Jagger Eaton

Jagger Eaton
Personal information
Full name Jagger Eaton
Born (2001-02-21) February 21, 2001
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Skateboarding
Medal record
Summer X Games
Representing  United States
2016 Austin Street Am

Jagger Eaton (born February 21, 2001)[1] is a sponsored amateur skateboarder who, as of September 2013, is a Mega Ramp competitor and the youngest ever X Games competitor.[2]

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 Jagger 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]

Jagger appeared on episodes of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness (TV series) that aired in January 2015. A reality TV series named Jagger Eaton's Mega Life aired in September 2016 on Nickelodeon. and 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]

Contest history

At age 11, Eaton competed at the 2012 X Games in Los Angeles, United States (US), becoming the youngest ever X Games competitor after Nyjah Huston held the record since the 2006 Games.[5] The previous year, Eaton had competed at Bob Burnquist's Dreamland MegaRamp Invitational and tied for 3rd place in the amateur division.[11]

In December 2014, Jagger won Tampa Am, in Tampa, Florida, US. Aged 13, he is one of the youngest skateboarders to win the competition.[12]

In February 2015, Jagger won the BoardrAm, in Houston, Texas, US. This win earns Jagger an invitation to the BoardrAm finals at the X Games 2015 in Austin, Texas.[13]

2012

  • Big Air - 12th place.[14]

2013

  • Big Air - 4th place.[15]
  • Big Air - 6th place.[16]
  • Big Air - 4th place.[17]
  • Vert and Big Air (combined) Competition - 8th place (Vert)[18] and equal 2nd place (Big Air).[19]
  • Street Competition - 17th place.
  • Big Air Best Trick Gap Competition - 1st place.[20]

2014

  • Street - 1st place.[21]

2015

  • Street -1st place.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Jagger Eaton Biography". blog.dcshoes.com. 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. 1 2 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 (Esquire Magazine, 2013)
  9. 1 2 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. ↑ Bob Burquist's Dreamland Invitational - Results and Recap (Megaramp.com, 15 November 2011)
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. 1 2 BoardrAm Street (theboardr.com,2015)
  14. ↑ Skateboard Big Air - Mens (Results) (ESPN.com, 2012)
  15. ↑ Skateboard Big Air - Munich (Results) (ESPN.com, 2013)
  16. ↑ Skateboard Big Air - Barcelona (Results) (ESPN.com, 2013)
  17. ↑ America's Navy Skateboard Big Air - Final (Results) (X Games)
  18. ↑ Preliminary Results (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
  19. ↑ Big Air Championship (Results) (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
  20. ↑ Big Air Best Trick Gap Competition (Results) (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
  21. ↑ Tampa AM street (skateparkoftampa.com, 2014)
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