Danny Way

Danny Way
By Geoff Wheeler





Skateboarding protegee and pioneer Danny Way began ripping it up at Del Mar skatepark at the age of 6 and has never slowed down.
He has always been in the forefront of the skateboarding scene and holds many world records and was even given the prestigious title of "Skater of the Year" by thrasher magazine.

At age 11 Danny won his 1st competition and was picked up by Vision skateboards as a result. Three years later he joined the "Bones Brigade" and skated for Powell perlta...which he left a few months later to join up with H-Street. After leaving H street Danny teamed up with their co founder,Mike Ternasky,and formed Plan B which was eventually dissolved after the tragic death of Ternasky.

In 1997 Danny Way broke the record for the highest air ever. During this year he pulled off some other mind blowing firsts such as a 12 foot kick flip and a bomb drop into a vert ramp from a helicopter!

Of course all these insane new records and tricks have come with their fair share of pain. Over the past ten years Danny Way has suffered numerous injuries including a broken neck five knee surgeries and two shoulder injuries to name a few.

Dannys major sponsor is now DC Shoes. In 1997 DC built the 1st mega ramp and this massive ramp concept has helped Danny and other skate legends to pull airs to new mind blowing heights. In 2003 when DC Shoes built a second version of their mega ramp Danny Way broke two world records at once!
The longest distance jumped,which was an insane 75 feet and the highest air out of a ramp at 23.5 feet!

In July of 2009 Danny pulled off one of the greatest feats in skateboarding by becoming the first person to jump the great wall of china launching him into the record book yet again

Recently Danny has appeared on the third season of the wildly popular reality TV show "Rob and Big"

Danny is the only person to receive Thrashers "Skater of the year award " Twice! and is truly a living legend in the world of skateboarding

Geoff Wheeler has been involved in skateboarding for the past 20 years and enjoys writing about skate shoes including adio shoes, and DC shoes
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