Jagger Eaton
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| Full name | Jagger Eaton | |||||||||||
| Born | February 21, 2001 Mesa, Arizona, United States | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | |||||||||||
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Jagger Eaton (born February 21, 2001)[1] is a sponsored amateur skateboarder who, as of September 2013, is a Mega Ramp competitor and was formerly the youngest ever X Games competitor, until his record was broken by Gui Khury.[2]
Early life
Eaton and his brother Jett (two years his senior) are the sons of Geoff Eaton, owner of the Kids That Rip (KTR) Skateboard School, a school that trains a number of junior X Games competitors.[3] Both brothers started skateboarding under their father's tutelage at a young age, with Eaton commencing at four years of age.[4][5]
Career
Along with his brother and fellow junior skater Tom Schaar, Eaton is sponsored by DC Shoes as part of their 2012 initiative, the "DC Youth Division".[6] Transworld Skateboarding magazine's Blair Alley called the brothers "the future of vert skating".[7]
Eaton was featured in the Esquire Magazine: Life of Man 80th Anniversary edition that was published in October 2013.[8]
A number of regular skateboarding commentators have been critical of Eaton's participation at professional-level skateboarding events, including Burnquist who believes that separate junior divisions should be established for competitions.[9] David Daniels of Bleacher Report suggested that Eaton's entry (and that of others his age) in professional competitions harms the credibility of skateboarding in the sporting context.[9]
Eaton appeared on episodes of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness that aired in January 2015. A reality TV series named Jagger Eaton's Mega Life aired in September 2016 on Nickelodeon. He also appeared on the September 13th Episode of WWE SmackDown in a backstage segment with The Miz.[citation needed]
Sponsors
As of April 2015, Eaton is sponsored by DC Shoes, Plan B Skateboards, Red Bull, Bones Wheels, Independent Truck Company, and KTR Skateboard School.[10]
Competition history
At age 11, Eaton competed at the 2012 X Games in Los Angeles, United States, becoming the youngest ever X Games competitor breaking the record set by Nyjah Huston at the 2006 Games[5] (Gui Khury later broke Eaton's record at the 2019 X Games, competing at the age of 10 years, 7 months[11]). The previous year, Eaton had competed at Bob Burnquist's Dreamland MegaRamp Invitational and tied for 3rd place in the amateur division.[12]
In December 2014, Eaton won Tampa Am, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. Aged 13, he is one of the youngest skateboarders to win the competition.[13]
In February 2015, Eaton won the BoardrAm, in Houston, Texas, U.S. This win earned Eaton an invitation to the BoardrAm finals at the X Games 2015 in Austin, Texas.[14]
2012
- X Games, Los Angeles
- Big Air – 12th place.[15]
2013
- Global X Games, Munich
- Big Air – 4th place.[16]
- Global X Games, Barcelona
- Big Air – 6th place.[17]
- X Games, Los Angeles
- Big Air – 4th place.[18]
- Kimberly Diamond Cup, South Africa
2014
- Tampa AM
- Street – 1st place.[22]
2015
- BoardrAm
- Street -1st place.[14]
2018
- Tampa Pro
- 1st place.[23]
- X Games Norway
- 2nd place.[24]
2019
- wendy’s park skateboarding x games
- 2nd place.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ridiculousness | Himself | Episode 5.3 |
| 2016–17 | Jagger Eaton's Mega Life | Himself | Host |
References
- ^ "Jagger Eaton Biography". blog.dcshoes.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ X Games invites youngest athletes By Keith Hamm (ESPN, 25 May 2012)
- ^ Smith blurs skateboarding gender lines by Isabelle Khurshudyan (EspnW, 1 August 2013)
- ^ Arizona skateboarding phenoms to compete in X-Games (Fox News Phoenix, 23 July 2013)
- ^ a b Jagger Eaton, 11, ready to take on MegaRamp at X Games by Bob Putnam (Tampa Bay Times, 27 June 2012)
- ^ DC Shoes: Rediscover Youth (Transworld Skateboarding, 5 October 2012)
- ^ DC Shoes, The Future Of Vert by Blair Alley (Transworld Skateboarding, 14 July 2010)
- ^ Life of Man: Mark Mann Gallery Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (Esquire Magazine, 2013)
- ^ a b Jagger Eaton: 11-Year-Old's Rise Hurts Skateboarding's Credibility by David Daniels (Bleacher Report, 29 June 2012)
- ^ "Skate – The Team". DC Shoes. DC Shoes, Inc. September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Jack Tarrant (August 1, 2019). "Young skaters challenge old dudes at Minneapolis X Games". Reuters. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ Bob Burquist's Dreamland Invitational – Results and Recap (Megaramp.com, 15 November 2011)
- ^ "Tampa Am 2014: Semi Finals, Finals, and Best Trick – Jagger Eaton, Micky Papa and More! – SPoT Life" (Video upload). RIDE Channel on Youtube. Google Inc. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ a b BoardrAm Street (theboardr.com, 2015)
- ^ Skateboard Big Air – Mens (Results) (ESPN.com, 2012)
- ^ Skateboard Big Air – Munich (Results) (ESPN.com, 2013)
- ^ Skateboard Big Air – Barcelona (Results) (ESPN.com, 2013)
- ^ America's Navy Skateboard Big Air – Final (Results) (X Games)
- ^ Preliminary Results (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
- ^ Big Air Championship (Results) (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
- ^ Big Air Best Trick Gap Competition (Results) (Kimberly Diamond Cup, 2013)
- ^ Tampa AM street (skateparkoftampa.com, 2014)
- ^ Tampa Pro street (skateparkoftampa.com, 2014)
- ^ X Games Norway Street Finals (xgames.com, 2019)