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

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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

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. His father attended

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where he graduated with a

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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

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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

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. His first real skateboard was a

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Blue & Golden Dragon

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deck. Suciu used to compete in the eS Game of Skate contests frequently.

Video Parts

* 2005: ''Mijos (Getofab #6)'' * 2006: ''Future $ellout$ (Getofab #7)'' * 2007: ''Mortigi Tempo'' * 2009: ''Party Banks'' - Fishbanks Skateshop * 2010: ''Double Rock'' -

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* 2010: ''Origin'' - Habitat * 2011: ''Hell on Wheels'' -

* 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'' -

* 2021: ''Ground Glass'' -

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1992 births Living people People 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 Parts

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