Elliot Sloan (born July 29, 1988) is an American professional skateboarder. He is a sixteen-time X Games medalist (7 Gold),[2] most recently winning gold[3] in the Skateboard vert best trick event at the 2023 X Games in Japan.

Sloan was born in New York City and was raised there.[1][4] He cites Tony Hawk as an influence for him to begin skateboarding.[5]

Besides skateboarding, Sloan is also an active guitarist. He was the lead guitarist and bassist of the melodic death metal project The Stranded, which released 1 album on July 2nd 2012, Survivalism Boulevard.[6] In 2020 he formed the metal act Night Fiends with In Flames drummer Tanner Wayne.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Elliot Sloan's official X Games athlete biography". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "Elliot Sloan lands MegaRamp tailgrab 900". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Elliot Sloan wins gold in Skateboard Big Air". XGames. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Biography". ElliotSloan.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  5. ^ O'Neil, Devon. "Reflecting on Tony Hawk's 900". ESPN. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  6. ^ The Stranded - Survivalism Boulevard, 2012, retrieved February 3, 2025
  7. ^ wookubus (May 22, 2020). "Night Fiends (In Flames) Debut "Synthetic Vulture", Norma Jean & As I Lay Dying Members Guest". Theprp.com. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Sloan
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