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Jaws was mainly a transition skater when he popped on the scene, but quickly became regarded as the skater most likely to jump off insane gaps, stair sets and buildings. For Jaws' own protection, Tony Hawk took him under his wing and turned him pro in July for Birdhouse Skateboards. He has spent the past six years forcing skaters to watch his video parts through their fingers in fear.
Although Jaws has only medaled in two X Games appearances, he'll forever be remembered as one of the craziest daredevils to ever ride a skateboard. There was never any doubt Curren Caples, a Ventura, California-based Flip Skateboards pro, was going be a great X Games athlete, but many assumed that since he was the son of former pro surfer Evan Caples, it would be in surfing.
But according to Caples, he didn't even get into surfing until later in life. Skating on the other hand, has been a part of his life since he was 4, and he has been sponsored and competing for as long as he can remember. Despite all those years of experience and four medals in nine X Games appearances, he admits he gets very nervous before contests and it usually disrupts his flow.
I kind of just go with the flow and skate. I'm just nervous and hope I land the first three tricks of my run. It sets the tone for the rest of your run. Eric Koston, the Thrasher Skater of the Year, is perhaps one of the most respected street skaters of all time, and his five medals in his 15 X Games appearances made him a fan favorite in the early years of the event. Although Koston has not skated in X Games since , he continues to release video parts, including his latest part in Nike's "Chronicles 3," which shows he's still at the top of his game.
Don't be surprised if Koston releases new footage when he and his long-time former Girl teammate, Guy Mariano, launch their new company, Numbers, in December. Contests and medals do not determine greatness -- a skater's full body of work along with the respect of his peers decides how one is remembered.
Daewon Song, 40, is the antithesis of a contest skater, but he will go down in the history books as one of the most technical street skating wizards of all time. His video parts have been the most awe-inspiring and progressive of every era. And thanks to the Real Street contest format, where skaters compete by submitting a minute of skate footage, Song now owns an X Games bronze medal.
He might not be a fully decorated X Games athlete, but he is one of the all-time greats in technical street skating. In , now veteran pro and owner of Primitive Skateboards, Paul Rodriguez had never won a pro contest. Yet Rodriguez insisted that his dad come to X Games to watch him compete. His father proved to be his good-luck charm, and Rodriguez went on to win gold that day, followed by seven more medals in his next 14 X Games appearances. In the 13 years since that first win, P-Rod has released numerous video parts, is a vested member of the Nike SB team, and possesses full legend status among his skate peers.
Bucky Lasek has been killing it on a skateboard ever since his bike was stolen at age In , the Baltimore native quit his job at an auto body shop and moved to California to pursue skateboarding full time, and his life changed forever. Since then, Lasek has become the most decorated vert skater in X Games history, with eight gold and 14 medals total. Overall, Lasek has 20 medals in 23 appearances. And at age 43, Lasek was the oldest invited skateboarder at X Games Austin , but he says he's nowhere near the end of his career.
Ryan Sheckler might be one of the most popular skateboarder in X Games history, thanks in part to his MTV reality show, "Life of Ryan," which ran for three seasons and earned him millions of mainstream fans.
But for a legion of core skateboarders, his skateboarding is his greatest accomplishment and it is video parts, such as Plan B's "True," that will go down in the history books.
In , Sheckler, at 13, became the youngest gold medalist in X Games history, a record he still holds. Ryan has won seven medals in 17 X Games appearances. From an early age, the skateboard world has been fortunate enough to watch Nyjah Huston grow up before their eyes, tagging along on his journey to his rightful place in the skateboarding Hall of Fame.
In , Huston earned the title of being the youngest athlete to compete in X Games history, when he was only He's now the second-youngest competitor of all time. Fast forward a decade, Huston now has 12 X Games medals to his name. He has medaled in his past 10 X Games Skateboard Street starts -- a success rate untouched by anyone else in skateboarding.
It has been remarkable to have watched Huston go from being a contest machine coached by his father to one of the most respected street skaters of the modern age, producing some of the heaviest video parts in recent history.
And it's only getting better from here. The entire skateboard world knew that Bob Burnquist was something special when he arrived in the U. His abilities were so pure, humble and progressive that when asked by Thrasher Magazine if he could spin s, his response was, "Which way? No one else in skateboarding has grinded a rail into the Grand Canyon, done a loop switch, or used a moving helicopter as an obstacle. At age 40, Burnquist holds the record for the most medals in X Games history with 30 total in 25 X Games appearances, and he is the only athlete to compete in all 25 X Games summer events.
He has 13 consecutive Skateboard Big Air medals, and he is also the first skater in the world to land the on the MegaRamp. If there were a tough man award in skateboarding, Danny Way would win it, hands down. One of the few skaters to ever receive Thrasher Magazine's Skater of the Year twice, Danny Way is a true all terrain skater. He's also the skateboarder who helped to pioneer MegaRamp skating, and was integral in introducing the discipline to X Games competition.
Way has always been regarded as one of the greatest of all time by both his peers and fans, but that sentiment was amplified when Way began performing death-defying stunts at the end of the s, including jumps out of helicopters, long-distance jumps and a skateboard long jump over the Great Wall of China in Still, he got back up, insisted on taking every run of the contest and won silver for his efforts.
Last year, Way partnered with the "World of X Games" to continue pushing his quest for high air beyond his limits. Since turning pro for Powell Peralta in at age 14, Tony Hawk has been widely regarded as the greatest skateboarder of all time.
As the most popular skater in the world, Hawk's contributions to the culture of skateboarding for the past 35 years as both a global ambassador of goodwill and an innovator within the sport are unparalleled. He has even pushed a skateboard inside of the White House. Although Hawk hasn't officially competed at X Games since , there are few names more synonymous with the event.
Having medaled every year he competed, Hawk was a vocal supporter of the event from the beginning. Hawk's most defining X Games moment came in during the Vert Best Trick competition, when he became the first person ever to land the , a trick he had been trying for 13 years. Since then, Hawk has gone on to become an international sensation both on and off his board. Learn more. X Games Aspen Schedule Announcement.
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