No Poser's Allowed

Can't say I have ever done much on a skateboard except I got dared to go straight down a hill at the speed of light. All was well until I hit that crack at about 90 miles an hour; the board stayed but I kept going. 30 some stitches later, I just stay away from skateboards.

Now my son on the other hand, he was great on the board. Ollie's and flips and all kinds of tricks. How they leap up to "grind" a rail just amazes me.

I have watched some great skater's in my day. I was talking with my son and he said," do a hub on famous skater's Dad."

Well Eric, here you go-scroll down and check out some of the best. 

Considered the best, Tony is one of the Father's of pro-skateboarding. Here is a list of his accomplishments:

1982 - Joined the legendary Bones Brigade team 1989 - Featured in Gleaming the Cube movie starring Christian Slater 1999 - Activision releases Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the first in a long line of successful video games 1999 - X Games 4 - Tony Hawk lands the first 900 2003 - featured in the 300th episode of The Simpsons 2003 - wrote HAWK -- Occupation: skateboarder , a New York Times Best Seller Life - Tony Hawk has entered about 103 skateboarding competitions. He has won 73, and taken second in 19

Visit Tony's web-site at Tony Hawk.com 

Here is another old-timer in skating. Bob is from Brazil and here is a list of his accomplishments:

1995 - Slam City Jam, Burnquist won first in vert (his first international skateboarding event, second Slam City Jam ever held)  1997 - Thrasher Skater of the Year award  2000 - X Games gold (vert best trick)  2000-2002 - TransWorld Best Vert Awards (three years in a row)  2001 - X Games gold (vert)  2002 - Won OP King of Skate competition (using an open hatch loop)  2003 - X Games gold (vert doubles)  2003 - First person to loop a natural full pipe (Nov. 23)  2005 - X Games gold (vert best trick)

Visit Bob's website at Bob Burnquist.com. 

Here is a skater I just love to watch!

Eric is from Los Angeles and took the skate world by storm. Here is a list of his accomplishments:

1993 - Helped start Fourstar Clothing Company  2000 - Eric Koston won Globe World Contest, X Games and Gravity Games  2001 - won TransWorld Skateboarding Best Video part for his segment in eS Menikati  2002 - won gold in Gravity Games Street  2003 - won gold in X Games Street competition  2005 - Listed in Thrasher's '15 Most Loved Skaters of All Time'  2005 - Koston's Game of SKATE went international, with 24 contests world wide, and the winner competing against pros in the fall.

Eric doesn't have a web-site but he does have this page. 

Can't leave Rodney out. He's another old-timer in the skateboarding world. My son has always favored Rodney over all. He tried to copy a lot of his styles. I always like using Mullen's character when playing Tony Hawk's Underground.

Here is some of Rodney's accomplishments:

1977 - Mullen won the first freestyle contest he entered  1980 - joined the Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade  1984, 85, 87, 88 - featured in The Bones Brigade Videos 1-4  1988 - appeared in feature film, Gleaming the Cube  1992 - began World Industries with Steve Rocco  1990+ - featured in videos by Plan B, A-Team, Globe and Almost  2002 - won Transworld Readers' Choice Award for Skater of the Year  2002 - created Almost skateboard company  2003 - wrote "The Mutt: How to Skateboard and not Kill Yourself"

Go see more at Rodney Mullen.net. 

These were just a few. Some great videos here.

Hope you enjoyed this hub and with that I will leave you with another skater's video. He has become a star on MTV and other television networks.

Check out Bam Margera:

© G.L. Boudonck