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Takeshi Yasutoko | |
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Kobe, Japan | ||
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5' 5" | ||
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LG mobile, Goodskates | ||
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On what attracted him to inline skating, Takeshi has said: "Speed. As soon as I start running, I pick up speed and feel exhilarated. I also like the feeling I get while floating in the air." | ||
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Samurai | ||
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Pro Inliner | ||
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Riding Since: 1989
Turned Pro: 1995 Discipline: Vert Favorite Trick: Double Viking Flip Food: Japanese Music: RIZE (Japanese Rock Band), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kottonmouth Kings Favorite Skater: Chris Edwards Favorite City: Los Angeles, CA Worst Injury: Hit my face and broke three front teeth while I was doing Viking Flip at a demo at Woodward Camp in the summer of 2002. Activities Other Than Skating: I recently began freeskiing Career Highlight: 2006 LG World Champion Life Highlight: The fact that I was born to the Yasutoko family. I got exposed to skating because of my family and am where I am right now because of my family. |
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The #1 ranked vert skater on the circuit, Takeshi is of the most dynamic athletes on the vert ramp today. His skating has been compared to Jackie Chan, "The Matrix," and anything that seems to defy physics. His signature tricks are the inverted 1080 and massive Viking flips. Though he's still a teenager, Takeshi is already a veteran of the sport, having started skating at age three and competing on the pro circuit since age nine. | ||
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