David Daewon Song (born February 19, 1975 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean American skateboarder. He is recognized for his technical street skateboarding.
He co-owns Almost Skateboards with fellow pro Rodney Mullen and skates for the company sponsored team. Song is said to frequent the San Pedro skatepark along with Rodney Mullen.
Daewon Song was first sponsored by World Industries at the age of 16 and appeared in their 1992 Love Child. After n...
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David Daewon Song (born February 19, 1975 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean American skateboarder. He is recognized for his technical street skateboarding.
He co-owns Almost Skateboards with fellow pro Rodney Mullen and skates for the company sponsored team. Song is said to frequent the San Pedro skatepark along with Rodney Mullen.
Daewon Song was first sponsored by World Industries at the age of 16 and appeared in their 1992 Love Child. After nine years with World Industries, Song left in 1999 to start his own company called Deca Skateboards. Deca closed after three years citing failure to grow. Song then went on to start Almost Skateboards with Chris Haslam, Rodney Mullen, Cooper Wilt, and Vet-Zidpn.
Song has made several appearances as a playable character in video games such as Grind Session and the Tony Hawk series of games. He remained a playable character in each iteration of the Tony Hawk series starting with Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and continuing until Tony Hawk's...
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