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Bob Burnquist

Bob Burnquist
Bob Burnquist.jpg
Burnquist skating in Brazil, 2008
Born Robert Dean Silva Burnquist
(1976-10-10) October 10, 1976 (age 40)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian-American
Citizenship United States and Brazil
Occupation Skateboarder
Years active 1992–present
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Children 2 (Lotus O'Brien Silva Burnquist and Jasmyn Burnquist)
Website http://www.bobburnquist.com/
Summer X Games medal record
Representing  Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2000 San Francisco Vert Best Trick
Gold medal – first place 2001 Philadelphia Vert
Gold medal – first place 2003 Los Angeles Vert Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Los Angeles Vert Best Trick
Gold medal – first place 2007 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2008 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2010 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam
Gold medal – first place 2011 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2012 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2013 Foz do Iguaçu Skateboard Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona Skateboard Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2013 Munich Skateboard Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2015 Austin Skateboard Big Air
Gold medal – first place 2015 Austin Big Air Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2002 Philadelphia Vert
Silver medal – second place 2002 Philadelphia Vert Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Los Angeles Vert
Silver medal – second place 2009 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air
Silver medal – second place 2009 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam
Silver medal – second place 2010 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air
Silver medal – second place 2014 Austin Skateboard Big Air
Bronze medal – third place 1997 San Diego Vert
Bronze medal – third place 1998 San Diego Vert Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 San Francisco Vert Best Trick
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Philadelphia Vert Best Trick
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Los Angeles Vert Best Trick
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Los Angeles Vert Best Trick
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Los Angeles Skateboard Big Air

Roberto Dean "Bob" Silva Burnquist (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁɔbɛʁtʃ ˈdzĩː ˈsiwvɐ bɐ̃(ɹ)ˈkwistʃ], born October 10, 1976) is a Brazilian-American professional skateboarder. In 2010, he became the first skateboarder to land a "fakie 900" (900-degree reverse-natural rotation), making Burnquist the fifth person in history to successfully complete the 900 trick.

Burnquist was born in Rio de Janeiro to an American father of Swedish descent and a Brazilian mother. He began his skateboarding training in his hometown of São Paulo at 11 years old, and turned professional at 14. He holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States.

Bob Burnquist's specialties are in switch stance skateboarding, and in creating innovative vert tricks. Burnquist has always tried to find new ways to make his tricks more creative, and more difficult. Burnquist has a signature trick called the "One-footed Smith grind".

In 2000, Burnquist won the X Games' best trick contest, with his famous Fakie 5-0 with a fakie kickflip off of the grind bar.

Burnquist's biggest success to date came in the vert contest at the 2001 X Games. Prior to his final run (the last run of the event), Burnquist was sitting in second place behind two-time defending champion, Bucky Lasek. 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. Burnquist was rewarded with a score of 98 out of 100, the second highest score ever given in any X Games skateboarding event, behind only Bucky Lasek's score of a 98.50 the year before.


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