Bucky Lasek

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Bucky Lasek
Bucky Lasek Red Bull Global Rallycross 2016 (cropped).jpg
Lasek in 2016
Personal information
Full nameCharles Michael Lasek
Born (1972-12-03) December 3, 1972 (age 52)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupations
  • Professional skateboarder
  • rallycross driver
Years active1984–present
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight155 lb (70 kg)
Global Rallycross career
Debut season 2012
Current teamLasek Rallysport
Car number801
Former teamsSubaru Rally Team USA
Starts34
Wins0
Podiums3
Best finish8th in 2014
Finished last season12th
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Sport Skateboarding, rallying
Turned pro1990
Medal record
Men's skateboarding
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Summer X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 San Francisco Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 San Francisco Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Los Angeles Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Los Angeles Vert Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Los Angeles Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Los Angeles Vert Best Trick
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Foz do Iguaçu Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Barcelona Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Munich Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Los Angeles Vert
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 San Diego Vert Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 San Francisco Vert Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Philadelphia Vert
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Philadelphia Vert Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Los Angeles Vert
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Los Angeles Vert
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Los Angeles Vert
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Austin RallyCross
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Los Angeles Vert
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Los Angeles Vert

Charles Michael "Bucky" Lasek [1] (born December 3, 1972) [2] is an American professional skateboarder and rallycross driver.

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Career

Professional skateboarding

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lasek started skateboarding at the age of 12, shortly after his bike was stolen. [1] After entering amateur contests, he was quickly noticed by Powell Peralta talent scouts in 1987. Powell Peralta promptly sponsored Lasek and introduced him in a 1987 publication as a 14 year old newly-sponsored amateur who "rides a mini-Caballero with X-Bones." [3] Lasek made his video debut in the fourth Bones Brigade video, Public Domain (1988). [4]

Lasek attained professional status with Powell in 1990, but by this time, skateboarding, and vert skateboarding (Lasek's discipline) in particular, began to lose popularity and his career waned.

As of May 2009, Lasek owns a backyard concrete skateboarding bowl named "Lasekland". [5]

Professional racing

In May 2012, Lasek was one of three drivers selected by Subaru Rally Team USA to compete in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. Lasek continued with the team earning several second and third place finishes through his career with Subaru. He left the team after the 2016 season. [6]

Video game appearances

Lasek is a playable character in the first five games in the Tony Hawk's series: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater through Tony Hawk's Underground . He later reprised his role in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 , a remake of the first two games in the series, and in the sequel Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 .

Film and television

Lasek made a cameo appearance in the low-budget 2003 movie Haggard , in which he hands a skateboard to Bam Margera while he runs from the villain Hellboy. He appeared in MTV's reality television series Viva La Bam and in the music video for Pink's single "Raise Your Glass". He served as a stunt double in the 2003 movie Grind . [7] He also made an appearance as himself in an episode of The Jersey called "What's Gotten Into Elliott Rifkin?", and also attended the sixth dinner service of Hell's Kitchen's 21st season.

Personal life

As of June 2015, Lasek resides in Encinitas, California with his wife Jennifer (m. September 1996) and their three daughters. [8]

Contest results

As of 2016, Lasek has won 13 medals at the X Games, including ten gold medals, and is one of only two vert skateboarders to have won three X Games gold medals consecutively—the other is Pierre-Luc Gagnon. [9] Lasek is also one of only three athletes to compete at every X Games since the series' inception in 1995. [10]

Racing record

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

YearEntrantCar123456789101112GRCPoints
2012 Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STI CHA
11
TEX
14
LA
13
LOU
11
LV
8
LVC
7
13th35
2013 Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STI BRA
MUN1
14
MUN2
11
LOU
8
BRI
12
IRW
11
ATL
12
CHA
16
LV
14
11th49
2014 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STI BAR
13
AUS
2
DC
11
NY
12
CHA
6
DAY
3
LA1
11
LA2
5
SEA
14
LV
3
8th215
2015 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STI FTA
10
DAY1
DNS
DAY2
12
MCAS
7
DET1
11
DET2
8
DC
LA1
DNS
LA2
DNS
BAR1
BAR2
LV
8
12th88
2016 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STI PHO1PHO2DALDAY1DAY2MCAS1
10
MCAS2DC
9
AC
10
SEA
LA1
LA2
15th34

Race canceled

References

  1. 1 2 "Bio". Bucky Lasek. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  2. Kids, Sports Illustrated for (2006). Sports Illustrated for Kids: The Year in Sports 2007. Scholastic, Incorporated. ISBN   978-0-439-82767-6.
  3. "New Ams". Bones Brigade - Intelligence Report. 1987 via Internet Archive.
  4. "IMDb Public Domain Video". imdb.com. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  5. "Bucky Lasek Pro-Tec" (Video upload). Pro-Tec on Vimeo. Vimeo LLC. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  6. "Busky Lasek | GRC". Global Rallycross. 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  7. "Bucky & Pink". Skate and Annoy. Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  8. "Lasek family, Dina Perouty-Leone's family". The Baltimore Sun. July 23, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  9. Colin Bane; David L'Heureux (June 27, 2013). "Bucky Lasek Wins Again". ESPN X Games. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  10. "A Retrospective of Bob Burnquist's 25 X Games Medals Part 1". Backgrinder. July 5, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  11. TWS (May 12, 2013). "2013 Vans Pool Party Results". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved May 16, 2013.