1. Danny Way was born on April 15,1974 and is an American professional skateboarder.
19 Facts About Danny Way
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Danny Way was awarded Thrasher magazine's "Skater of the Year" award twice.
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Danny Way is known for extreme stunts, such as jumping into a skateboard ramp from a helicopter; that was featured on the cover of Transworld Skateboarding magazine.
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Danny Way lost another adult in his life when his childhood mentor Mike Ternasky was killed by an elderly driver who ran a stop sign.
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Danny Way was introduced in the Powell Peralta skateboard company's video "Public Domain" in the late 80's and H-Street skateboard company's videos Shackle Me Not and Hokus Pokus and, shortly afterwards in 1991, co-founded the skateboard company Plan B, together with Mike Ternasky.
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Danny Way has been injured repeatedly, including breaking his neck in 1994, and as of 2009 having undergone 13 operations.
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The Plan B company was formed as part of the Dwindle Distribution company, at that time overseen by Steve Rocco and Rodney Mullen, and, like Danny Way, Ternasky was formerly with H-Street, where he co-managed the company with Tony Magnusson.
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Danny Way competed in the OP King of Skate competition.
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Danny Way was featured in two skateboarding video games: MTV Sports: Skateboarding featuring Andy MacDonald and Evolution Skateboarding.
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Danny Way was the first pro skateboarder for DC Shoes when the brand was founded in 1994.
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In early 2012, a documentary on Danny Way's life, produced and directed by Jacob Rosenberg, was released by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
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Danny Way embarked on a tour in support of the documentary that included presentations in Canada and Australia.
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Danny Way was photographed at the Melbourne premiere with Australian vert skateboarders Dom Kekich and Tas Pappas.
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Danny Way has been involved in numerous musical projects, such as "Escalera", a band formed with fellow professional skateboarder Bob Burnquist.
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Danny Way revealed in the 2013 Jenkem interview that he had most recently collaborated with hip hop artists such as Mod Sun and Stevie J, explaining that he gravitates towards electronic and hip hop music producers.
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Danny Way stated that his most recent collaborations have been "a good influence" in an educational sense, as his previous musical experiences have primarily involved guitar and "organic" instruments.
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An accompanying photograph for the published interview depicts Danny Way seated in front of his home music studio.
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Danny Way is a playable character in every installment of Electronic Arts' Skate series.
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Danny Way is playable in the Konami video game Evolution Skateboarding as well as MTV Sports: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald.