I Begin Boarding

I entered the world on December 3, 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland. My real name is Charles Michael Lasek but my mom has always called me Bucky (which is good, since Bucky is way cooler than Chucky) because that was also the nickname of my father. I first stepped on a skateboard when i was 12 years old after some chump stole my bicycle. While that thief is probably still stealing other kids' bikes for fun, I have become one of the greatest skaters on the planet.

 

I Start Getting Better

I started entering amateur competitions near my home in Baltimore and entered the world of professional skateboarding in 1990 when I became sponsored by Powell. When skateboarding took off in the late 1990s, so did my career. I placed in the top ten in every event he entered in 1998 and won the gold medal in vert skateboarding at the 1999 X Games. In 2004, at X Games X, I also took the gold in the skateboarding vert event.