Danny Way

Danny Way is an American professional skateboarder, born on 15 April 1974 in Portland, Oregon, who grew up in San Diego, California. He was awarded Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year twice and is known for extreme stunts, such as jumping into a skateboard ramp from a helicopter, which was featured on the cover of Transworld Skateboarding, and jumping the Great Wall of China on a skateboard via megaramp. In 1989, at fifteen, he became the youngest person to win a pro vert skateboarding contest, at the World Skateboard Association Pro Vert Contest in Lansing, Michigan. In 1991 he co-founded the skateboard company Plan B with Mike Ternasky. He has been injured repeatedly, including breaking his neck in 1994, and had undergone 13 operations by 2009.