Alexis Sablone

Alexis Sablone (born August 12, 1986) is a goofy-footed American skateboarder, architect, and artist.[1]

Alexis Sablone
Personal information
Born (1986-08-12) 12 August 1986
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S.
Sport
Country United States
SportSkateboarding

Biography

Skateboarding

Sablone entered her first contest when she was 12 years old.[2] She gained recognition for her video part in the Coliseum video - P.J. Ladd's Wonderful, Horrible, Life released in 2002. In the video, she skates to the Rosemary Clooney song - Mambo Italiano.[3]

At the age of 23, Sablone entered her first X Games, placing 2nd in Skateboard Street at X Games XV.[4] She has competed in every X Games since, earning: 3 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals, and 1 Bronze.

Sablone received her first signature pro deck in 2017 as the newest member of the WKND Skateboards team.[4]

Sablone travels internationally to skate and make public appearances.[5]

Skate Video Parts[6]Year
WKND - Sir Palmer2018
New Balance - Tricolor2017
The Firm - Can't Stop2003
Thrasher - King of The Road2003
Coliseum - P.J. Ladd's Wonderful, Horrible, Life2002

Architecture

In addition to skateboarding, Sablone has pursued an academic career in architecture graduating with a degree in architecture from Barnard College in 2008.[2] In 2016, Sablone earned a master's degree in architecture from MIT.[4]

In 2018, she was invited to design a skateable sculpture for a public square in Malmö, Sweden.[1]

Art

Sablone is also an illustrator, animator, and sculptor, creating graphics for the "Sir Palmer"[7] video released by WKND in 2018; as well as, illustrating some of board graphics for the company.[8] In November 2018, Sablone had an art show at Skate Brooklyn, where she showed drawings and sculptures; as well as, released a limited edition T-shirt illustrated by Sablone.[9]

gollark: It also has a vaguely meaningful code.
gollark: I have a CB tan ridgewing, actually....
gollark: I kind of want to do this now.
gollark: ¡!
gollark: With prizekins you can *maaaybe* get a CB copper if you wait ages, plus lineages which kind of need 2G prizes.

References

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