Daewon Song

David Daewon Song is a Korean-American professional skateboarder, born on 19 February 1975 in Seoul, South Korea, who grew up in Gardena, California after a year with his grandmother in Hawaii. He is the co-founder and co-owner of Almost Skateboards and Thank You Skateboards, and was named Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year for 2006, an award widely considered one of the most significant honors in skateboarding. He started skateboarding at fourteen, receiving his first skateboard from his mother and later sponsorship from a South Bay shop called Sporting Ideas; before that he had won drawing contests and worked in commercial art at a very young age.