Bucky Lasek

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

Bucky Lasek
Personal information
Full nameCharles Michael Lasek
Born (1972-12-03) December 3, 1972
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight155 lb (70 kg)
Global Rallycross career
Debut season2012
Current teamSubaru Rally Team USA
Car number81
Starts34
Wins0
Podiums3
Best finish8th in 2014
Finished last season12th
Sport
Country United States
SportSkateboarding, rallying

Professional skateboarding

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., Lasek started skateboarding at the age of twelve, shortly after his bike was stolen.[1] After entering amateur contests, he was quickly noticed by Powell Peralta talent scouts in 1987. Powell sponsored Lasek, and he made his video debut in the fourth Bones Brigade video, Public Domain (1988).

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 Lasek's career waned. After vert skateboarding was included as part of the X Games by ESPN in the mid-1990s, Lasek's career was revived. A move from Baltimore to San Diego in the summer of 1998, with his family, helped Lasek's career further.

As of May 2009, Lasek owns a backyard concrete skateboarding bowl named "Lasekland".[2]

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 2nd and 3rd place finishes through his career with Subaru. He left the team after the 2016 season.[3]

Video game appearances

Lasek was a playable character in the first five games in the Tony Hawk series: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater through Tony Hawk's Underground. He also appears in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2.

Film and television

Lasek made a cameo 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 Viva La Bam and the music video for P!nk's single "Raise Your Glass". He served as a stunt double in the 2003 movie "Grind".[4] Bucky also made an appearance as himself in an episode of The Jersey called “What’s Gotten Into Elliott Rifkin?”.

Personal life

As of June 2015, Lasek resides in Encinitas, California, United States with his wife Jennifer (m. September 1996) and their three daughters.[5]

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.[6] Lasek is also one of only three athletes to compete at every X Games since the series' inception in 1995.[7]

  • 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[8]
  • 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

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 cancelled.

References

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