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Jereme Rogers Biographical Information:

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

Jereme Rogers Skateboarding Style and Strengths: Jereme Rogers is a self taught, highly driven skateboarder. He pushed himself into being good enough to ride with the pros, and he still pushes himself today to become the best park rider around. And he's doing it. Jereme Rogers' style is strong and fluid, and loads of switch tricks mixed in.
Jereme Rogers Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: Anything switch. Jereme Rogers is fluent in switch skating.
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
Jereme Rogers Personal History: Jereme Rogers was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He dropped out of high school to pursue skateboarding, and has no plans to get his degree. Jereme discovered skateboarding and pushed himself to excel all on his own, and he did the same thing with Christianity. He is a very outspoken Christian, and very real in his faith in Jesus. In interviews, he has no problem talking about how he got his skill in skateboarding from God, and then dropping an F bomb. Jereme Rogers has a very strong, clean image and is a role model to skaters all over the planet.
Jereme Rogers Interesting Fact: In Thrasher's King of the Road 2004, Jereme Rogers skated a handrail naked.
More Jereme Rogers Stuff: Check out the Jereme Rogers Interview, and see Jereme Rogers' Myspace page

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Paul Rodriguez Basic Bio Information:

* Name: Paul Rodriguez
* Nickname: P-Rod
* Gender: Male
* Hometown: Chatsworth, California
* Date of Birth: December 31, 1984
* Family: Single
* Occupation: Pro Skater
* Began Skating: 1996
* Began Competing: 1996
* Turned Pro: 2002
* Favored Discipline: Street / Park
* Stance: Goofy
* #1 Sponsor: Nike

Paul Rodriguez Skateboarding Style and Strengths: Paul Rodriguez looks as relaxed and comfortable on a skateboard as anyone could. He's consistent and almost never falls. On top of that, he's able to bust out with some incredible tricks. Paul Rodriguez is one of those rare gifted skaters who is obviously born to ride.
Paul Rodriguez Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: Paul Rodriguez skates anything he can find. in an interview with EXPN, P-Rod said it's not so much what he can do, but where he likes to do it. "My favorite things to skate are ledges, rails, stairs, pretty much anything you can skate." (EXPN)
Paul Rodriguez Skateboarding Career Highlights:
2002 - Trans World Skateboarding Rookie of the Year
2003 - appeared in the movie Grind
2004 - became first pro skater sponsored by Nike (Nike P-Rod)
2004 - won gold in X Games (Street) 2005 - won first in FTC Flatground (Street Best Trick)
2005 - took third in Dew Tour (Park)
2005 - won gold in X Games (Street)
Paul Rodriguez Personal History: P-Rod's father is the famous comedian Paul Rodriguez. At the age of 12, Paul's dad bought him his first skateboard for $30 (his dad stated last year that it was one of the best investments he's ever made!). Paul got his first sponsor at age 14, and was a pro skater at 16. He's happy with his life, and feels like he's already achieved his dream. Paul is an outspoken Christian, and has a tattoo of Jesus on his arm, and says, "God's not waiting for me to be perfect..." (EXPN)
Paul Rodriguez Interesting Fact: Paul Rodriguez has a pet chihuahua named Uma.
Paul Rodriguez Quote: "My goal, my dream has already come true. Every kid's dream is to become a pro skater, you know? Not only have I become a pro skater, but to me personally, I ride for the best sponsors there are. That's even more than I ever expected... I didn't skate to please everyone else. I started skating because I love to skate. you gotta watch out because there will come a point where you'll forget that." 

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Pierre-Luc Gagnon Basic Bio Information:

* Name: Pierre-Luc Gagnon (PLG)
* Gender: Male
* Height: 5'10"
* Weight: 155 lbs
* Hometown: Carlsbad, California
* Date of Birth: May 2, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
* Family: single
* Occupation: Pro Skateboarder
* Started Skating: 1988
* Started Competing: 1992
* Turned Pro: 1997
* Favored Discipline: Vert
* #1 Sponsors: Darkstar / Monster Sports Drink / Osiris
* Stance: Regular
* Setup: Darkstar pro model deck, Darkstar 59mm wheels, Anex 149 trucks. For X Games Big Air: 215 trucks and 62mm wheels.

