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Danny Way (born April 15, 1974 in Portland, Oregon) is a professional skateboarder.

1980s

At the age of six, Way was a Del Mar local. In 1986, at age 12, he won his first competition. He was connected to the skateboarding scene shortly afterwards by Hosoi and Vision.

In 1988 at 14, Way was sponsored by Powell Peralta and rode for the Bones Brigade. At this time, he made his video debut in the classic skateboard film "Public Domain: Bones Brigade Video 4", which gave him prominent exposure to the skateboarding world. That same year, he quit Powell Peralta to turn professional for H-Street and was given the finale part in that company's first video, "Shackle Me Not". Danny again was given the finale part in H Street's follow up video, "Hokus Pokus", filmed in 1989 and released in February of the following year. At the time, "Hokus Pokus" was the top selling skateboard video ever.

1990s

In 1990, Way left H-Street to join Blind.

He left Blind in late 1991 to start a new company called Plan B with former H-Street co-founder Mike Ternasky.

Way was named Skater of the Year by Thrasher Magazine in 1991.

Having already established himself as one of the best skateboarders on vertical halfpipes, Danny turned more attention to street skating as it became the only popular form of skateboarding in the early 1990's, and became among the best at this form as well. He has enduring video parts from 1992's "Questionable" and 1993's "Virtual Reality".

In 1994, Way broke his neck due to a surfing accident. It took him a year to recover. For this reason, he is not part of the Plan B video "Second Hand Smoke" that was made in 1994.

He returned to skateboarding in 1995 to win the Tampa Pro Vert Competition.

He broke the world record for the highest air on a skateboard in 1997. He did a 12-foot kickflip, and is the first skateboarder to drop out of a helicopter into a ramp. The feat was repeated in 1999 for MTV.

2000s

Between 1999 and 2002 Danny underwent 7 surgeries, 5 on his knee and 2 on his shoulder.

Late in 2002, Way built the first Megaramp. Way set a new ramp to ramp record of 65 feet and a new highest air record of 18 feet, 3 inches (5.6 m).

He won the Transworld Vert award in 2003.

A second version of the Megaramp was built. On June 19, 2003, Danny broke two world records in one run: the longest ramp to ramp record at 75 feet and the longest air at 23.5 feet. He also broke records for the highest Fast Plant, highest Christ Air, and highest McTwist. On May 26, the DC Video came out, with all the Megaramp footage. Later Way added the Megabox and the Rainbow Rail to the Megaramp for additional footage in the DC Deluxe Edition.

He won Best Vert at the 6th annual Transworld Skateboarding Awards. He won gold in 2004 at the first ever Skateboarding Big Air contest held at the X Games at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. He established a new distance record of 79 feet.

Late in 2004 he became the first and only person to win the Thrasher Magazine Skater of the Year twice.

On July 9, 2005, he jumped the Great Wall of China on a skateboard, becoming the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid.

Contest history

7th in 1989 NSA Contest (Hawaii): mini ramp (his 1st contest as a professional).

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