What Is Bob Burnquist's Net Worth?
Bob Burnquist is an American skateboarder who has a net worth of $8 million. Bob Burnquist is best known for being the first skateboarder to land a 900-degree reverse-natural rotation, a feat he pulled off in 2010.
Early Years
Robert Dean Silva Burnquist was born on October 10, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the son of Dean Burnquist, an American, and Dora Silva, a Brazilian. He grew up with two sisters, Rebecca and Milena. Bob began skateboard training when he was 11 years old in his hometown of Sao Paulo and turned pro when he was 14.
Skateboarding Stand-out
Burnquist has become famous for his specialty moves on the vert ramp and his switch stance. His signature skateboarding trick is the "Wee Willy Grind," which involves the skateboarder making contact with the trucks of the skateboard.
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Professional Career
In 2000, Burnquist's originality and creative innovation won him the ESPN X Games Best Trick contest award when he displayed his famous "Fakie 5-0" with a fakie kickflip off the railing. The following year, his biggest success during the ESPN X Games was in the vert contest. He earned a score of 98 out of 100, performing tricks that had never been seen by the public before. His score was the second-highest that had ever been earned at an ESPN X Games skateboarding event.
Burnquist won a gold medal in the ESPN X Games Best Trick vert contest in 2005 while placing fourth in the vert section and sixth in the Big Air contest.
In 2006, Bob attempted a 50-50 Base Jump – a jump that takes place from fixed objects with the jumper using a parachute for descent – into the Grand Canyon. During the jump, he missed the rail and lost control of the performance before having to deploy his parachute. Adjustments were immediately made to the take-off ramp, and he attempted the stunt again, finally completing the jump successfully.
Burnquist became the first skateboarder to win gold medals on four consecutive occasions in Skateboard Big Air, during the 2013 ESPN X Games in Barcelona. That year, after winning his 24th medal, he tied bicycle motocross rider Dave Mirra as the athlete having won the most ESPN X Games medals. Later that year, at the ESPN X Games in Munich, he won a medal in Skateboard Big Air making the winner for five consecutive years and setting a new record. At that moment, with 25 ESPN X Game medals, he bested Dave Mairra to become the ESPN X Games athlete with the most medals.
In 2015, Burnquist won a gold medal in Skateboard Big Air at the ESPN X Games in Austin, Texas. A few days before the event began, he had fractured his left arm during vert practice. On the third day of the event, he won another gold medal in Big Air Doubles with his partner, BMX rider Morgan Wade. He also won a silver medal at that year's event for "Best Vert Trick."
At the 2017 ESPN X Games, held in Minneapolis, Bob publicly announced that he had decided to retire from taking part in the ESPN X Games. Over the course of his career, he won a total of 30 ESPN X Games medals: 14 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals.
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High-End Private Skateboarding Park
Burnquist's estate in Vista, California, contains one of the most elaborate, state-of-the-art private skateboarding parks in existence. Known as "Dreamland," the park contains a concrete vert bowl, a metal full pipe, a loop with an opening gap in the roof, and a corkscrew. Also featured on park grounds is Burnquist's Megaramp, complete with a 50-70 foot gap jump, a 30-foot quarterpipe, and a 90-degree angle hip ramp. Bob Burnquist allows other professional skateboarders to use the park for their own training purposes.
Television, Film & Comics
In 1994, Bob appeared on the American science education television show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" to teach kids about gravity.
In 2004, Burnquist made a guest appearance as himself on the American animated television series "Kim Possible."
Bob was featured in the 1999 video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and has been in every game except one in the Tony Hawk series since then.
In 2003, Burnquist made a brief appearance in the film "Grind," an American skateboarding comedy picture. In 2013, he appeared as himself on an episode of "Superhumans" produced by comic book publisher Stan Lee.
Philanthropy
The Bob Burnquist Foundation was founded by the famous skateboarder to introduce organic gardening to schoolchildren through awareness and education. Bob also co-founded the Action Sports Environmental Coalition, a nonprofit sustainability initiative that unites athletes, business owners, industry workers, and others in taking action toward social and environmental responsibility.
In 2020, Burnquist founded the Instituto Skate Cuida, an initiative that uses skateboarding to inspire, educate, and provide opportunities to those residing in vulnerable Brazilian communities. Bob is also co-owner of Burnquist Organics.
Personal Life
Bob and professional skateboarder Jen O'Brien had a daughter, Lotus, in 2000. Burnquist married Veronica Nachard and had a daughter, Jasmyn Burnquist, in 2007. Bob married Vivi Zanini in 2013. They live in California and Rio de Janeiro.
