Jagger Eaton

Jagger Eaton
Personal information
Full name Jagger Eaton
Born (2001-02-21) February 21, 2001
Mesa, Arizona, USA
Height 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Skateboarding
Medal record
Competitor for the  United States
X Games medal record
Men's skateboarding

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] Following their recruitment to DC Shoes, the brothers were invited by Colin McKay to "skate the new vert ramp in Southern California" in 2010. 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.

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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