Mark Suciu

Mark Suciu is an American professional skateboarder from Saratoga, California, born on 3 August 1992 and based out of New York City, who was named Thrasher's Skater of the Year in 2021. He grew up south of San Francisco, has a brother, and his father is from Romania and holds a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He started skateboarding at six, inspired by watching the X Games on television, by local kids and by a cousin in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, whom he visited each summer to skate Philadelphia and Love Park. His first real skateboard was a Powell Peralta Steve Caballero Blue and Golden Dragon deck. After an ankle injury and a period of burnout he studied creative writing and literature at Temple University and then attended The New School in New York City.