About the Players

Tony Hawk

The father of two and husband of one, Tony Hawk is arguably the single most influential skateboarder of all time. Born and raised in the hazy daze of Southern California, Tony has forgotten more tricks than most people learn in a lifetime, and his contributions to the sport are endless-most recently, unearthing skateboarding's holy grail by becoming the only person to successfully land a 900°.

Bob Burnquist

Brazilian born Bob Burnquist snuck onto the scene six years ago (winning the first pro contest he entered) and has been puzzling onlookers ever since. His unique style and switch-stance tendencies make Bob one of the most exciting and original skaters to come down the pike in decades.


		Steve Cabellero Have you seen him? If not, then you haven't followed skateboarding over the past three decades. Considered a legend by most, Steve Caballero rose to the top of the Vert rankings as a founding member of the Bones Brigade during the 70's and 80's. Today Cab continues to compete in numerous street events and set various world records, boardsliding a 44 stair rail last year.

Kareem Campbell

Kareem Campbell was born in New York City and grew up in Los Angeles-breaking down any East vs. West barriers that his predecessors may have set up for him. His dual coast citizenship has led Kareem to develop a smooth metropolitan style based on the mastery of 'real' street settings.

Originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, Rune Glifberg now hails from Huntington Beach, California. He's skilled on all terrain, comfortably dominating wherever he chooses to ride. But, while it's not uncommon to see him sessioning a backyard pool or crusing the streets, his true talent shines in the wide-open, trick-to-trick arena of vertical skateboarding.

Eric Koston

As mellow as a sea breeze, Eric Koston makes challenging switch and nollie skating look like simple child's play. A skateboarding chameleon, Eric can mimic others riders' styles and tricks with amusing clarity, while the eponymous K-grind bears the imprint of his innovative legacy.

Weaned on the characteristically rough structures of the east-coast scene-skills hardened and honed to perfection in Baltimore, Maryland-Bucky Lasek is easily half a step ahead of skateboarding's norm. Recently, he relocated all his power, originality, and style to Carlsbad, California to show the entire world where he's from and where he's at.


		Rodney Mullen What trick are you going to invent today? If your name is Rodney Mullen, the godfather of technical street skating, then the possibilities are endless. A freestyle world champion thirty five times over, Rodney brought his mind boggling board flipping skills to the street skating scene in 1990. The kickflip, underflip, impossible, casper, and darkslide are just a few of the patents on Rodney's exhaustive resume.

From the boulevards of his native Las Vegas, to any of his adopted urban havens, Chad Muska is at home. This self-styled professional has taken his brand of street level promotions and skate-and-relate creativity to another level, delivering tons of it to Everytown U.S.A. along with an enthusiasm for the sport of skateboarding that is only equaled by his on-board skills.

Andrew Reynolds has only been pro for three years, but that's all he's needed to turn the heads of everyone who even remotely cares about skateboarding. Turtle Boy hails from Huntington Beach, California where he holds superhero status for his willingness to toss himself off and over gigantic gaps, big sets of stairs, and airplane hangars. Weeeee!

A precision-engineered English import, Geoff Rowley is one of those smooth-operating skateboarders from England who runs exclusively on handrails, huge staircases, and vegetables. Geoff made his way over to Huntington, Beach California a few years ago and the young lad from Liverpool has been speeding around the streets ever since.

Ft. Myers, Florida's own Elissa Steamer is the first female to have a pro model street board with her name on it. How's that? Well, in the last six all-girl events she's entered Elissa has gone undefeated, and in this year's springtime classic, The Skatepark of Tampa Pro Contest, she made cut skating against the big boys. How ya' like her now?

Alabama transplant Jamie Thomas goes big. A current resident alien of Encinitas, California, this fledgling alpha male has been pro for six of his twelve years of skateboarding, and during that time he's directed and edited six videos while skating everyday-breaking off hundreds upon thousands of the world's longest and biggest handrails-his way.