Pierre-Luc Gagnon Skateboarding Style and Strengths: Pierre-Luc Gagnon is a consistent powerhouse skateboarder who pulls off spins and complicated tricks one after another while high above the coping. Pierre-Luc Gagnon is innovative and highly technical, which is how he has come so far so quickly. Pierre-Luc Gagnon also feeds off of the audience. In an interview for SBC (spring 2005), PLG says, "When you are trying new tricks you need someone there to motivate you. Giving up or landing a trick can sometimes depend on who's yelling at you."
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: In his X Games 11 interview, Pierre-Luc Gagnon says his favorite tricks are, "Flip tricks for sure!"
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Skateboarding Career Highlights:
2002 - won 2 gold medals at X Games (Vert and Vert Best Trick)
2003 - featured video part in Osiris - Subject to Change
2004 - won 3 silver medals at X Games (Vert, Vert Best Trick, Big Air)
2005 - Featured video part for Digital Media (June)
2005 - won first at Tampa Pro (Vert Best Trick)
2005 - won first at LG Action Sports competitions in both Munich and Paris (Vert)
2005 - won bronze, silver and gold medals at X Games (Vert Best Trick, Big Air, Vert)
2005 - won first at Slam City Jam (vert)
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Personal History: Pierre-Luc Gagnon grew up in Boucherville, on the south shore of Montreal, Canada. His parents gave him his first skateboard for his 8th birthday in 1988, and his dad built him an 8-foot ramp in the backyard to skate on. In 1992, Pierre-Luc Gagnon's father bought a skatepark in Boucherville, and that same year Pierre began to compete in skateboarding. His dad sold the park in 1998, one year after Pierre-Luc Gagnon turned pro. Pierre now owns a home in Carlsbad, but still calls Montreal home.
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Interesting Fact: Pierre-Luc Gagnon's first language is French
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Quote: "Just have fun. Keep doing what they are doing, have fun skating, and be original." Read more in the Pierre-Luc Gagnon Interview.
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Personal Website: pierrelucgagnon.com

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Rob Lorifice Basic Bio Information:

* Name: Rob Lorifice (LORE-eh-fuss)
* Gender: Male
* Height: 6'
* Weight: 160 lbs
* Hometown: Encinitas, CA
* Born in: Ventura, CA
* Date of Birth: June 20, 1988
* Occupation: Pro Skateboarder
* Family: Silke and Bob (mom and dad), and sister Cheynette
* Began Skating: 1994
* Started Competing: 1996
* Turned Pro: 2004
* Favored Discipline: Vert / Big Air
* Stance: Regular
* #1 Sponsor: Redsand

Rob Lorifice Skateboarding Style and Strengths: Rob sticks mostly to vert ramp skating, and is great at technical tricks. He is also one of the few skaters to tackle the Big Air Mega Ramp at the X Games.
Rob Lorifice Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: 540's are his favorite vert trick. He says, "They're just fun. I don't make too many of them, so when I do, I'm like 'yeah'!" (EXPN)
Rob Lorifice Skateboarding Career Highlights:
2003 - Took third in vert at Tampa Am
2004 - Won first in vert at Tampa Am
2004 - Finished tenth in vert at Gravity Games
2004 - Landed eighth in vert at the West 49 Canadian Open
2004 - Ranked 12th for vert in World Cup Skateboarding world rankings, and 18th in North America rankings
2005 - Won fourth in vert at X Air in Wellington, New Zealand
2005 - Took third in vert best trick and fifth in vert at Tampa Pro
Rob Lorifice Personal History: Rob Lorifice was born in Ventura, California, and his family moved to Toronto Canada when Rob was one year old. Rob got his first skateboard at 6 years old, which is also when he met and became good friends with Shaun White. Rob Lorifice started riding vert at a YMCA at age 8, and was first sponsored by Converse at 10 years old! Rob is one of the younger pro skaters invited to the X Games, and lives are fairly simple, normal life. "I skate. Every one of my friends skates. I go to the beach. I surf. Go look for some chicks at the beach." That's how he sums up his life (quote from EXPN)
Rob Lorifice Interesting Facts: Rob Lorifice and Shaun White have been friends since they were 6 years old, and though they have developed in different directions, they both remain at the top of their sports

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Rodney Mullen Basic Bio Information:

* 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
* #1 Sponsors: Almost, Enjoi, Darkstar, Tensor, Speed Demons, Matix, Globe
* Stance: Regular
* Nicknames: Mutt, King

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding Style and Strengths: Rodney Mullen is easily the best street skateboarder the world has yet seen. His skateboarding style is comfortable and relaxed, making the incredible tricks he does look light and simple. Rodney Mullen often smiles and laughs, while pulling off trick after trick that no one has ever seen. Rodney Mullen is inventive, creative, confident and easy going.
Rodney Mullen Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: "I like frontside crooked grind variations, particularly the munkey flip out, or nollie hard flip. Darkslides are fun." (Quote from Skateboard.com)
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"
Rodney Mullen Personal History: Rodney Mullen's father, a doctor, only allowed Rodney to skate if he always wore pads and would quit after his first serious injury. Rodney Mullen avoided injury and obeyed his father, and got sponsored 9 months after getting his own skateboard. Freestyle skateboarding faded from popularity, but Rodney Mullen took his creative skills and continues to feature in skate videos up to the present day. Rodney Mullen no longer skates in competitions, but still skateboards two hours a day.
Rodney Mullen Interesting Fact: Rodney Mullen has only lost one freestyle contest. Ever. In his entire life. And in the contest he lost, he came in 2nd, because he was sick. Rodney Mullen has even won one vert contest.
Rodney Mullen Quote: "Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with. Most people seem restless and bounce around too much to focus or even pay attention enough to themselves to figure out exactly what they really do love, as opposed to what the people that surround them are doing

