JD
Sanchez

JD Sanchez earned his first X Games medal, Skateboard Vert silver, at X Games Osaka 2025 in his second appearance (after finishing 4th in Vert and 5th in Vert Best Trick as a rookie at X Games Ventura 2024), then added two more medals a week later at X Games Salt Lake City 2025, Vert silver and Vert Best Trick bronze. Known for blasting out of the vert ramp, and for his many variations on the “varial” vert skateboarding trick, he’s a charger and a risk-taker. He joined the 900 club in August 2024, landing it outside of competition while on site for the Lexus Vert Pro at Huntington Beach, California: look for it in his competition runs soon. Born in Hawaii and raised in the northern California city of Pleasanton, he’s a bit removed from the rest of the California vert scene centered in San Diego County, but has so far managed to fit right in. He’s been having a breakthrough year outside of X Games, two, with recent wins at Vert Attack in Sweden, Globe Australia Pro, and Jackalope Montreal.