Andy Macdonald (skateboarder)

Andy Macdonald is an American professional skateboarder, born on 31 July 1973 and originally from Melrose, Massachusetts. He started skating in 1986 at age 12, graduated from Newton North High School in 1992 and turned professional in 1994. As of September 2013 he held the record for the most X Games medals in vert skateboarding, had won the World Cup Skateboarding competition eight times, and had taken the X Games vert doubles title from 1997 to 2002 with Tony Hawk. He was chosen Best Overall Skater in Transworld's 1998 readers poll, gave an anti-drug speech at the White House in 1999, and co-designed the Flybar 1200 extreme pogo-stick. His father was born in Luton, England, and in June 2024 Macdonald qualified for the Paris Olympics for Great Britain at 51, the oldest Olympic skateboarder in history.