- Tony Hawk
Anthony Frank Hawk is a professional American skateboarder. He is considered one of the most successful and influential persons of modern vertical skateboarding. He is credited with the invention of many aerial skateboard tricks including the Stalefish, Madonna, and McHawk, and over 80 others, but is most famous for being the first to land the 900 (two and a half rotations-900°-in the air before landing back on the pipe) during the televised June 27, 1999 X Games, … - Ryan Sheckler
Ryan Allen Sheckler (born December 30, 1989) is an American professional skateboarder. He is also the star of the MTV reality show, Life of Ryan. - Bam Margera
Bam Margera (born Brandon Cole Margera on September 28, 1979, name legally changed to "Bam") is a professional skateboarder and television personality. He released a series of videos under the CKY banner and came to prominence after being drafted into MTV's "Jackass" crew. He has since appeared in MTV's "Viva La Bam" and "Bam's Unholy Union", both "Jackass" movies, and "Haggard", which he co-wrote and directed. - Rodney Mullen
John Rodney Mullen (born August 17 1966 in Gainesville, Florida) is a professional skateboarder, and considered to be the most influential skater in the history of the sport. He is credited with inventing many tricks, including the flat-ground Ollie, the Kickflip, the Heelflip, the 360 flip, and the Impossible. - Shaun White
Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986 in San Diego, California) is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder based in Carlsbad, California. White has accumulated an accomplished competition record in both sports and has appeared in a number of media programs and video games. He has been a notable competitor in the extreme-sports community since he was about twelve years old. White stands 5' 8.5" (1.73 m) tall. - Danny Way
Danny Way (born April 15, 1974 in Portland, Oregon) is a professional skateboarder. - Bob Burnquist
Robert Dean Silva Burnquist, better known as Bob Burnquist, is a professional skateboarder and a Christian Spiritist. He was born to a Swedish-American father and a Brazilian mother. He became adept at skateboarding in São Paulo starting at age 11 and turned pro at age 14. As an adult he emigrated to North America; he holds dual citizenship from Brazil and the U.S. The biggest competition that he has won was the vert contest at the 2001 X-Games. - Ed Templeton
Ed Templeton (born July 28, 1972 in Orange County, California) is a professional skateboarder who resides in Huntington Beach, California. Ed started skateboarding in 1985 in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California, with his friend Jason Lee. He turned pro for New Deal Skateboards in 1990. He left New Deal in 1992 to start the short-lived company "TV" with Mike Vallely. In 1993, Ed founded Toy Machine skateboards. - Christian Hosoi
Christian Rosha Hosoi (born October 5, 1967 in USA) is a professional skateboarder. He was also known by the nicknames "Christ" and "Holmes". Hosoi, along with Tony Hawk, were the most popular skateboarders for the better part of the 1980's. Hosoi is married to Jennifer Lee and has two sons, Rhythm (from a previous relationship) and Classic.. Hosoi currently resides in Huntington Beach, California. - Paul Rodriguez
Paul Rodriguez is a Latino comedian. Raised in East Los Angeles, Rodriguez served in the military where he was stationed in Iceland and Duluth, Minnesota among other places. He considered becoming a lawyer, but instead went into comedy. His first shot at national fame, the ABC sitcom "a.k.a. Pablo", proved to be a flop and was cancelled after seven episodes. Many of his comedy specials involve serious issues for the Latino community, … - Corey Duffel
Corey Duffel is a popular professional skateboarder from Walnut Creek, California, United States. He was born on November 7, 1984 as William Corey Duffel to Steve and Sharon. He is known for skating big gaps, rails, and stairs. Duffel currently skates for Foundation and sits on "The Bored" of MC5 buddy/mentor Michael Davis (bassist)'s Music Is Revolution Foundation, raising money to support music education in public schools. - Bucky Lasek
'Bucky' Lasek (real name Charles Michael Lasek) (born December 3, 1972 in Dundalk, Maryland) is a professional skateboarder. Lasek started skateboarding at the age of twelve, shortly after his bike was stolen. After entering amateur contests, he was quickly noticed by Powell Peralta talent scouts in 1987. Powell sponsored Lasek, and he made his video debut in the 4th Bones Brigade video, "Public Domain" (1988). Lasek turned pro for Powell in 1990 -- but by this time, … - Mike Vallely
Mike Vallely (pronounced "Val-lal-ee"), a.k.a. Mike V, (born June 29, 1970) is a professional skateboarder who resides in Long Beach, California. Growing up in Edison, New Jersey, he began skating at the age of 14. A temporary move to Virginia Beach,and Sebastian Garcia VA would lead to the start of his career less than two years later. - Chris Haslam
Chris Haslam (born December 19th, 1980) is a Canadian professional skateboarder, originally from Ontario who now resides in Richmond, BC. Haslam started skating in 1994 while living with his parents in Singapore, and turned pro in 2004. His current sponsors are Almost Skateboards, Independent Trucks, Momentum Wheel Co., IS Designs, Vestal Watches and Globe Shoes. - Jason Lee
