Shane Cross

Shane Cross, born on 22 August 1986 and died on 7 March 2007 in a motorcycle crash at the age of 20, was an Australian street skateboarder from the Gold Coast, Queensland. He gained global prominence within the skateboarding community during the mid 2000s. He was featured in both Australian and international skate magazines and was interviewed by Thrasher Magazine in 2004. He was voted by his Australian peers as Slam Magazine's Skateboarder of the Year in 2005 and featured on the covers of TransWorld Skateboarding in February 2005, Slap Magazine in April 2007 and Thrasher Magazine in June 2007.