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Tim Ward (born May 6, 1978) is a former top Australian professional vert skater. Ward won many competitions in his vert skating career.
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Tim Ward (born May 6, 1978) is a former top Australian professional vert skater. Ward won many competitions in his vert skating career.
Robert Dean Silva Burnquist is a Brazilian-American professional skateboarder who competed for Brazil throughout his career. In 2010, he became the first skateboarder to land a "fakie 900", making Burnquist the fifth person in history to successfully complete the 900 trick.
Inline skating is a multi-disciplinary sport and can refer to a number of activities practiced using inline skates. Inline skates typically have two to five polyurethane wheels depending on the style of practice, arranged in a single line by a metal or plastic frame on the underside of a boot. The in-line design allows for greater speed and maneuverability than traditional roller skates. Following this basic design principle, inline skates can be modified to varying degrees to accommodate niche disciplines.
Fabiola da Silva, nicknamed Fabby, is a Brazilian professional vert skater who competes on the LG Action Sports World Tour. She has received over fifty medals in the LG Action Sports World Tour events. She has received seven X Games gold medals and one silver, making her the most decorated female athlete in X Games history. In a seven-year stretch, she only lost one X Games event, finishing second in 1999.
Brian Matthew Isoa Shima is a former professional inline skater. Considered one of the greatest in the sport, he also holds the record for the most pro skates held by any person.
Chris Edwards is an American former professional vert skater. Edwards is widely considered one of the founding pioneers of the discipline of aggressive inline skating.
Tasou Micah Pappas, better known as Tas Pappas, is an Australian sponsored skateboarder. He was previously a professional skateboarder, primarily in the discipline of vert skateboarding, and competed in a number of major international events. During the 1990s, he and brother Ben Pappas were highly regarded skateboarders on a global scale, reaching the top two places in the world rankings.
Arlo Eisenberg is an aggressive inline skater who pioneered street skating. He is considered by many to be an important innovator of the aggressive skating industry.
Eitan Kramer was a top American professional Vert Skater who holds a Guinness World Record for "highest air on a vert ramp." Kramer, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California Los Angeles, began his professional in-line skating career at age 15.
Shane Yost is a retired Australian professional roller blader and was the 2000 ASA number one ranked vert skater in the world. He was the first roller blader to land a switch 1080 and the first skater to land a frontside 1260. Yost revolutionized the world of inline skating with his clean style and incredible flair.
Marco de Santi is a Brazilian professional vert skater. Santi was the first person to ever land a triple backflip in the world at woodward's resi ramp. When inline skating was removed from the X-Games, vert skaters found other ways to profit from their sport and their talent. Santi joined Cirque du Soleil. Santi has won many X Games medals.
Alberto Arakaki AKA japa is a Brazilian professional vert skater. Japa started quad skating when he was 6 in 1978, practiced skateboarding until was 15, and went to bmx flatland from 15 to 18 years old. Them met aggressive inline skating at age 20 (1995) and turned professional in 1996. Japa has won many competitions in his vert skating career.
Cesar Mora is an Australian professional vert skater. His X Games career included multiple medals.
Nel Martin is a Spanish professional vert skater. Nel started skating in 1994 and earned a Bronze medal at the X Games in Los Angeles in 2003 and a Silver medal at the FISE contest in France in 2003.
Marc Englehart is an American professional vert skater. Englehart has earned many podium spots in his career, a gold medal in the 2002 Gravity Games, a silver medal in 2003 ASA Pro Tour, a silver medal in 2004 ASA Pro Tour, a silver medal in 2007 Action Sports World Tour and more.
Borja Fernandez is a Spanish professional vert skater. Fernandez started skating when he was 11 in 1995 and turned professional in 2001. Fernandez has attended multiple vert competition in his career.
Ayumi Kawasaki is a Japanese professional vert skater. She is the youngest person to ever medal in aggressive inline skating at the X Games, claiming bronze in the women's vert competition at the 1997 Summer X Games when she was twelve years old.
Sven Boekhorst started skating in the early 1990s in Den Bosch, Netherlands. In 2000 he won every contest, which includes winning the Triple Crown. In his years as a professional skater he also had a character in a videogame: Aggressive Inline, performed three weeks in a big theatre show on Broadway, NYC, with a theatre group from Amsterdam and got his own Rollerblade pro model "Sven Boekhorst" skate.
Tomohiko Nakamura is a Japanese professional vert skater. Tomohiko started skating when he was five years old in 1996 and turned professional in 2005. He has attended many competitions in his vert skating career.
Matt Salerno is an Australian former professional inline skater and four times world champion. Salerno was famous for his style and his unrestricted skating ability and won both vert and street competitions. Salerno started skating very young, turned professional in 1996 and still skates to this day. He was a big influence in the vert skating style.
Tom Fry is an Australian professional vert skater. Fry started skating when he was seventeen years old in 1991 and turned professional in 1995. Fry has won many competitions in his vert skating career.
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