Jason Michael Lee (born April 25, 1970) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and professional skateboarder. Lee was born in Orange, California and raised in nearby Huntington Beach. He attended Ocean View High School, although he did not graduate. - Andrew Reynolds
Andrew Reynolds (born June 6, 1978 in Lakeland, Florida, USA), is a professional skateboarder who has been riding since the age of nine. He emerged onto the skateboarding scene in the early 1990s and won Thrasher magazine's "Skater of the Year" award in 1998. He is nicknamed Drew, The Boss, Spock, and Turtle Boy. His signature trick is the frontside flip. - Tony Alva
Tony Alva (born September 2, 1957, in Santa Monica, California, United States) is one of the original Z-Boys and is considered to be one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. The level of aggression with which Alva skated was in stark contrast to the traditional style of the era which was still based around tricks formulated in the 1960s. Alva and the other Z-Boys were among the first to bring skating empty pools into the mainstream. - Rob Dyrdek
Rob Dyrdek was born on June 28, 1974, in Kettering, Ohio. He earned his title as a professional skateboarder in 1991 at the age of 16. He currently skates for DC Shoes, Alien Workshop Skateboards, Plan B Skateboards, Silver Trucks, and Reflex Bearings. He also became sponsored by Spy Optics and Red Bull. He also is an amateur rally-racer. He competed in the 2005 Gumball 3000 Rally driving a Subaru WRX STi sponsored by DC Shoes. He currently resides in Hollywood, California. - Eric Koston
Eric Koston (born April 29, 1975 in Bangkok, Thailand) is an American professional skateboarder. His family moved from Bangkok to California when he was 8 months old and he settled in San Bernardino when his parents divorced. He began skateboarding at the age of 11, when his older brother handed him an old Mark Gonzales board with mismatched trucks. - Sierra Fellers
Sierra Fellers (born December 30, 1986) is a Christian professional skateboarder (as of early 2007) currently skating for Foundation Skateboards, Venture Trucks, C1RCA Footwear, FKD Bearings, Nixon Watches, and CCS. He was recently featured in the Foundation Video "Cataclysmic Abyss" and the C1RCA Video "It's Time". Recently, he has reached a higher level of visibility within the skateboard industry, placing 2nd at the 2007 Tampa Am and winning the contest in 2004. - Tod Swank
Tod Swank is an American ex-professional skateboarder, TumYeto and Foundation Skateboards owner, photographer, and publisher. He was a professional skateboarder in the 1980s, as well as an accomplished skateboarding photographer, working as the first Senior Photographer at Transworld Skateboarding Magazine. Swank was also a skateboard company owner, as well as the owner of TumYeto, a skateboard distributor who created the motto "By Skateboarders, For Skateboarders". - Chad Muska
Chad Muska is an American professional skateboarder. He began skateboarding at the age of 11. Over the span of his career he has been sponsored by Maple, Toy Machine, Shorty's, éS Footwear, C1RCA, C1 Denim & Supply Co., Black Magic, Fury Trucks, Ghetto Child, TSA, CCS, KR3W, Element, and Supra. Using earnings from his pro skateboarding career, Muska set up his own makeshift music studio in his Los Angeles home and later moved to a New York City hotel, the SoHo grand, … - Jamie Thomas
Jamie Thomas (born October 11, 1974) is a professional skateboarder and skateboard industry magnate from Dothan, Alabama. He started skateboarding at the age of eleven. - Chris Cole
Chris Cole (born March 10, 1982 in Statesville, North Carolina), is a professional skateboarder. Cole currently resides in Levittown, Pennsylvania He has the recent notable achievement of tre-flipping (360 flip) the Wallenberg four (a set of four very large stairs at Wallenberg High School, measuring 6 feet high, and 18 feet long, in San Francisco). - Terry Kennedy
Terry "T.K." Kennedy (born March 27, 1985) is a professional skateboarder sponsored by Baker Skateboards, Boost Mobile, Venture Trucks, KR3W Clothing. His previous board sponsor was Element Skateboards, where he met Bam Margera. He is from Long Beach, California. T.K. is known as "Compton Ass Terry" on Bam Margera's MTV television show, "Viva La Bam", although Terry is from Long Beach, not Compton. - Shiloh Greathouse
Shiloh Greathouse is a professional skateboarder based in Los Angeles, California. Shiloh Greathouse gained prominence in the 90's skating for World Industries and has made a resurgence with the release of the Transworld Skateboarding video "First Love". His "First Love" video footage is widely considered to be among the best released in 2005. Shiloh's current sponsors include Bueno Skateboards, Elwood Clothing, Independent Trucks, Dekline Shoes and Val Surf. - Daewon Song
Daewon Song (born February 19 1975, Korea) is a professional, goofy-footed skateboarder. He is recognized for his technical street skateboarding. He co-owns Almost Skateboards with fellow pro Rodney Mullen, and skates for the team. Daewon was born in Seoul, Korea on Feb. 19, 1975. When he was 13, a neighborhood kid gave him his board. He quickly got some money together and bought a used board. - Mark Gonzales
