Pierre-Luc Gagnon, commonly known by his initials, PLG (born May 2, 1980 in

Boucherville Boucherville () is a city in the Montérégie region in Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of Montreal on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Boucherville is part of both the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and the Montreal Metropolitan ...

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), is a Canadian professional

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. Gagnon began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in 1992. A frequent participant in the

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, he has won nineteen medals (nine gold) in the Vert, Vert Double, Big Air and Vert Best Trick categories. He has also been victorious on the

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and in the

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, and was the winner of the vert division of the Maloof Money Cup with a wide array of technical flip tricks and spins including a nollie heelflip indy 540. Gagnon won the Skateboard Vert at the AST China Invitational in Beijing in 2008. He won his third successive X-Games gold medal and fifth overall, in 2010. Shortly after, he won his second

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skateboard vert competition. Gagnon is tall and weighs . His sponsors include Darkstar skateboards, RDS clothing, Osiris Footwear, Electric visual,

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, BOOM Headphones, Capix helmets and Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Gagnon was a part of the cast in a VH1 reality series titled '' The X-Life''.

Competition wins

*2002

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*2002

*2005 X Games *2008 AST Chinese Invitational *2008 X Games *2008

*2009 X Games *2010 X Games *2010 Maloof Money Cup *2011 Dew Cup *2012 X Games *2015 X Games

References

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External links

Gagnon's official website.
1980 births Living people Canadian skateboarders X Games competitors Sportspeople from Boucherville {{Canada-sport-bio-stub