Bucky Lasek

Bucky Lasek
Personal information
Full name	Charles Michael Lasek
Born	December 3, 1972; Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Global Rallycross career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Subaru Rally Team USA
Car no.	81
Starts	34
Wins	0
Podiums	3
Best finish	8th in 2014
Finished last season	12th
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Skateboarding, Rallying
Summer X Games
Representing United States

Charles Michael "Bucky" Lasek^[1] (/ˈleɪsɪk/ LAY-sik; born December 3, 1972) is a professional skateboarder and rallycross driver.

Professional skateboarding

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., Lasek started skateboarding at the age of twelve, shortly after his bike was stolen.^[1] After entering amateur contests, he was quickly noticed by Powell Peralta talent scouts in 1987. Powell sponsored Lasek, and he made his video debut in the fourth Bones Brigade video, Public Domain (1988).

Lasek attained professional status with Powell in 1990; but, by this time, skateboarding, and vert skateboarding (Lasek's discipline) in particular, began to lose popularity and Lasek's career waned. After vert skateboarding was included as part of the X Games by ESPN in the mid-1990s, Lasek's career was revived. A move from Baltimore to San Diego in the summer of 1998, with his family, helped Lasek's career further.

As of May 2009, Lasek owns a backyard concrete skateboarding bowl named "Lasekland".^[2]

Professional racing

In May 2012, Lasek was one of three drivers selected by Subaru Rally Team USA to compete in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. Lasek continued with the team earning several 2nd and 3rd place finishes through his career with Subaru. He left the team after the 2016 season.^[3]

Video game appearances

Lasek was a playable character in the first five games in the Tony Hawk series: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater through Tony Hawk's Underground.

Film and television

Lasek made a cameo in the low-budget 2003 movie Haggard, in which he hands a skateboard to Bam Margera while he runs from the villain Hellboy. He also appeared in MTV's Viva La Bam and the music video for P!nk's single "Raise Your Glass".^[4]

Personal life

As of June 2015, Lasek resides in Encinitas, California, in the United States with his wife Jennifer (m.September 1996-current) and their three daughters.^[5]

Contest results

As of 2016, Lasek has won 13 medals at the X Games, including ten gold medals, and is one of only two vert skateboarders to have won three X Games gold medals consecutively—the other is Pierre-Luc Gagnon.^[6] Lasek is also one of only three athletes to compete at every X Games since the series' inception in 1995.^[7]

1st 2013 X Games (Los Angeles): Vert
1st 2013 X Games (Munich): Vert
1st 2013 X Games (Barcelona): Vert
1st 2013 x Games (Foz do Iguacu): Vert
1st 2013 Vans Pool Party^[8]
2nd 2012 X Games: Vert
3rd 2011 X Games: Vert
1st 2010 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party: Pro Division
1st 2009 Dew Action Sports Tour: Vert
1st 2009 Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party: Pro Division
1st 2008 Dew Action Sports Tour: Vert
1st 2006 Dew Action Sports Tour: Vert
1st 2006 X Games: Vert Best Trick
1st 2005 Dew Action Sports Tour: Vert
1st 2004 Vans Triple Crown
1st 2004 Gravity Games
1st 2004 Slam City Jam
1st 2003 X Games: Vert
1st 2003 X Games: Vert Doubles (with Bob Burnquist)
1st 2002 Slam City Jam: Vert
2nd 2002 X Games VIII: Vert Doubles (with Bob Burnquist)
2nd 2001 X Games: Vert
1st 2000 X Games: Vert
1st 1999 X Games Vert

Racing record

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	GRC	Points
2012	Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	CHA 11	TEX 14	LA 13	LOU 11	LV 8	LVC 7							13th	35
2013	Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	BRA	MUN1 14	MUN2 11	LOU 8	BRI 12	IRW 11	ATL 12	CHA 16	LV 14				11th	49
2014	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	BAR 13	AUS 2	DC 11	NY 12	CHA 6	DAY 3	LA1 11	LA2 5	SEA 14	LV 3			8th	215
2015	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	FTA 10	DAY1 DNS	DAY2 12	MCAS 7	DET1 11	DET2 8	DC	LA1 DNS	LA2 DNS	BAR1	BAR2	LV 8	12th	88
2016	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	PHO1	PHO2	DAL	DAY1	DAY2	MCAS1 10	MCAS2	DC 9	AC 10	SEA	LA1	LA2	15th	34

Race cancelled.

References

1 2 "Bio". Bucky Lasek. Bucky Lasek. 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ "BUCKY LASEK PRO-TEC" (Video upload). Pro-Tec on Vimeo. Vimeo LLC. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
↑ "Busky Lasek | GRC". Global Rallycross. Global Rallycross. 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
↑ "Bucky & Pink". Skate and Annoy. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
↑ "Lasek family, Dina Perouty-Leone's family". The Baltimore Sun. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
↑ Colin Bane; David L'Heureux (27 June 2013). "Bucky Lasek Wins Again". ESPN X Games. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
↑ "A Retrospective of Bob Burnquist's 25 X Games Medals Part 1". Backgrinder. Backgrinder. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
↑ TWS (12 May 2013). "2013 VANS POOL PARTY RESULTS". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

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[Bio-1] 1 2 "Bio". Bucky Lasek. Bucky Lasek. 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[2] "BUCKY LASEK PRO-TEC" (Video upload). Pro-Tec on Vimeo. Vimeo LLC. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[3] "Busky Lasek | GRC". Global Rallycross. Global Rallycross. 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[4] "Bucky & Pink". Skate and Annoy. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[5] "Lasek family, Dina Perouty-Leone's family". The Baltimore Sun. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

[6] Colin Bane; David L'Heureux (27 June 2013). "Bucky Lasek Wins Again". ESPN X Games. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

[7] "A Retrospective of Bob Burnquist's 25 X Games Medals Part 1". Backgrinder. Backgrinder. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

[8] TWS (12 May 2013). "2013 VANS POOL PARTY RESULTS". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 16 May 2013.