Mark Gonzales (born June 1 1969), also known as "The Gonz", is a professional skateboarder and artist. He is known in the skateboarding world as the pioneer of street skateboarding, currently skateboarding's most popular form. Gonzales arrived on the skateboarding scene at age 15 with a more modern approach to street skating and made the cover of Thrasher Magazine's November 1984 issue, riding a board from Alva, with which he was sponsored at the time. - Rune Glifberg
Rune Glifberg (born October 7, 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional skateboarder who currently resides in Costa Mesa, California. Glifberg began skating at age 11 after a friend brought a board over to his house. In the early 1990s, Glifberg turned professional as a vert skater and made the trek across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. Glifberg signed on with Flip Skateboards, the company he still skated for, … - Steve Caballero
Steve Caballero, (born November 8, 1964, San Jose, California), is a professional skateboarder. Steve was born in the year of the dragon, and has had several board graphics that feature dragons. He was born with scoliosis (curved spine.) Because of this condition, one of his neck glands grew larger than the other, so his head tilts to one side. Caballero started skating in 1976 at the age of 12. He was sponsored as an amateur by Powell Peralta in 1978 at the age of 15. - Ali Boulala
Ali Boulala is a professional skateboarder of Algerian and Swedish descent who rides for Flip Skateboards, Flip Clothing, Independent trucks, Flip Sidecuts and Etnies. He is known for his fast, flamboyant style and filmed notable parts in the Flip videos "Sorry" and "Really Sorry", Osiris "Subject to Change" and also appeared in numerous Baker skateboards videos. His approach to skateboarding concentrates on the unusual or unobvious, … - Jay Adams
Jay Adams (born February 3, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is one of the original Z-Boys and is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. Adams is "The world's greatest natural skater", according to fellow Zephyr skateboard team member, and Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade founder Stacy Peralta. The Godfather of modern day skateboarding, Craig Stecyk, dubbed Adams "the original 'seed.'" Stecyk also wrote, … - Stevie Williams
Stevie Williams is a professional street skateboarder that was born on December 17, 1979 and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stevie Williams also appeared in the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and Tony Hawk's Project 8, and as a secret character in NFL Street 2. His current sponsors are DGK skateboards (which he owns), RBK shoes, CCS mailorder, Venture trucks and Gold wheels. - Geoff Rowley
Geoffery Joseph Rowley (born June 6, 1976 in Liverpool, England) is a professional skateboarder who currently resides in Huntington Beach, California. He began skateboarding at the age of 13, and he has been skating for over 13 years. His signature trick is the Rowley Darkslide. Geoff enjoys photography and hunting. Geoff's first sponsor was Flip Skateboards Geoff is known for being fearless in gaps rail ledges and for being able to skate different types of terrain. - Steve Berra
Steve Berra (born May 10, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri), is a skateboarder and aspiring actor. He lives in Burbank, California, and has been skateboarding since he was 13. At the age of 18, he turned pro for Blockhead Skateboards. Berra has been involved with many television and film projects since 1997. In 1998, while with Birdhouse Skateboards, he demonstrated his acting and skating in a documentary / short film called "The End". - Pj Ladd
Patrick John Ladd, professionally referred to as PJ Ladd or Peaches O'Plenty, (born January 11, 1983, Rockland, Massachusetts) is a professional skateboarder who currently rides for Plan B Skateboards, éS Footwear, Venture Trucks, Hubba Wheels, and Fourstar Clothing. His stance on a skateboard is "regular". He was known in the local Boston underground skateboarding scene before headlining Coliseum Skateshop's critically acclaimed video, … - Lance Mountain
Robert Lance Mountain born June 13, 1964 in Pasadena, California was one of the more popular skateboarders throughout much of the 1980's, and one of the five most legendary members of the Bones Brigade, as featured in the 1987 classic "The Search For Animal Chin" (Bones Brigade Video Three). When contests were the main judge of status in the skateboarding world, Mountain was a top competitor during street skating's first phase, … - Stacy Peralta
Stacy Peralta (born October 15, 1957 in California) is an American director, as well as a former professional skateboarder, team surfer and entrepreneur. He is one of the original Z-Boys. At age 16, Peralta began competing with the Zephyr team, a group sponsored by the surf shop "Jeff Ho and Zephyr Surfboard Productions". His second sponsor was "Gordon and Smith." The Del Mar Nationals was his first competition, a contest with two board skate categories, … - Duane Peters
Duane Peters is a punk rock singer/songwriter and professional skateboarder. - Chris Senn
Josh Collis (born December 11th, 1972 in Grass Valley, California) is a professional skateboarder. Josh has been skating since 1983 and has an aggressive, spontaneous style that is exciting to watch. With three X-Games gold medals in his collection, he finished off 2002 ranked 2nd in the World (behind Rodil de Araujo, Jr) and has been one of the top skateboarders in the United States for 12 years.
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