Country United States Height 1.80 m Weight 73 kg | Name Ishod Wair Turned pro 2011 Role Skateboarder | |
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Full name Ishod Kedar Baruti Wair Profiles | ||
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Ishod Kedar Baruti Wair is an American professional skateboarder.
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- Soty 2014 contenders ishod wair
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- Career
- Street League
- Sponsors
- References
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Career
Ishod Wair was born on November 1, 1991, and began skateboarding in Bordentown, New Jersey, at the age of nine years old. Over the next few years he began to consolidate other activities such as basketball in favor of focusing solely on his skateboarding career. In 2009, Wair, now 18, attended the Tampa Am, an amateur skateboarding contest held in Tampa, Florida, placing 18th out of 36 skaters who qualified for the semi-finals. Despite not qualifying for the finals or winning the contest overall, the Tampa Am catalyzed his career in part due to his performance in the competition as well as handing out DVD's promoting his skating abilities to attendees at the competition, focusing particularly on those who represented professional teams.
Both of these acts contributed greatly to his early success as the skateboard company he currently rides for professionally, Real Skateboards, discovered his talent on that same day. Real Skateboards subsequently provided free skateboards to him for over a year, eventually officially adding him to their amateur team. Real Skateboards turned Wair pro in 2011 and he continues to ride for the company today. In 2013, skateboarding magazine Thrasher named Wair their Skater of the Year (SOTY) after he released four video parts. In 2015 he made his first appearance at a Super Crown event, finishing second - beating out competition consisting of some of the most top-ranked professionals in the industry. In 2016, he released his own signature shoe with Nike, the SB Dunk Low Pro "Ishod Wair".
Street League
Wair entered SLS (Street League Skateboarding) in 2012 after going Pro for REAL skateboards. Since then, Ishod has made seven 9 Club appearances and has made it to four Finals. Ishod’s best year so far came in 2014 where he just missed taking the win at the first ever Pro Open placing second, gaining him his highest career placement to date. His momentum continued thru 2014, where he made it to the Super Crown World Championship and placed 3rd.
Sponsors
Ishod's sponsors include Real Skateboards, Nike SB, Thunder Trucks, Spitfire Wheels, Fourstar, Anthony's Cookies, Stance Socks, Monster Energy Drink, Diamond, Shake Junt, Bones Swiss, Epoke Eyewear and Exit Skateshop.