| Bastien Salabanzi | |
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| Born | Bastien Salabanzi Toulon, France |
| Residence | Paris, France |
| Occupation | Professional Skateboarder |
Bastien Salabanzi (born November 18, 1985 in Toulon, France) is a professional skateboarder. His stance is regular.
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He started skateboarding when he was nine, and soon after gained his first sponsorship by the Skateshop of Toulon. He won his first contest at the age of 11 in Marseille, France. After that, Vans flew him to the finals in California, his first trip to the United States.
Bastien finished third in the street skateboarding event at the 2004 X Games.
He won the WSR05 skateboarding contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2005 and Mystic Skate Cup in Prague - the famous contest from the World Cup series held traditionally in Prague. He also won the World cup in Dortmund (Globe Shoes World Skateboarding Championships) when he was only 16 years old. Bastien Salabanzi went deep into his bag of tricks to pull off a run that included a kickflip nose manual b/s 180 out into a switch 360 flip into a nollie 180 flip before switching back to his normal stance and sticking a kickflip f/s boardslide to fakie. It was a tough call for the judges but they awarded Salabanzi the win over Senn.
Around 2006 Bastien lost all his sponsors due to irreconcilable differences of opinion and returned to France.
In 2008 Bastien returns in the globe metz master getting the first place after landing a caballerial double flip.
Recently he won the adidas clash contest, and also the Tony Hawk contest.
In the 2010 Maloof Money cup held in NYC Bastien placed fourth in the pro contest.
Bastien is said to be travelling France playing the guitar, a newly found passion of his. One of his unique achievements was a switch heel flip up a 6 set of stairs.[1]