Elliot Sloan (born 29 July 1988) is an American professional

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from

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Early life

Elliot Sloan was born on 29 July 1988 in

, New York, and was raised there.

Career

Sloan is a five time

X Games The X Games are an annual extreme sports event organized, produced and broadcast by ESPN. Coverage is also shown on ESPN's sister network, ABC. The inaugural X Games were held during the summer of 1995 in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island, ...

medalist, most recently winnin
gold
in the Skateboard Big Air event at the 2019 X Games.

Influences

Sloan cites

Tony Hawk Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the first documen ...

as an influence for him to begin skateboarding.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sloan, Elliot 1988 births Living people American skateboarders X Games athletes Sportspeople from New York City