| Bucky Lasek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full Name: | Charles Michael Lasek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1984–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport: | Skateboarding, rallying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnedpro: | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 155 lb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Michael "Bucky" Lasek[1] (; born December 3, 1972) is an American professional skateboarder and rallycross driver.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lasek started skateboarding at the age of 12, shortly after his bike was stolen. 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. A move from Baltimore to San Diego in the summer of 1998 helped his career further.
As of May 2009, Lasek owns a backyard concrete skateboarding bowl named "Lasekland".[4]
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]
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.
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 Kitchens 21st season.
As of June 2015, Lasek resides in Encinitas, California with his wife Jennifer (m. September 1996) and their three daughters.[7]
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]
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | GRC | Points |
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| 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 |