Daewon Song

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Daewon Song (born February 19, 1975, Korea) is a professional, goofy-footed skateboarder. He is recognized for his technical street skateboarding. He co-owns Almost Skateboards with fellow pro Rodney Mullen, and skates for the team.

Daewon was born in Seoul, Korea on Feb. 19, 1975. When he was 13, a neighborhood kid gave him his board. He quickly got some money together and bought a used board. A few years later, a small skateboard company called Gemco came through on a demo tour. They saw him skate, and immediately signed him and took him back to the US.

Daewon is a close friend of a famous freestyle skater Rodney Mullen and is featured opposite in the skateboard video Rodney Mullen vs. Daewon Song. He also has the ending parts in both Almost Skateboard's Round Three and DVS Footwear's Skate More, and many of the old World Industries videos, and the two Deca videos. Daewon Song also recently featured alongside Chris Haslam in the miniramp video, Cheese & Crackers by Almost Skateboards.

Daewon was first sponsored by World Industries and appeared in their video Love Child in 1992. In 1999 he left World Industries to start his own company, Deca, and so Daewon appeared as a member of the Deca team in Rodney Mullen vs Daewon Song Round 2. He then appeared in Deca's two videos. Deca folded and Daewon then started Artafakt Skateboards, which was short-lived, and finally ended up creating Almost Skateboards with Mullen.

Daewon was voted as Thrasher Magazine's Skater Of The Year in 2006.

It's just me - I just skate. I wake up, and I'm motivated by trying new things. There's always progression. There's no limit on skateboarding. You don't think about it, you just go out and do it. All of a sudden, something comes up and you go for it. The progression is fast, but there're still so many things that aren't done. Basically there's no limit to skateboarding. It will be forever. There're always new tricks. There's never, 'Oh, there's nothing left.' That will never be.

- Daewon Song speaking to Transworld Skateboarding magazine, March 2004