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Profile of Bob Burnquist
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Bob Burnquist |
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10th October 1976 |
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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Bob Burnquist (born October 10, 1976) is a professional skateboarder.
He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to an American father and Brazilian mother. He became an expert with skateboards in Brazil in his teen-age years, and as an adult emigrated to North America; he holds dual citizenship from Brazil and the U.S.
The biggest competition that he has won was the 2001 X-Games. His 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 series, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. However, he was not featured in Pro Skater 3 because of license restrictions, as he was featured in another video game, X-Games Skateboarding, during that year. He is again, however, a featured skater in Hawk's Pro Skater 4.
Burnquist has also won a gold medal on the 2005 X-Games Best Trick vert contest.
As of 2005, he lives with his girlfriend, professional skateboarder Jen O'Brien and their daughter Lotus, in Vista, California.
Contest history
- 2nd in 2002 X Games: vert doubles (with Bucky Lasek)
- 1st in 2001 Slam City Jam: vert.
- 1st in 2000 Slam City Jam: vert.
- 1st in 1995 Slam City Jam: vert.
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