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Robert Dean Silva Burnquist (born October 10, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), better known as Bob Burnquist, is a professional skateboarder and a Christian Spiritist[1]. 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. is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The biggest competition that he has won was the vert contest at the 2001 X-Games. Before his final run- the last run of the event- Burnquist was sitting in second place behind two-time defending champion Bucky Lasek. Burnquist produced a flawless run, including multiple tricks that had never been seen before, and as a result, were unnamed. During the run, commentator Tony Hawk went hoarse and nearly lost his voice while screaming in disbelief. Burnquist was rewarded with a 98, the highest score ever given in skateboard vert. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Burnquist's speciality is switch stance skateboarding. He has always tried to find new ways to make his tricks more creative and more difficult. He has a signature trick called "one-footed smith grind". Burnquist has also been featured in the hit video game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and appeared in all of its sequels with the exception of Pro Skater 3 due to license restrictions as a result of appearing in another skating game, X-Games Skateboarding, during that year. He returned as a featured character in the series starting again with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and has since appeared in all the series games following that. Regular stance, regular foot or simply regular refers to a skateboarder, surfer, snowboarder or wakeboarder who prefers riding with his left foot in front. ...
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Burnquist has also won a gold medal on the 2005 X-Games Best Trick vert contest. Vert is the name of the green tincture in heraldry. ...
Burnquist is the only skater to go over a loop ramp with a gap in it (OP King Of Skate) Not only was the loop gapped, but Bob also did the gap switch. He is also the first skater to go through a loop while riding switch stance, and the first to go all the way around a full pipe just by pumping up to speed inside it. In 2000, Burnquist won the X-Games' best trick contest with his famous fakie 5-0, fakie Kickflip out off of the grind bar. For the computer game series named X, see X (computer game series). ...
Bob Burnquist completed a BASE jump after attempting a world class rail slide into the Grand Canyon. The first attempt nearly cost Burnquist his life after he missed the rail and fell out of control before regaining himself and successfully deploying his parachute. After some adjustments to the take-off ramp his second attempt went off flawlessly. This stunt was shown in an episode of the television show Stunt Junkies. BASE jumping is the sport of using a parachute to jump from fixed objects. ...
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He lives with professional skateboarder Jen O'Brien, and their daughter Lotus, in Vista, California, where he has a world-renowned vert ramp in his backyard. It has been skated by dozens of famous skateboarders, including Colin McKay, Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, and Lincoln Ueda, and has been featured in hundreds of magazines and videos, including Tony Hawk's Trick Tips and Thrasher Magazine.[2] Burnquist's latest addition to his backyard skate-park is one of the world's few permanent Mega Ramp.[3] Location of Vista within San Diego County, California. ...
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He had also started the Bob Burnquist Foundation to bring knowledge about organic farming and gardening to schools, and was one of the founders of the Action Sports Environmental Coalition, a nonprofit organization that brings ecological awareness to skateboarders, surfers and BMXers.[4] Organic farming is a psuedoscientific form of agriculture which avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, plant growth regulators, and livestock feed additives. ...
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Contest history
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Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
Slam City Jam, the North American Skateboard Championships, returns to Vancouver, BC in May 2008. ...
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Sponsors Ipath is a San Francisco based skateboard footwear and clothing company founded by Brian Krauss and skateboard professional Matt Field. ...
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References
Notes - ^ Switch Magazine, Bob Burnquist inteview, 15. February 2004
- ^ Skim the Fat, Bob Burnquist videography
- ^ New York Times, A Skateboarding Ramp Reaches for the Sky, 1. November 2006
- ^ Grist, Bob's Hope, 8. February 2007
Bibliography - Bob's Mega Ramp Story [1]
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