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Kilian Martin Street Freestyle Skateboard Rider>> Biography

Kilian born in Madrid (Spain) July 28, 1987 now lives San Diego (California). He started his trademark skateboarding can be traced at the age 10 years old when he was attending gymnastics in Madrid, Spain. At his home, by the ocean, he learned the art of surfing using creativity with his energy. At the age 16 teen he tackled lots of ramps and discovered how to freestyle by watching Powell Peralta Ben surfing videos then he realized can use his surfing and his gymnastics skills for his own skateboarding style.

In 2010 he became famous in Madrid winning the World Cup Freestyle skateboarding competition in Paderborn, Germany. Shortly after that he became famous in the US because of a viral video made by Brett Novak. The video was of Martin skating and Tony Hawk even shared the video. He skates to create new form of free style on the board. Freestyle skating is one the oldest styles of skateboarding and was fist popular in1960’s. Martin calls his style street freestyle. He likes it because there aren’t really any rules and you can make your own style.

Kilian Martin is one of the greats because he is a perfectionist. He keeps pushing himself and skates for huge amounts of time. He wants to keep creating and improving and most importantly having fun.

Kilian has made many friends worldwide with his skating. For Kilian skating is more than fun it is the way he makes his living. He has many sponsors that help support him sk8kingsm vision street wear, stance are a few of them. Martin’s talents have given him some great opportunities. He has made a lot of videos his buddy Novak is shooting more videos of his free style adventures.

Kilian Martin is one of the best and he wants to continue to improve. He has said “it’s something that I want to do for the rest of my life as long as I have legs… well even if I don’t have legs ‘cause I will do a handstand!”

reference

Bsibility " Kilian Martin Navarro." Nov-6-2010 http://www.kilianmartin.net/biography/ 11/15/17

Kilian Martin: The art of skateboarding, By Matthew Knight, Wed October 29, 2014 http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/29/sport/kilian-martin-fr 111/28/17

Kilian Martin Interview Late 2010 Sep-2-2010 http://www.kilianmartin.net/2010/09/kilian-martin-interv 11/15/17