Career Highlights of Skate Legend Danny Way
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He broke the world record for the highest air on a skateboard in 1997.
The first and only skateboarder to drop out of a helicopter onto a ramp. The feat was repeated in 1999 for MTV.
Late in 2002, Way built the first Megaramp. He set a new ramp to ramp record of 65 feet and a new highest air record of 18 feet, 3 inches (5.6 m).
A second version of the Megaramp was built. On June 19, 2003, Danny broke two world records in one run: the longest ramp to ramp record at 75 feet and the highest air at 23.5 feet. He also broke records for the highest Fast Plant, highest Christ Air, and highest McTwist.
He won gold in 2004 at the first ever Skateboarding Big Air contest held at the X Games at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. He established a new distance record of 79 feet.
On July 9, 2005, he jumped the Great Wall of China on a skateboard, becoming the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid, despite hurting his ankle the practice run the day before the jump.
On April 6, 2006, Way set the world record for a bomb drop (a general skateboarding term for jumping off anything) in Las Vegas, Nevada He jumped off the 82 foot, 3 inch Fender Stratocaster guitar at Hard Rock Cafe into a quarter pipe[1].
Need I say more...
www.dannyway.com
He broke the world record for the highest air on a skateboard in 1997.
The first and only skateboarder to drop out of a helicopter onto a ramp. The feat was repeated in 1999 for MTV.
Late in 2002, Way built the first Megaramp. He set a new ramp to ramp record of 65 feet and a new highest air record of 18 feet, 3 inches (5.6 m).A second version of the Megaramp was built. On June 19, 2003, Danny broke two world records in one run: the longest ramp to ramp record at 75 feet and the highest air at 23.5 feet. He also broke records for the highest Fast Plant, highest Christ Air, and highest McTwist.
He won gold in 2004 at the first ever Skateboarding Big Air contest held at the X Games at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. He established a new distance record of 79 feet.
On July 9, 2005, he jumped the Great Wall of China on a skateboard, becoming the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid, despite hurting his ankle the practice run the day before the jump.
On April 6, 2006, Way set the world record for a bomb drop (a general skateboarding term for jumping off anything) in Las Vegas, Nevada He jumped off the 82 foot, 3 inch Fender Stratocaster guitar at Hard Rock Cafe into a quarter pipe[1].
Need I say more...
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