Greg Lutzka

• Name: Greg Lutzka (LUTS-ka)
• Gender: Male
• Height: 6'
• Weight: 140 lbs
• Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
• Born: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Date of Birth: April 20, 1984
• Family: Jeff and Lori (dad and mom), and Andy (brother)
• Occupation: Pro Skateboarder
• Began Skating: 1997
• Started Competing: 1998
• Turned Pro: 2001
• Favored Discipline: Street
• Sponsor: Globe shoes
• Stance: Goofy
• Setup: Almost deck, Independent trucks, FKD bearings, Bones wheels, Globe shoes

Greg Lutzka Skateboarding Career Highlights:

2003 - Took first in Street at Globe World Championships in Dortmund, Germany
2004 - Won silver in Street at Gravity Games
2004 - Ranked third in world and 4th in North America in World Cup Skateboarding's year end rankings for Street
2004 - Placed second in the Vans Triple Crown year end rankings for Street
2005 - Won silver at X Games in Street
2005 - Featured in video "Almost Round 3"
2006 - Won first at Slam City Jam
2006 - Won first at Toronto West 49
2006 - Ranked first in street for world rankings for World Cup Skateboarding

Geoff Rowley

• Name: Geoff Rowley
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5'8"
• Weight: 145 lbs
• Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
• Born: Liverpool, Great Brittan
• Date of Birth: June 6, 1976
• Family: Geoffrey and Ruth (mom and dad), and Louise (sister)
• Occupation: Pro Skateboarder
• Began Skating: 1989
• Started Competing: 1990
• Turned Pro: 1994
• Favored Discipline: Street
• Sponsor: Flip & Vans
• Stance: Regular
• Setup: Flip deck, Ricta wheels, Independent trucks

Geoff Rowley Skateboarding Career Highlights:

1995 - Competed in first X Games, taking 7th
1998 - Joined Flip
2000 - Thrasher's Skater of the Year
2003 - Featured in Flip's first video, "Sorry", which won Best Video from TransWorld Skateboarding 2005 - Nominated as one of Thrasher magazine's "15 Most Loved Skaters of All Time."

Bob Bornquist

• Name: Bob Burnquist (BURN-kwist)
• Gender: Male
• Height: 6'2"
• Weight: 174 lbs
• Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Date of Birth: Oct. 10, 1976 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
• Family: with Jen O'Brien, 1 daughter (Lotus O'Brien Silva Burnquist)
• Occupation: Pro Skateboarder, Co-Owner of Burnquist Organics
• Started Skating: 1986
• Started Competing: 1989
• Turned Pro: 1992
• Favored Discipline: Vert
• #1 Sponsor: Hurley
• Stance: Regular
• Setup: The Firm deck, Fury trucks, Ricta wheels and Reflex bearings

Bob Burnquist Skateboarding Career Highlights:

1995 - Slam City Jam, Burnquist won first in vert (his first international skateboarding event, second Slam City Jam ever held)
1997 - Thrasher Skater of the Year award
2000 - X Games gold (vert best trick)
2000-2002 - TransWorld Best Vert Awards (three years in a row)
2001 - X Games gold (vert)
2002 - Won OP King of Skate competition (using an open hatch loop)
2003 - X Games gold (vert doubles)
2003 - First person to loop a natural full pipe (Nov. 23)
2005 - X Games gold (vert best trick)

Rodney Mullen

• Name: John Rodney Mullen
• Gender: Male
• Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA or Hermosa Beach, CA
• Date of Birth: August 17th, 1966 in Gainesville, FL
• Family: married to Traci Mullen
• Occupation: Engineer / Skate Brand Owner / Skateboarder
• Started Skating: 1974
• Started Competing: 1977
• Turned Pro: 1980
• Favored Discipline: Street
• Sponsors: Almost, Enjoi, Darkstar, Tensor, Speed Demons, Matix, Globe
• Stance: Regular
• Nicknames: Mutt, King

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding Tricks Invented:

• Flatground Ollie
• Godzilla Rail Flip
• 540 Shove-it
• 50-50 Saran Wrap
• Helipops (360 Nollie)
• Gazelles
• No Handed 50-50 Kickflip
• Heelflip
• Double heelflips
• Ollie Impossible
• Sidewinders
• 360 Flip
• 360 pressure Flip
• Casper 360 Flip
• 50-50 Sidewinders
• One footed Ollie
• Backside 180 Flip
• Ollie Nosebones
• Ollie Fingerflip
• Airwalks
• Frontside Heelflip Shove-its

• Switchstance 360 Flips
• Helipop Heelflips
• Kickflip Underflip
• Casper Slides
• Half Flip Darkslide
• 540 double kickflip
• Caballerial impossible
• Half-cab kickflip underflip
• Handstand flips
• Rusty slides
• Kickflip

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding Career Highlights:

