “A lot of my friends have Benzes—Ryan [Sheckler] has the CL and Rob [Dyrdek] has the S550,”he explains.

Besides upgrading his automotive game, TK is currently on the road for the first time with the Dew Tour and is gearing up for his second year participating in the Maloof Money Cup and X Games. “I never skated contests until last year,” the 24-year-old, Long Beach-native says. “I’m more of a street skater, and these contests are now more street-oriented when creating the skate courses, so I decided to try it out. The people behind these contests are now asking us skaters for input, as to how the courses should look and be built, which I thought was pretty cool.” Happy with how his 2008 contest season went overall, he’s still grindin’ to make this year’s season even better. “I practice everyday for at least three to five hours,” he says. Although, he may not have his own private skate warehouse or facility yet, he trains at either P-Rod’s skate warehouse in the Valley or Rob Dyrdek’s “Fantasy Factory” in Downtown L.A., saying that he’ll one day end up with his own.

And when TK puts his mind to something, you best believe that it will come true. For him, skateboarding is more than just a hobby or his career…it’s his life. He eats, sleeps and breathes skateboarding, which is probably why he has gone from novice to pro in only three short years. Since going pro, he’s scored numerous sponsors, multiple music video appearances and even has his own signature shoe with Supra.

“The shoe was designed when I became involved in the project, and I just switched a couple things like the sole, made it a high-top and changed the color scheme. I was pretty hands-on throughout the process,” he explains. Hype for Kennedy’s “TK Society” started generating months before the actual release of the shoe, which was in this past May. Although, the shoe wasn’t affiliated with a big name brand like Nike or DC, madd buzz started generating early on, cementing his reputation in the skate world as a trendsetter on the rise within both the skate and fashion world.