Mark Suciu (pronounced Soo-Choo) (Born August 3, 1992) is an American professional

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from Saratoga, CA, based out of

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. In 2021, Suciu was named ''Thrasher'''s Skater of the Year.

Early life and education

Mark Suciu was born on August 3, 1992, and grew up less than an hour south from

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in Saratoga,

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. Suciu has a brother and their father is from

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. His father attended The University of California, Berkeley where he graduated with a Ph.D. in

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. After graduating high school, Suciu was skating full time until he sustained an ankle injury. After a period of time, Suciu felt that he was burned out from skateboarding and wanted to explore other facets of life. Suciu decided to attend

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where he studied

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and

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. After two years of living in Philadelphia, Suciu moved to New York City to attend

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Skateboarding career

Suciu started skateboarding when he was six years old. He found inspiration through watching the X Games on TV, seeing local kids skating, and from his cousin who lives in Doylestown,

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. Every summer, Suciu would visit his cousin in

where he was able to skate frequently in

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and Love Park. His first real skateboard was a Powell Peralta Blue & Golden Dragon Steve Caballero deck. Suciu used to compete in the eS Game of Skate contests frequently.

Video appearances

* 2005: ''Mijos (Getofab #6)'' * 2006: ''Future $ellout$ (Getofab #7)'' * 2007: ''Mortigi Tempo'' * 2009: ''Party Banks'' – Fishbanks Skateshop * 2010: ''Double Rock'' – Thrasher * 2010: ''Origin'' – Habitat * 2011: ''Hell on Wheels'' – Thrasher * 2012: ''Cityscape'' * 2012: ''Sabotage3'' * 2012: ''Cross Continental'' – Atlas/Habitat * 2013: ''Philadelphia with Mark Suciu'' –

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* 2013: ''Search The Horizon'' – Habitat * 2013: ''The Philadelphia Experiment'' – Caste Quality * 2014: ''Good Times Are Coming'' – sml. Wheels * 2015: ''Sabotage4'' * 2016: ''Away Days'' –

* 2017: ''Broadway Bullet'' – Adidas * 2018: ''Suciu ADV II part'' – Adidas * 2019: ''Verso'' * 2019: ''Connector Line'' – Habitat * 2021: ''Blue Dog'' – Adidas * 2021: ''Curve'' – Habitat * 2021: ''Spitfire'' –

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* 2021: ''"Flora" Episode III'' – Thrasher * 2021: ''Ground Glass'' – Jenkem Magazine

References

1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Saratoga, California American skateboarders Temple University alumni Eugene Lang College alumni American people of Romanian descent {{US-skateboarding-bio-stub

Early life and education

Skateboarding career

Video appearances

Sponsors

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