Pierre-Luc Gagnon
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Pierre-Luc Gagnon, also known as "PLG" (born May 2, 1980 in Boucherville, Canada), is a Canadian professional skateboarder.
Gagnon began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in 1992.
A frequent participant in the X-Games, he has won fifteen medals (four gold) in the Vert, Vert Double, Big Air, and Best Trick categories. He has also been victorious on the Dew Tour and in the Gravity Games
, and was the winner of the vert division of the Maloof Money Cup with a wide array of technical flip tricks and spins including a nollie heelflip indy 540.
Gagnon won the Skateboard Vert
at the AST China Invitational in Beijing in 2008. He won his third successive X Games
gold medal and fifth overall, in 2010. Shortly after, he won his second Maloof Money Cup
skateboard vert competition.
Gagnon is 5 feet 10 inches (177 cm) tall and weighs 168 pounds (76.2 kg). His sponsors include Darkstar skateboards, RDS clothing, Osiris Footwear
, Electric visual, Monster energy drink, Skullcandy headphones
and capix helmets.
Gagnon is currently starring in a VH1 show titled The X-Life
.
Gagnon began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in 1992.
A frequent participant in the X-Games, he has won fifteen medals (four gold) in the Vert, Vert Double, Big Air, and Best Trick categories. He has also been victorious on the Dew Tour and in the Gravity Games
Gravity Games
The Gravity Games were a multi-sport competition originating from Providence, Rhode Island that is broken down into Winter and Summer adaptations...
, and was the winner of the vert division of the Maloof Money Cup with a wide array of technical flip tricks and spins including a nollie heelflip indy 540.
Gagnon won the Skateboard Vert
Vert skateboarding
Vert skateboarding is a term used to refer to riding a skateboard on a vertical ramp that is a larger version of a halfpipe. Many people use vert ramps in trick skateboarding as well as vert skateboarding...
at the AST China Invitational in Beijing in 2008. He won his third successive X Games
X Games
The X Games is a commercial annual sports event, controlled and arranged by US sports broadcaster ESPN, which focuses on action sports. The inaugural X Games was held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island....
gold medal and fifth overall, in 2010. Shortly after, he won his second Maloof Money Cup
Maloof Money Cup
The Maloof Money Cup is an annual skateboarding event and contest for amateur and professional skateboarders founded by Joe and Gavin Maloof of the Maloof family. The Maloof Money Cup's main goal is to raise the awareness of skateboarding not only in the United States but all around the world by...
skateboard vert competition.
Gagnon is 5 feet 10 inches (177 cm) tall and weighs 168 pounds (76.2 kg). His sponsors include Darkstar skateboards, RDS clothing, Osiris Footwear
Osiris Shoes
Osiris Shoes is a skate shoe company that was founded in 1996 by Tony Chen, Tony Magnusson, Brian Reid, Doug Weston and Laura Kim. They created the company when they saw a void in the skateboard industry for pro designed and endorsed footwear. -History:...
, Electric visual, Monster energy drink, Skullcandy headphones
Skullcandy
Skullcandy is a Park City, Utah-based company that markets headphones, earphones, hands free devices, audio backpacks, MP3 players and other products. The company was founded in 2003....
and capix helmets.
Gagnon is currently starring in a VH1 show titled The X-Life
The X-Life
The X-Life is a celebrity show on VH1, with new episodes airing on Mondays. The show centers around the lives of major extreme sports athletes and their families...
.
Competition wins
- 2002 X GamesX GamesThe X Games is a commercial annual sports event, controlled and arranged by US sports broadcaster ESPN, which focuses on action sports. The inaugural X Games was held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island....
- 2002 Gravity GamesGravity GamesThe Gravity Games were a multi-sport competition originating from Providence, Rhode Island that is broken down into Winter and Summer adaptations...
- 2005 X Games
- 2008 AST Chinese Invitational
- 2008 X Games
- 2008 Maloof Money CupMaloof Money CupThe Maloof Money Cup is an annual skateboarding event and contest for amateur and professional skateboarders founded by Joe and Gavin Maloof of the Maloof family. The Maloof Money Cup's main goal is to raise the awareness of skateboarding not only in the United States but all around the world by...
- 2009 X Games
- 2010 X Games
- 2010 Maloof Money Cup
- 2011 Dew Cup