Daewon song

Daewon Song 2006

Korean spelling
Hangeul	송대원
Revised Romanization	Song Dae-won
McCune- Reischauer	Song Taewon
See also : Korean name

Daewon David Song (born Song Dae-won , as an athlete Daewon Song ; born February 19, 1975 in Seoul ) is a professional American skateboarder of Korean descent .

Song was in Seoul ( South Korea born). His family moved to Hawaii when he was one year old. When they were two years old they moved to Gardena, California . Here, Song grew up with his grandparents and older sister and began skateboarding at the age of 13. He drives mainly street and by default in the goofy position. After just a few years he was discovered on a demo tour by a talent scout from the skateboard company Gemco and signed up. He was later sponsored by World Industries and also appeared in their 1992 video Love Child . Seven years later, he canceled the contract and started his own company called Deca . In 2006, Song was named Skater Of The Year by Thrasher skateboarding magazine . In the same year he won the Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Award in the category Video Part of the Year for his video performance Skate More . Currently, Song is sponsored by Tensor , Adidas , Spitfire , Matix and Active Mailorder . His most famous skateboard video is titled Rodney Mullen vs. Daewon song that he shot with good friend Rodney Mullen . Song Dae-won is also a playable character in some parts of the Tony Hawk's Skateboarding - video game series .

He is considered one of the best technical professional skaters in the world.

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In October 2018, Daewon announced in a story on his Instagram account that after 15 years he no longer skated for his board sponsor Almost Skateboards. Together with Torey Pudwill, Song founded the Thankyouskateco brand.

Private

Song is a Pescetarian and has a son. He lives in San Pedro, Los Angeles .

Web links

• Daewon Song in the Internet Movie Database (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Interview with Daewon Song ( memento of the original from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Matix Clothing. Accessed March 22, 2013  
2. ↑ Daewon Re-signs with DVS ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Skateboard Magazine from August 7, 2012 (English) 
3. ↑ Report on Daewon Song as Thrashers Skater of the year ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by J. Gausepohl dated October 31, 2006  
4. ↑ The winners of the 8th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated May 31, 2006  
5. ↑ Instagram account. Accessed in October 2018 (This is actually supposed to prove the notification, but is only a link to the account, not to this notification). 
6. ↑ Daewon Song Interview in: TheDeafWord from September 1, 2012 (English)