1997 SKATER OF THE YEAR
B
BURNQUIST
fter winning the first pro skateboard history that is
by making everyone
stare and want to hide
their eyes at the same
time, Robert Dean
Silva Burnquist has
quickly gone on to
all-terrains, and his
ambidextrous innova-
tion on vert, make it
no wonder that he's
Tony Hawk's favorite
skater. Bob is here
mark out a place in now to meet the press.
INTERVIEW CHRISTO
PHOTOS
OGDEN
Top Row: The Brazilian team, 1986. Full support from Papai Ueda, Lincoln and his father. Back from Vancouver; Rebecca, Penguin, and
Bob. Middle: A portrait of the skater as a young man. Bottom Row: Ultra Skatepark amateur contest, 1990. Lincoln at Lipton Park, the day
that Tony Mag and Eddie Elguera skated. Indy to fakie at Prestige Skatepark, 1994.
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