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Rune Glifberg Basic Bio Information:

* Name: Rune Glifberg
* Gender: Male
* Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark
* Date of Birth: October 7, 1974 in Copenhagen, DEN
* Family: single with two daughters
* Occupation: Pro Skateboarder
* Started Skating: 1986
* Started Competing: 1990
* Turned Pro: 1992
* Favored Discipline: Vert
* #1 Sponsor: Etnies
* Stance: Regular
* Nickname: The Great Dane

Rune Glifberg Skateboarding Style and Strengths: Rune Glifberg is an all terrain skateboarder, but does best with vert. He is versatile and flexible, and able to pull off great back-to-back tricks.
Rune Glifberg Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: Rune Glifberg said in an interview with ESPN that he loves backside tailslides, because of how the move twists his body. Rune Glifberg is also one of the first skaters to pull off a kickflip board slide. (ESPN)
Rune Glifberg Skateboarding Career Highlights:
1995 - Bronze in Skateboard Vert at X Games
1997 - Silver in Skateboard Vert at X Games
1999 - Bronze in Vert Doubles at X Games
2002 - Bronze in both Vert and Vert Doubles at X Games
2002 - Ranked 3rd with World Cup Skateboarding's end of year rankings worldwide, ranked first in Europe
2003 - Silver in Vert Doubles and Bronze in Vert at X Games
2003 - Ranked 4th in world year end rankings (WCS), and 2nd in Europe
2004 - Bronze in Vert and X Games
2004 - First in Gravity Games
Rune Glifberg Personal History: Rune Glifberg was 11 years old when a good friend visited the US and brought him back a skateboard as a gift. His natural talent was obvious, and Rune skated both street and vert, but loving bowls the most. He won his first pro contest in France in 1990, and turned pro two years later. Rune Glifberg moved from Denmark to Costa Mesa, California after he finished high school in 1995. Rune Glifberg still returns home to visit Denmark 2 or 3 times a year.
Rune Glifberg Interesting Fact: Rune Glifberg has won the most X Games medals, without winning a gold. Rune Glifberg also has what he calls a "small collection of BMWs."
Rune Glifberg Quote: Rune skates all terrain, and says, "There's a lot of different paths and styles of skating. I enjoy them all."

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Ryan Sheckler Basic Bio Information:

* Name: Ryan Sheckler
* Gender: Male
* Height: 5'4"
* Weight: 107 lbs
* Hometown: San Clemente, California
* Date of Birth: Dec. 30th, 1989
* Family: parents Gretchen and Randy Sheckler, brothers Shane "T-Bone" and Kane "Vol-Kane-O" Sheckler
* Occupation: Pro Skateboarder, Student
* Started Skating: 1993
* Started Competing: 1997
* Turned Pro: 2003
* Favored Discipline: Street / Park
* #1 Sponsor: Etnies
* Stance: Regular
* Setup: Almost pro model deck, Tensor 7.5 trucks, 52 mm wheels, Ninja bearings

Ryan Sheckler Skateboarding Style and Strengths: As the youngest pro skateboarder on the circuit, Ryan Sheckler has blown away the crowds with his ever increasing skill and variety of skateboarding tricks. Ryan Sheckler skates fast and hard, rarely bails, and has strong technical skateboarding skills.
Ryan Sheckler Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: In an interview for the X Games, Ryan Sheckler says, "I normally like to skate a good ramp over something, so last year at X Games (2004) when they had the jump over the bush, that was fun. And good set of 9-stairs is good too. Right at the moment, I'm doing good at everything I'm skating, spinning, flip tricks, it should be better for me at X Games (2005)."
Ryan Sheckler Skateboarding Career Highlights:
1996 - won CASL 10 & Under State Championships (at 7 years old)
1997 - won CASL 14 & Under State Championships (at 8 years old)
2003 - turned pro after winning 5th at Globe World Cup in Australia
2003 - won gold at X Games (street)
2004 - began to focus purely on street skating, traveling and filming for videos
2004 - Took first in US Skateboarding Championships, Pomona, California
2005 - repeatedly took first in Dew Action Sports Tour
Ryan Sheckler Personal History: At the age of 18 months, Ryan Sheckler found his dad's old school pool riding skateboard. Soon after that, Ryan began to push around on one knee, and eventually stood up on the skateboard. Ryan Sheckler is now a teenager, still in school, who also happens to be a professional world famous skateboarder. Ryan was home schooled through 7th and 8th grade, and attends Futures High School (a one-on-one school program for athletes and actors). Ryan loves riding moto-X along with skateboarding.
Ryan Sheckler Interesting Fact: Ryan Sheckler is the youngest pro skater to ever win gold at the X Games (2004