Ben Raybourn

Disciplines: SkateboardFrom: Rosenberg, TX USA USABorn: 08/07/92

Best in photos: January 2017
  • When spontaneous showmanship goes wrong

    For Run 2 of Skateboard Park at X Games Austin 2016, bacon lover Ben Raybourn brought out the rebel run. Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned.

  • Ben Raybourn honors The Dead Milkmen

    Big Raybourn in my backyard? During run 1 in Skateboard Park at X Games Austin 2016, Ben Raybourn stopped to slap a Dead Milkmen sticker on the course.

  • Top X Moments of 2015: No. 10 -- Skateboarding dominates Austin

    Kicking off our "Top 10 X Games moments of 2015" list in spot No. 10 is the sport of skateboarding. From old favorites grabbing gold medals to the debut of a regional amateur series, skateboarding progression took center stage at X Games Austin 2015.

  • Top ten X Games moments of 2015

    To celebrate the action and progression that transpired in 2015, XGames.com takes a look back at the top 10 moments of X Games in 2015. From new tricks to new musical acts to new heroes, X Games delivered on all fronts in 2015.

  • Ben Raybourn -- The people's champion

    After qualifying into the finals in Skateboard Park at X Games Austin 2015, Ben Raybourn kept it simple and channeled classic skating from the 1980s.

  • Matt Price looks back on the glory days of the Ipath team

    For three years, Matt Price traveled with the Ipath team as their team photographer. It's a time in his life he looks back on fondly as his "glory days."

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About Ben

Raybourn is known for channeling old-school skateboard style, but his fellow skaters say he's also the only modern-day skater who can do truly new tricks. Raised in Texas, he's now living in Portland after a 3-year stint in California. His athletic genes may come from his grandfather, Eddie Tilley, a 1950s Olympic diver and former Navy Seal. He's a star of Thrasher Magazine's 2015 King of the Road contest, currently being broadcast on the new Viceland network.

  • XG Austin 2016 will be his 9th appearance; best finish, 5th in Park 2012.
  • Member of the Birdhouse team for Thrasher Magazine's 2015 King of the Road
  • Heavy video part, "Rollin' Deep" for Bronson Bearings (July 2015)
  • On the cover of March 2013 Thrasher Magazine and Nov. 2012 Transworld Magazine.
  • Moved to Portland in 2014.

X Games Medal Count

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X Games Competition History

X Games Austin 2015 SKB Park6th
X Games Austin 2014 SKB Park9th
X Games Munich 2013 SKB Park9th
X Games Foz do Iguaçu 2013 SKB Park9th
X Games Los Angeles 2012 SKB Park5th
X Games 2011 SKB Park10th
X Games 2010 SKB Park11th
X Games 2009 SKB Park11th