When skateboarder Bob Burnquist started competing in the X Games, the action-sports competition featured disciplines like windsurfing, street luge, and barefoot waterski jumping. Twenty years and a revolving door of extreme sports later, the lanky Brazilian is still standing at the top of the ramp, vying for more X Games hardware than will fit in his overstuffed trophy case.
Yet even after all these years, you’d be hard pressed to find a more enthusiastic competitor in skateboarding, or a nicer guy. The man is … More