Andy Anderson (skateboarder)
Andy Anderson (born April 13, 1996) is a Canadian professional skateboarder. Anderson is best known for his unique style, which blends classic tricks of the early decades of skateboarding with more modern techniques. Anderson is known for wearing a helmet at all times while skateboarding, something that is extremely uncommon amongst professional skateboarders in a street skateboarding setting. Anderson represented Canada in the men's park skateboarding event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career. Anderson is sponsored by Etnies, Bones, Mini Logo, and as of early 2019 Powell Peralta skateboard companies. Anderson's first pro video part  with Powell Peralta was released December 25, 2020, and on July 1st 2021 was the most-viewed video on the Powell Peralta YouTube channel of all-time. Anderson is known in the skateboarding world for a unique skateboarding style and extensive arsenal of technical tricks. He has competed and placed in the final round of various noteworthy competitions since 2015, including the Zumiez Best Foot Forward Vancouver, the Vans Park Series Americas Continental Championships, the Jackalope Festival, The Boardr Am, the Mystic Sk8 Cup, the Continental Championships, the Nitro World Games, and the semi finals of the Dew Tour 2021 . In the 2018 skateboarding world championships, Anderson placed 21st in the semifinals. In 2020 Anderson won the Canadian Men's Park final, while also placing 10th in the Street skateboarding category. Anderson competed in the 2020 Men's Olympic Park event, placing 16th of 20. In the final 2020 Olympic qualifying event (the Dew Tour 2021) Anderson tore his meniscus during a practice run. Despite this, Anderson competed in the event finishing 11th in the semifinals upon achieving a score of 75.80 after two successful runs, qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. After performing qualifying runs, his third and fourth  runs of the event were lighthearted, including a 33-second long manual atop the park exterior.