Jake Duncombe

Jake Duncombe is an Australian professional skateboarder who was awarded SLAM magazine's Australian Skater of the Year in 2006 and was one of the youngest professional sportspeople in Australia in 2004. He was sponsored for nine years by Blind Skateboards, the deck company founded by Mark Gonzales, and released a signature model skate shoe with Globe International. Born in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, he moved with his family to the area around Brunswick Heads and Byron Bay and began skateboarding at eight or nine, after his father bought him a Delta brand skateboard on the advice of a family friend. His first skateboarding sponsor was Wreck surf shop in Byron Bay.