1977 - Mullen won the first freestyle contest he entered
1980 - joined the Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade
1984, 85, 87, 88 - featured in The Bones Brigade Videos 1-4
1988 - appeared in feature film, Gleaming the Cube
1992 - began World Industries with Steve Rocco
1990+ - featured in videos by Plan B, A-Team, Globe and Almost
2002 - won Transworld Readers' Choice Award for Skater of the Year
2002 - created Almost skateboard company
2003 - wrote "The Mutt: How to Skateboard and not Kill Yourself"

Tony Hawk

• Name: Tony Hawk
• Gender: Male
• Hometown: San Diego, California
• Date of Birth: May 12, 1968
• Family: 3 children - Riley, Spencer & Keegan
• Occupation: Launcher of the Boom Boom Huck Jam, Tony Hawk Foundation, Hawk clothing, Birdhouse, and featured in Tony Hawk video game series
• Began Skating: 1977
• First Sponsored: 1980
• Turned Pro: 1982
• Favored Discipline: Vert
• Stance: Goofy
• Tony Hawk is retired from competing

Tony Hawk Skateboarding Tricks Invented (partial list):

• Backside Varial
• Shove-It Rock'n Roll
• Fakie-to-fronside rock
• Ollie-To-Indy
• Fingerflip Backside Air
• Varial Gay Twist
• Gymnast Plant
• Frontside 540-rodeo Flip
• Lipslide Revert
• Airwalk (vert)
• Airwalk-To-Fakie
• Madonna
• Saran Wrap
• Stale Fish
• 720
• Backside Ollie-to-Tail
• Indy 540
• Frontside Gay Twist
• Nose Grind
• Backside Pop Shove-it
• 360 Frontside Rock n' Roll
• Frontside Cab
• Stale Fish 540
• Eggplant-To-Fakie
• 1/2 Elguerial
• Frontside Hurricane
• Cab Shove-It
• 360 Varial-to-Fakie
• Backside Rewind Grind
• Ollie 540

Backside Ollie One-Foot

Varial 540

Frontside Blunt

Cab-To-Tail

360 Varial Disaster

Heelflip Varial Lien

Frontside Noseslide

Switch Indy Air

Switch Backside Ollie

540 Board Varial

Kickflip Mctwist

Cab Lipslide

Heelflip Varial Lien Revert

Heelflip Slob Air

Stale Fish 720

Varial 720

900

Frontside Stale Fish 540

Shove-it-to-Backside Smith

360 Varial Mctwist

Shove-it Fakie Feeble Grind

360 Shove-it Nose Grind

1/2 Cab Frontside Hurricane-to-Fakie

Shove-it-to-Fakie Frontside 5-0

Tony Hawk Skateboarding Career Highlights:

1982 - Joined the legendary Bones Brigade team
1989 - Featured in Gleaming the Cube movie starring Christian Slater
1999 - Activision releases Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the first in a long line of successful video games
1999 - X Games 4 - Tony Hawk lands the first 900
2003 - featured in the 300th episode of The Simpsons
2003 - wrote HAWK -- Occupation: skateboarder , a New York Times Best Seller
Life - Tony Hawk has entered about 103 skateboarding competitions. He has won 73, and taken second in 19

Jereme Rogers

• Name: Jereme Rogers
• Nickname: Sherm
• Gender: Male
• Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
• Date of Birth: January 13th, 1985
• Began Skating: 1998
• Favored Discipline: Park
• Sponsors: Billabong, DVS, Royal, Diamond, Modern Wheels, Monster Energy Drink, Boost Mobile

Jereme Rogers Career Highlights:

2005 - nominated Transworld's Rookie of the Year
2005 - took 5th in the Dew Tour for skateboard park
2006 - won 2nd in the Dew Tour for skateboard park
2007 - won 2nd in the Tampa Pro in street and best trick

Eric Koston

• Name: Eric Koston
• Gender: Male
• Hometown: Los Angeles, California
• Date of Birth: April 29, 1975
• Family: Single
• Occupation: Pro Skater, Co-owner of Fourstar Clothing Company
• Began Skating: 1986
• First Sponsored: 1991
• Turned Pro: 1993
• Favored Discipline: Street
• Stance: Goofy
• Sponsors: Girl Skateboards, Lakai Footwear, Fourstar

Eric Koston Skateboarding Career Highlights:

1993 - Helped start Fourstar Clothing Company
2000 - Eric Koston won Globe World Contest, X Games and Gravity Games
2001 - won TransWorld Skateboarding Best Video part for his segment in eS Menikati
2002 - won gold in Gravity Games Street
2003 - won gold in X Games Street competition
2005 - Listed in Thrasher's '15 Most Loved Skaters of All Time'
2005 - Koston's Game of SKATE went international, with 24 contests world wide, and the winner competing against pros in the fall.