Jagger Eaton is a force to be reckoned with
in the skating world.
As one of just a handful of skateboarders to be invited to all four stops of the Global X Games in Brazil, Spain, Germany, and Los Angeles, Jagger got a world of new spots under his belt in 2013.
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A few months after X Games, he was off to South Africa, where he landed a “Best Trick” win at the Kimberley Diamond Cup. In between all the skating last year, Jagger managed to work on his very own guest character for Rob Dyrdek’s “Wild Grinder’s” cartoon, which you can catch in Season 2. This AM dominates and is ready to take on any challenge! As the new year rolls around, we sat down with Jagger to talk about his life on and off the board.
TopGrom: How old are you now, and how long have you been skateboarding? Jagger Eaton: I am 12 years old, going into my seventh amazing year of skateboarding. TG: Your dad got you into skating and he runs a skateboard program. What’s it called and what’s it all about? JE: Yeah. My dad built my brother, Jett, and I a ramp when we were little and that’s how we found skateboarding. Our family has a skatepark here in Arizona called KTR. It’s a really fun place. TG: KTR has a whole gymnastics facility. How much gymnastics do you do and how does that fit into your training? JE: I really don’t do any gymnastics. But I do play on the trampolines a lot with my friends.
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He continued to reign supreme later that same year when he put together a flawless final run at the Tampa AM—the most elite AM street competition in the industry.
He may have been the youngest guy in the contest, but that didn’t stop Jagger from landing a spot on the podium. He placed 3rd in a field of about 200 skaters from around the globe.
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Jagger’s talents nabbed him a Guinness world record after he became the youngest-ever X Games competitor in the summer of 2012. And he proved he meant business when he qualified for the finals in “Big Air Skateboard,” beating out competitors twice his age.
PHOTO: COURTESY MONSTER CABLE “BIG AIR SKATEBOARD” GLOBAL X GAMES LOS ANGELES
At 12 years old, he can do it all—street, vert, mega ramp, and park. You could say he was born to skate. Jagger’s family has owned a skatepark for seven years, and he got his start on a board at four years old, skating alongside his older brother, Jett.
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