Ben Sanchez (skateboarder)

Ben Sanchez is a regular-footed American skateboarder from San Francisco, California.[1][2][3]

This article is about the skateboarder. For the politician, see Ben Sanchez (politician).
Ben Sanchez
Personal information
Birth nameBenjamin Sanchez
Nickname(s)Burger Boy
Born1975
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSkateboarding

Skateboarding

After skating the Embarcadero daily for years, Sanchez was sponsored briefly by Blind, before joining the Chocolate team in 1994.[4][5]

Skate videos

Sanchez has appeared in several Girl Distribution skate films.[2][6]

Skate Video Parts Year
Los Nueves Videos Del Paco[7] 1995
Mouse[8] 1996

Sponsors

Life, Blind, Chocolate[4]

Post-Skateboarding

Sanchez had a short, but memorable, career. First sponsored in 1994, Sanchez retired from skating by 1997.[3] He transitioned to a career as an auto mechanic, in order to better support his child.[4]

References
  1. "20 Years of Girl: The Ben Sanchez Tribute Post". Quartersnacks.com. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  2. "Ben Sanchez skater profile. Online skate videos and video parts by Ben Sanchez. | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. Chops (2011-03-30). "chrome ball incident #618: burgertime". the chrome ball incident. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  4. "Blogsclusive interview / Ben Sanchez : Life Mechanic | The FTC Book". theftcbook.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  5. "Henry Sanchez". www.bobshirt.com. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  6. Staff, VICE (2014-11-13). "Epicly Later'd: Chocolate - Part 4". Vice. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  7. "Watch Chocolate Skateboards' Las Nueve Vidas De Paco in High Quality". Kingpin Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  8. "Girl Skateboards - Mouse (1996) Soundtrack < Skately Library". skately.com. Retrieved 2019-10-09.


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