Bucky Lasek

Charles Michael "Bucky" Lasek^[1] (/ˈleɪsɪk/ LAY-sik; born December 3, 1972) is an American professional skateboarder and rallycross driver.

Bucky Lasek

Lasek in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Charles Michael Lasek
Born	(1972-12-03) December 3, 1972 (age 51) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupations	Professional skateboarder rallycross driver
Years active	1984–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Global Rallycross career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Lasek Rallysport
Car number	801
Former teams	Subaru Rally Team USA
Starts	34
Wins	0
Podiums	3
Best finish	8th in 2014
Finished last season	12th
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Skateboarding, rallying
Turned pro	1990
Medal record Men's skateboarding Representing  United States Summer X Games 1999 San Francisco Vert 2000 San Francisco Vert 2003 Los Angeles Vert 2003 Los Angeles Vert Doubles 2004 Los Angeles Vert 2006 Los Angeles Vert Best Trick 2013 Foz do Iguaçu Vert 2013 Barcelona Vert 2013 Munich Vert 2013 Los Angeles Vert 1998 San Diego Vert Doubles 1999 San Francisco Vert Doubles 2001 Philadelphia Vert 2002 Philadelphia Vert Doubles 2008 Los Angeles Vert 2009 Los Angeles Vert 2012 Los Angeles Vert 2014 Austin RallyCross 2006 Los Angeles Vert 2011 Los Angeles Vert

Career

Professional skateboarding

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lasek started skateboarding at the age of 12, shortly after his bike was stolen.^[1] After entering amateur contests, he was quickly noticed by Powell Peralta talent scouts in 1987. Powell Peralta promptly sponsored Lasek and introduced him in a 1987 publication as a 14 year old newly-sponsored amateur who "rides a mini-Caballero with X-Bones."^[2] Lasek made his video debut in the fourth Bones Brigade video, Public Domain (1988).^[3]

Lasek attained professional status with Powell in 1990, but by this time, skateboarding, and vert skateboarding (Lasek's discipline) in particular, began to lose popularity and his career waned. After vert skateboarding was included as part of the X Games by ESPN in the mid-1990s, Lasek's career was revived.^{[citation needed]} A move from Baltimore to San Diego in the summer of 1998 helped his career further.^{[citation needed]}

As of May 2009, Lasek owns a backyard concrete skateboarding bowl named "Lasekland".^[4]

Professional racing

In May 2012, Lasek was one of three drivers selected by Subaru Rally Team USA to compete in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. Lasek continued with the team earning several second and third place finishes through his career with Subaru. He left the team after the 2016 season.^[5]

Video game appearances

Lasek is a playable character in the first five games in the Tony Hawk's series: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater through Tony Hawk's Underground. He later reprised his role in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, a remake of the first two games in the series.

Film and television

Lasek made a cameo appearance in the low-budget 2003 movie Haggard, in which he hands a skateboard to Bam Margera while he runs from the villain Hellboy. He appeared in MTV's reality television series Viva La Bam and in the music video for Pink's single "Raise Your Glass". He served as a stunt double in the 2003 movie Grind.^[6] He also made an appearance as himself in an episode of The Jersey called "What's Gotten Into Elliott Rifkin?", and also attended the sixth dinner service of Hell's Kitchen's 21st season.

Personal life

As of June 2015, Lasek resides in Encinitas, California with his wife Jennifer (m. September 1996) and their three daughters.^[7]

Contest results

As of 2016, Lasek has won 13 medals at the X Games, including ten gold medals, and is one of only two vert skateboarders to have won three X Games gold medals consecutively—the other is Pierre-Luc Gagnon.^[8] Lasek is also one of only three athletes to compete at every X Games since the series' inception in 1995.^[9]

• 1st 2013 X Games (Los Angeles): Vert
• 1st 2013 X Games (Munich): Vert
• 1st 2013 X Games (Barcelona): Vert
• 1st 2013 x Games (Foz do Iguacu): Vert
• 1st 2013 Vans Pool Party^[10]
• 2nd 2012 X Games: Vert
• 3rd 2011 X Games: Vert
• 1st 2010 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party: Pro Division
• 1st 2009 Dew Action Sports Tour: Vert
• 1st 2009 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party: Pro Division
• 1st 2008 Dew Action Sports Tour: Vert
• 1st 2006 Dew Action Sports Tour: Vert
• 1st 2006 X Games: Vert Best Trick
• 1st 2005 Dew Action Sports Tour: Vert
• 1st 2004 Vans Triple Crown
• 1st 2004 Gravity Games
• 1st 2004 Slam City Jam
• 1st 2003 X Games: Vert
• 1st 2003 X Games: Vert Doubles (with Bob Burnquist)
• 1st 2002 Slam City Jam: Vert
• 2nd 2002 X Games VIII: Vert Doubles (with Bob Burnquist)
• 2nd 2001 X Games: Vert
• 1st 2000 X Games: Vert
• 1st 1999 X Games Vert

Racing record

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	GRC	Points
2012	Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	CHA 11	TEX 14	LA 13	LOU 11	LV 8	LVC 7							13th	35
2013	Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	BRA	MUN1 14	MUN2 11	LOU 8	BRI 12	IRW 11	ATL 12	CHA 16	LV 14				11th	49
2014	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	BAR 13	AUS 2	DC 11	NY 12	CHA 6	DAY 3	LA1 11	LA2 5	SEA 14	LV 3			8th	215
2015	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	FTA 10	DAY1 DNS	DAY2 12	MCAS 7	DET1 11	DET2 8	DC	LA1 DNS	LA2 DNS	BAR1	BAR2	LV 8	12th	88
2016	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	PHO1	PHO2	DAL	DAY1	DAY2	MCAS1 10	MCAS2†	DC 9	AC 10	SEA	LA1	LA2	15th	34

^†Race canceled

References

1. "Bio". Bucky Lasek. 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
2. "New Ams". Bones Brigade - Intelligence Report. 1987 – via Internet Archive.
3. "IMDb Public Domain Video". imdb.com. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
4. "Bucky Lasek Pro-Tec" (Video upload). Pro-Tec on Vimeo. Vimeo LLC. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
5. "Busky Lasek | GRC". Global Rallycross. 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
6. "Bucky & Pink". Skate and Annoy. Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
7. "Lasek family, Dina Perouty-Leone's family". The Baltimore Sun. July 23, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
8. Colin Bane; David L'Heureux (June 27, 2013). "Bucky Lasek Wins Again". ESPN X Games. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
9. "A Retrospective of Bob Burnquist's 25 X Games Medals Part 1". Backgrinder. July 5, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
10. TWS (May 12, 2013). "2013 Vans Pool Party Results". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved May 16, 2013.

External links

• Official skateboarding website Archived October 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
• Official racing website at the Wayback Machine (archived April 3, 2009)
• Bucky Lasek at IMDb
• Bucky Lasek at the X Games (archived)