Pierre-Luc Gagnon Explained

Pierre Luc Gagnon
Fullname:Pierre Luc Gagnon
Nickname:PLG
Birth Date:2 May 1980
Birth Place:Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
Height:5inchesft9inchesin (ftin)
Weight:168lb
Sport:Vert, Big Air and Vert Doubles

Pierre-Luc Gagnon, commonly known by his initials, PLG (born May 2, 1980 in Boucherville, Quebec), is a Canadian professional skateboarder.[1]

Gagnon began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in 1992.

A frequent participant in the X-Games, he has won nineteen medals (nine gold) in the Vert, Vert Double, Big Air and Vert Best Trick categories. He has also been victorious on the Dew Tour and in the Gravity Games, and was the winner of the vert division of the Maloof Money Cup with a wide array of technical flip tricks and spins including a nollie heelflip indy 540.

Gagnon won the Skateboard Vert at the AST China Invitational in Beijing in 2008.[2] He won his third successive X-Games gold medal and fifth overall, in 2010.[3] Shortly after, he won his second Maloof Money Cup skateboard vert competition.[4]

Gagnon is 5inchesft10inchesin (ftin) tall and weighs 168lb. His sponsors include Darkstar skateboards, RDS clothing, Osiris Footwear, Electric visual, Monster energy drink, BOOM Headphones, Capix helmets and Harley-Davidson Motor Company.[5]

Gagnon was a part of the cast in a VH1 reality series titled The X-Life.[6]

Competition wins

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pierre Luc Gagnon Profile < Skately Library. skately.com. 2017-07-18.
  2. Web site: Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins Skateboard Vert in China . Associated Press Archive . 2008-04-19 . 2010-10-29 . Canada's Pierre-Luc Gagnon won the Skateboard Vert and Brazil's Sandro Dias took the Skateboard Vert Best Trick competition Saturday at the AST China Invitational at Beijing International Stadium .
  3. News: Andrew . Dalton . Montreal's Pierre-Luc Gagnon tops Flying Tomato for X Games gold . Montreal Star . 2010-07-31 . 2010-10-29 . Pierre-Luc Gagnon, a 30-year-old star from Montreal, won his third straight X Games gold Saturday night at the Nokia Theater, becoming the first ever to three-peat in Skateboard Vert..
  4. News: DeAntae . Prince . Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins the Maloof Money Cup . Los Angeles Times . 2010-08-08 . 2010-10-29 . The win was also Gagnon's second Maloof Money Cup vert victory in the event's three years..
  5. Web site: Pierre Luc Gagnon AKA PLG Skateboarder Profile. SPoT Skate Shop at Skatepark of Tampa. 2017-07-18.
  6. Web site: The X Life | Show Cast, Episodes, Guides, Trailers, Web Exclusives, Previews | VH1.com . 2011-01-11 . 2011-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110104062848/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_x_life/series.jhtml . dead .
  7. Web site: Jim . Morris . Doing what others can't makes Pierre Luc Gagnon world's top skateboarder . Guelph Mercury . 2002-10-09 . 2010-10-29 . Gagnon, coming off first-place performances at both the X-Games and the Gravity Games, will be one of the top draws. . https://web.archive.org/web/20021012073906/http://www.guelphmercury.com/sports/s100939A.html . 2002-10-12.
  8. Web site: Raising the bar on the vert ramp . Long Beach Press-Telegram . 2005-08-06 . 2010-10-29 . Pierre-Luc Gagnon of Carlsbad put down a laborless, technical masterpiece on his third and final run to take his first X Games gold in three years on a memorable night of skateboarding..
  9. Web site: Montreal's Gagnon captures X-Games gold medal . 2008-08-03 . 2010-10-29 . Pierre Luc Gagnon of Montreal snagged himself a gold medal Saturday in the Vert final at the X-Games..
  10. News: Bernie . Wilson . Gagnon rules the halfpipe at Maloof Money Cup . San Diego Union-Tribune . 2008-07-13 . 2010-10-29 . With $75,000 and a tricked-up SUV on the line, Pierre-Luc Gagnon flew through and above the halfpipe better than everyone else, including “The Flying Tomato” himself, Shaun White. Gagnon won the pro vert competition Sunday at the inaugural Maloof Money Cup on Sunday..
  11. Web site: Montreal's Gagnon wins skateboard Gold at X Games . TSN . 2009-08-02 . 2010-10-29 . Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon's superstition may have been the extra motivation needed for him to capture gold in Skateboard Vert on Saturday at the 2009 X Games..
  12. Web site: 2011 Dew Tour Championships: Skate. 14 October 2011.
  13. Web site: P.-L. Gagnon bat Shaun White en finale. 16 October 2011.

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