Torey
Pudwill
United States
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Skateboarding
Date of birth | May 2, 1990 |
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Birthplace | Simi Valley, California |
Age | 35 |
Nationality | United States |
Career start | 2005 |
Disciplines | Skateboard Street |
When Torey Pudwill was named Best Street Skater at the 2011 TransWorld Skateboarding Awards, he was barely 21 years old, yet he'd been crushing it on screen and on the streets for years.
"T-Puds' is renowned for game-changing street skills and pioneering spirit: his Big Bang part heralded the current era of the straight-to-internet video parts in 2011, which he followed up with a major part in Plan B's 2014 full-length "TRUE."
Over the years, he's earned spots on a variety of podiums, including wins at Matix Lord of the Lines, the Copenhagen Pro, the Tampa Pro and Maloof Money Cup. Torey battled nagging injuries – first an ankle injury and then a severely broken finger – which kept him out of contests and forced him to turn down his first two X Games invites. But, in 2013, fully recovered and stronger than ever, he competed in his first X Games, Street League's X Games debut in Brazil, and scored a bronze medal.
In 2017 we saw Torey's superb Flatbar Fenzy section wow the skateboarding world once again and 2019 saw him travel to Norway to help create and donate a skate spot cut straight from quarry walls in one of the biggest worldwide online skate features of the following year: the epic Larvikite Lines
The Californian is also an entrepreneur: he founded his own company, Grizzly Griptape, at the age of 12.
A positive mindset and kind nature have made Torey as respected for his attitude as he is for his talent. "I work hard and skate every day, because it’s something that I do for fun and for the love," he says. "I'm just trying to get kids to be as stoked for skateboarding as I was."