Jake Brown

Jake Brown (born 6 September 1974) is an Australian skateboarder who specialises in transition skateboarding. He began competing in 1996 and regularly appears as a contestant in the X Games contest events. Brown has also successfully skateboarded the "MegaRamp" structure, on which he is the first person to ever perform a 720-degree rotation without grabbing his board as of September 2013. He lost control of his board while competing in the X Games in 2007, falling from a height of 14 meters (45 feet) and sustaining severe injuries. Despite this, he recovered and went on to win gold in the same tournament in 2009 and successfully defend his title in 2010.