Tom Penny

High Five, Etnies, 1995 A teenager who grew up skating in Oxford, England, made the American pros look stiff. Tom Penny was switch flipping over 10-stair rails and going even bigger regular, with a loose, catlike landing style that made enormous tricks look casual. The part dragged technical skating onto big obstacles and made smoothness part of the scorecard. Skaters still copy the way Penny rode, which is the best argument for watching where it started.