Jesse Fritsch
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Jesse Fritsch is a professional American skateboarder. Fritsch won the Vert Best Trick at Summer Nationals in Jacksonville, Florida
in 2003, and finished in sixth place at the Globe World Cup in Melbourne
, Australia the same year. Fritsch grew up in State College, Pennsylvania
, and has been skating since 1990.
Fritsch co-hosts "Tony Hawk
Demolition Radio", a talk/music radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio
, on a weekly basis. His skating sponsorships include Lost Enterprises, etnies
, Krux Trucks, Accel Urethane, Von Zipper, and Fender Guitars.
Jesse is the son of Dr. J. Michael (Mike) Fritsch a Distinguished Professor of Meteorology (Emeritus) who taught at Penn State for many years before retiring in 2003.
Along with school friend Josh Vargo, Fritsch created music for a large number of etnies commercials. While working on various skate commercials, he met the other future band members of what would become Sayvinyl. Sayvinyl released one full-length album entitled "God Forbid" during the summer of 2008 before disbanding during December, 2009.
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
in 2003, and finished in sixth place at the Globe World Cup in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia the same year. Fritsch grew up in State College, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, and has been skating since 1990.
Fritsch co-hosts "Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk
Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk , nicknamed "The Birdman" is an American retired professional skateboarder and actor. Hawk gained significant fame for completing the first 900 as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision...
Demolition Radio", a talk/music radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
, on a weekly basis. His skating sponsorships include Lost Enterprises, etnies
Etnies
thumb|Picture of an etnies shoeEtnies is an American footwear brand based in Lake Forest, California, and owned by Sole Technology, Inc. In 2003, etnies, along with the city of Lake Forest, California opened etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest, the largest public skatepark in the state, with over of...
, Krux Trucks, Accel Urethane, Von Zipper, and Fender Guitars.
Jesse is the son of Dr. J. Michael (Mike) Fritsch a Distinguished Professor of Meteorology (Emeritus) who taught at Penn State for many years before retiring in 2003.
Along with school friend Josh Vargo, Fritsch created music for a large number of etnies commercials. While working on various skate commercials, he met the other future band members of what would become Sayvinyl. Sayvinyl released one full-length album entitled "God Forbid" during the summer of 2008 before disbanding during December, 2009.