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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[1]. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a Skateboard. He was born to a Swedish father and a Brazilian mother. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. He became adept at skateboarding in São Paulo starting at age 11 and turned pro at age 14. São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world As an adult he emigrated to North America; he holds dual citizenship from Brazil and the U. Multiple citizenship, or multiple nationality is a status in which a person is concurrently regarded as a Citizen under the laws of more than one state. S.

The biggest competition that he has won was the vert contest at the 2001 X-Games. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The X Games is an annual event with a focus on extreme action sports Before his final run- the last run of the event- Burnquist was sitting in second place behind two-time defending champion Bucky Lasek. Charles Michael 'Bucky' Lasek (born December 3, 1972 in Dundalk Maryland) is a professional Skateboarder. 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. Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968) is an American professional Skateboarder He is credited with being the first recorded skater to land the Burnquist was rewarded with a 98, the highest score ever given in skateboard vert.

Burnquist's speciality is switch stance skateboarding. Boardsports such as Skateboarding, Surfing, Wakeboarding and Snowboarding essentially involve the body's being oriented sideways relative to its overall 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. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (THPS released as Tony Hawk's Skateboarding in Europe, is a Skateboarding Video game. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, often called THPS3 or Tony Hawk 3, is a Video game in the ''Tony Hawk's'' series 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. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, often called THPS4, is the fourth game in ''Tony Hawk's'' series.

Burnquist has also won a gold medal on the 2005 X-Games Best Trick vert contest.

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. The X Games is an annual event with a focus on extreme action sports He created a trick called "Burntwist", which is in the Tony Hawk's series. The Tony Hawk series is a computer and Video game series endorsed by Tony Hawk and is created by games developer Neversoft and published by

Bob Burnquist completed a BASE jump after attempting a 50-50 into the Grand Canyon. BASE jumping is involving the use of a Parachute or the sequenced use of a Wingsuit and parachute to jump from fixed objects--with the parachute unopened at the jump 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. A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag. 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.

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. Vista is a city in northern San Diego County, California. As of the 2000 census the city had a total population of 89857 A vert ramp is a form of Half-pipe used in " Extreme sports " such as Skateboarding. 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. Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968) is an American professional Skateboarder He is credited with being the first recorded skater to land the Charles Michael 'Bucky' Lasek (born December 3, 1972 in Dundalk Maryland) is a professional Skateboarder. Thrasher is a monthly Skateboarding Magazine founded in 1981 by Kevin Thatcher and is currently edited by Jake Phelps [2] Burnquist's latest addition to his backyard skate-park is one of the world's few permanent Mega Ramp. A Mega Ramp is the informal name given to any large-format ramp structure used in Freestyle BMX and Skateboarding. [3]

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. Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on Crop rotation, Green manure, Compost, Biological pest control, and mechanical Cultivation Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of [4]

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  1. ^ Switch Magazine, Bob Burnquist inteview, 15. Ipath is a San Francisco based skateboard footwear and clothing company founded by Brian Krauss and skateboard professional Matt Field Founded in 1997 in Encinitas California, Nixon is an accessories company for the youth lifestyle market Oakley Inc is a Company known mostly for their High end Sunglasses, football visors and Ski Goggles. Flip Skateboards is an US based international skateboard company owned by Jeremy Fox Ian Deacon and Geoff Rowley. February 2004
  2. ^ Skim the Fat, Bob Burnquist videography
  3. ^ New York Times, A Skateboarding Ramp Reaches for the Sky, 1. November 2006
  4. ^ Grist, Bob's Hope, 8. February 2007

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