28 Facts About Bob Burnquist

Bob Burnquist was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to parents Dean Riley Bob Burnquist and Dora Silva.

Bob Burnquist's father is American of Swedish descent, while his mother is Brazilian from Minas Gerais.

Bob Burnquist began his skateboarding training in his hometown of Sao Paulo at 11 years old, and turned professional at 14.

Bob Burnquist holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States.

Bob Burnquist's specialties are switch stance skateboarding, and creating vert tricks.

Bob Burnquist has a signature trick called the "Wee Willy grind".

Bob Burnquist produced a flawless run, including multiple tricks that had never been seen before and, as a result, were unnamed.

Bob 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.

Bob Burnquist won a gold medal in the 2005 X Games Best Trick vert contest, placing fourth in the vert section, and sixth in the Big Air contest.

At the 2013 X Games in Barcelona, Bob Burnquist became the first skater to ever win gold on four consecutive occasions in Skateboard Big Air.

Bob Burnquist tied BMX rider Dave Mirra as the athlete with the most career X Games medals, with 24.

At X Games Austin 2015, Bob Burnquist won the gold medal in Skateboard Big Air, after having sustained a non-displaced fracture of his left forearm which he suffered during vert practice the same week.

On day three, Bob Burnquist won another gold medal in Big Air Doubles, in its very first appearance in X Games.

Bob Burnquist's partner was BMX rider Morgan Wade as they scored a total of 90 points.

Bob Burnquist finished off Austin 2015 with a silver in Vert best trick, bringing him to a total of 30 Summer X Games medals, including 14 gold, with both stats being records.

At X Games Minneapolis 2017, Bob Burnquist announced his retirement from the X Games, having earned at least one medal at the event every year from 1997 through 2015.

Bob Burnquist holds the record for most medals won at the X Games by an individual, with a total of 30, and shares the record for most gold medals at the Summer X Games, with a total of 14.

Bob Burnquist is the only person to have competed in every single X Games summer event, beginning with the inaugural competition in 1995, every year through to 2017.

Bob Burnquist's Megaramp is one of the world's few permanent Mega Ramps.

Bob Burnquist opens the ramp to other professionals to enable them to train for Mega ramp competitions and to help advance the progress of tricks on the Mega Ramp.

In 1994, Bob Burnquist appeared in a short clip talking about the effects of gravity on the second episode of the first season of Bill Nye the Science Guy.

Bob Burnquist has been featured in the video game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and has appeared in every game in the Tony Hawk's series up to Proving Ground, with the exception of Pro Skater 3, due to a result of his appearance in another skateboarding game, ESPN X Games Skateboarding, during that time.

In 2004, Bob Burnquist made a guest appearance as himself on the popular TV series, Kim Possible.

Bob Burnquist was featured in a commercial for Aero chocolate bars.

Bob Burnquist made a brief cameo in the 2003 skateboarding film Grind.

In 2013, Bob Burnquist appeared as himself on season 2, episode 4 of Stan Lee's Superhumans.

Bob Burnquist served as a pundit for TV Globo's coverage of the skateboarding events in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

In May 2020 Bob Burnquist founded the Instituto Skate Cuida as an initiative to support vulnerable communities in Brazil and elsewhere by using skateboarding as an introduction to arts, culture, education, and skills development including programming and web3.