Jagger Eaton

Jagger Eaton (born February 21, 2001)[1] is a professional skateboarder who, as of September 2013, is a Mega Ramp competitor and was formerly the youngest ever X Games competitor, until his record was broken by Gui Khury.[2]

Jagger Eaton
Personal information
Full nameJagger Eaton
Born (2001-02-21) February 21, 2001
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sport
Country United States
SportSkateboarding
Medal record
Summer X Games
Representing  United States
2016 Austin Street Am

Early life

Eaton and his brother Jett (two years his senior) are the sons of Geoff Eaton, owner of the Kids That Rip (KTR) Skateboard School, a school that trains a number of junior X Games competitors.[3] Both brothers started skateboarding under their father's tutelage at a young age, with Eaton commencing at four years of age.[4][5]

Career

Along with his brother and fellow junior skater Tom Schaar, Eaton is sponsored by DC Shoes as part of their 2012 initiative, the "DC Youth Division".[6] Transworld Skateboarding magazine's Blair Alley called the brothers "the future of vert skating".[7]

Eaton was featured in the Esquire Magazine: Life of Man 80th Anniversary edition that was published in October 2013.[8]

A number of regular skateboarding commentators have been critical of Eaton's participation at professional-level skateboarding events, including Burnquist who believes that separate junior divisions should be established for competitions.[9] David Daniels of Bleacher Report suggested that Eaton's entry (and that of others his age) in professional competitions harms the credibility of skateboarding in the sporting context.[9]

Eaton appeared on episodes of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness that aired in January 2015. A reality TV series named Jagger Eaton's Mega Life aired in September 2016 on Nickelodeon. He also appeared on the September 13th Episode of WWE SmackDown in a backstage segment with The Miz.

Sponsors

As of April 2015, Eaton is sponsored by DC Shoes, Plan B Skateboards, Red Bull, Bones Wheels, Independent Truck Company, and KTR Skateboard School.[10]

Competition history

At age 11, Eaton competed at the 2012 X Games in Los Angeles, United States, becoming the youngest ever X Games competitor breaking the record set by Nyjah Huston at the 2006 Games[5] (Gui Khury later broke Eaton's record at the 2019 X Games, competing at the age of 10 years, 7 months[11]). The previous year, Eaton had competed at Bob Burnquist's Dreamland MegaRamp Invitational and tied for 3rd place in the amateur division.[12]

In December 2014, Eaton won Tampa Am, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. Aged 13, he is one of the youngest skateboarders to win the competition.[13]

In February 2015, Eaton won the BoardrAm, in Houston, Texas, U.S. This win earned Eaton an invitation to the BoardrAm finals at the X Games 2015 in Austin, Texas.[14]

2012
  • X Games, Los Angeles
  • Big Air – 12th place.[15]

2013
  • Global X Games, Munich
  • Big Air – 4th place.[16]
  • Global X Games, Barcelona
  • Big Air – 6th place.[17]
  • X Games, Los Angeles
  • Big Air – 4th place.[18]
  • Kimberly Diamond Cup, South Africa
  • Vert and Big Air (combined) Competition – 8th place (Vert)[19] and equal 2nd place (Big Air).[20]
  • Street Competition – 17th place.
  • Big Air Best Trick Gap Competition – 1st place.[21]

2014
  • Tampa AM
  • Street – 1st place.[22]

2015
  • BoardrAm
  • Street -1st place.[14]

2018
  • Tampa Pro
  • X Games Norway

2019
  • wendy's park skateboarding x games
  • 2nd place.

Filmography
Television roles
Year Title Role Note
2015 Ridiculousness Himself Episode 5.3
2016–17 Jagger Eaton's Mega Life Himself Host

References
  1. "Jagger Eaton Biography". blog.dcshoes.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. X Games invites youngest athletes By Keith Hamm (ESPN, 25 May 2012)
  3. Smith blurs skateboarding gender lines by Isabelle Khurshudyan (EspnW, 1 August 2013)
  4. Arizona skateboarding phenoms to compete in X-Games (Fox News Phoenix, 23 July 2013)
  5. Jagger Eaton, 11, ready to take on MegaRamp at X Games by Bob Putnam (Tampa Bay Times, 27 June 2012)
  6. DC Shoes: Rediscover Youth (Transworld Skateboarding, 5 October 2012)
  7. DC Shoes, The Future Of Vert by Blair Alley (Transworld Skateboarding, 14 July 2010)
  8. Life of Man: Mark Mann Gallery Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (Esquire Magazine, 2013)
  9. Jagger Eaton: 11-Year-Old's Rise Hurts Skateboarding's Credibility by David Daniels (Bleacher Report, 29 June 2012)
  10. "Skate – The Team". DC Shoes. DC Shoes, Inc. September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  11. Jack Tarrant (August 1, 2019). "Young skaters challenge old dudes at Minneapolis X Games". Reuters. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  12. Bob Burquist's Dreamland Invitational – Results and Recap (Megaramp.com, 15 November 2011)
  13. "Tampa Am 2014: Semi Finals, Finals, and Best Trick – Jagger Eaton, Micky Papa and More! – SPoT Life" (Video upload). RIDE Channel on Youtube. Google Inc. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  14. BoardrAm Street (theboardr.com, 2015)
  15. Skateboard Big Air – Mens (Results) (ESPN.com, 2012)
  16. Skateboard Big Air – Munich (Results) (ESPN.com, 2013)
  17. Skateboard Big Air – Barcelona (Results) (ESPN.com, 2013)
  18. America's Navy Skateboard Big Air – Final (Results) (X Games)
  19. Preliminary Results (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
  20. Big Air Championship (Results) (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
  21. Big Air Best Trick Gap Competition (Results) (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
  22. Tampa AM street (skateparkoftampa.com, 2014)
  23. Tampa Pro street (skateparkoftampa.com, 2014)
  24. X Games Norway Street Finals (xgames.com, 2019)
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