44 Facts About Daewon Song

Daewon Song was born on February 19,1975 and is an American professional skateboarder.

Daewon Song is the co-founder and co-owner of Almost Skateboards and Thank You Skateboards, and continues to skate for the latter company.

Daewon Song, a Korean American, was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Gardena, California, following a year spent with his grandmother in Hawaii.

Daewon Song provided insight into his family life in a 2005 interview:.

Daewon Song attended the 135th Street school in Gardena, known for its aggressive reputation, and has explained the challenges that were present while he was growing up in the area, where gang activity was prolific:.

Daewon Song has relayed that he sighted Rodney Mullen skateboarding at his school and that Mullen, in turn, had observed Daewon Song skateboarding there.

Daewon Song agreed to the proposal and the relationship between the two skateboarders, now co-owners of the Almost Skateboards company, commenced at that point in time.

Daewon Song became sponsored by World Industries at the age of sixteen years and appeared in numerous video productions for the company, including Love Child.

Leal has revealed during his narration for one of the segments that Daewon Song has always possessed a clear awareness of what aspects of his skateboarding he would like filmed and would often instruct the filmer while skateboarding.

Love Child was then followed up by New World Order and Daewon Song has explained that the skateboarding world had significantly changed in the one-year period between the videos:.

Daewon Song stated during his "Epicly Later'd" episode for Vice magazine's web channel that he misses his time at World Industries.

Daewon Song considered a living modifying cars and eventually returned to skateboarding following a telephone call from his mentor, Rodney Mullen.

Daewon Song had gone into further detail about this period of his life in a 2005 interview:.

In 1998, Daewon Song founded the Matix Clothing apparel company with fellow professional skateboarder, Tim Gavin, and distribution company, Podium Distribution.

In March 2013, Daewon Song explained the initial period of the brand's formation:.

Daewon Song further explained that he was responsible for the origin of the Matix logo, after he drew a squiggle on a napkin that reminded him of someone pushing along on a skateboard.

The compilation shows various settings in which Daewon Song filmed skateboarding tricks in locations where water was a primary factor, including a metropolitan sculpture of a movie reel situated within a pool of water.

Daewon Song released a video part on The Berrics in January 2011 that could be purchased for US$0.99.

On June 18,2012, Song then released additional footage on the internet, entitled "Daewon 5 Incher B-Side Edit", free of charge.

Video footage was published throughout 2013 of Daewon Song performing new tricks that had not been captured on film before.

In mid-December 2012, Daewon Song was added to the team of Brick Harbor, an online skateboard retailer that had been formed earlier in the same year.

Paul Rodriguez and Joey Brezinski's new bearing company, Andale, was officially launched in 2012 and Daewon Song left his position on the Bones bearing team.

Daewon Song is featured on the team page holding up a selection of Andale stickers and has joined former Almost professional Ryan Sheckler and ex-Deca rider JB Gillett on the team.

Daewon Song is one of the Loud-sponsored skateboarders, alongside other team members such as Sammy Baca and Fred Gall, and has released signature model earbud headphones.

Daewon Song was announced as a team member of the newly formed Knox Hardware brand in early October 2013, alongside Chris Cole.

On January 5,2013, Daewon Song participated in an interview with the Alli Sports website to explain the hardware that he uses for his skateboard.

Daewon Song has made several appearances as a playable character in video games such as Grind Session, Session: Skate Sim and the Tony Hawk series of games.

Daewon Song featured as a playable character in many iterations of the Tony Hawk series, starting with Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, and appears in every main game since, with the exception of Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.

Daewon Song participated in "Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour" of America, which was organized to promote one of Hawk's video games.

Alongside other skateboarders who appeared in the video game, Daewon Song toured the US with Hawk's entourage and performed at random skatepark locations.

Alongside Chris Cole, Daewon Song was nominated by Berrics viewers as the most-wanted contestant in the second edition, but failed to enter.

Daewon Song later explained his reason for not entering contests such as Battle of the Berrics in a July 2013 interview:.

In early 2014, Daewon Song was informed that he was a competitor in the "2Up" manual contest that was held at the Berrics and sponsored by Matix.

Daewon Song was declared the winner on March 4,2014 and received a trophy in addition to US$10,000 cash.

Daewon Song was selected, again by the Berrics, for the "In Transition" contest that ran during October 2014.

In 2006, Daewon Song was awarded the "Skater of the Year " title by Thrasher magazine.

Daewon Song prevailed among a list of nominees that included Guy Mariano and Ben Raybourn, and received his trophy on January 27,2015.

In 2017, Daewon Song was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame.

Daewon Song was identified by Transworld Skateboarding as the twenty-ninth most influential skateboarder of all time in a list that was published on the magazine's digital platform in December 2011.

Daewon Song still kills it, he's still ripping and he's been doing it for 20 plus years at the highest level.

Daewon Song is consistently getting better, constantly pushing and reaching for [the] peak [of] his ability.

Daewon Song has been vocal about the importance of fun in regard to skateboarding and the importance of individuality, in contrast to elitism and dogmatism in the sub-culture.

Daewon Song listed the following video parts as his all-time favorites in a 2011 interview with online magazine, Caught in the Crossfire: John Cardiel: Sight Unseen, Sean Sheffey: Life, and PJ Ladd: PJ Ladd's Wonderful, Horrible Life.

In 2005, Daewon Song provided the public with an insight into his role as a father:.