Originally Posted by
Sir Korsky 
Anyone over the age of 12 with a skate board should be given an asbo.
HAHA!
Bob has earned over 8 million dollars from skateboarding. I think he made a great career choice.
Bob Burnquist is also a Helicopter pilot.
Bob Burnquist Interview Dreamland X Games | Complex
How did all the stuff with the helicopter come to be?
I’ve had my pilot license for quite some time now. Then I got my helicopter license about two-and-a-half years ago. I’ve just been flying a bunch, everywhere. It’s been part of my life. I have a really good pilot friend. The guy that helped me out with the skate stuff, this guy John Purrell, he was really cool. We were doing all that. My other friend Matt is a big-time safety pilot with Robinson Helicopters. He’s an awesome pilot all around. He’s kind of young, and surfs and skates like us. We started talking and we were like, “Let’s try and grind the rail. Can you do this? We’ll try and do a 720. I just did a 720. Think you can pull it off?” We were laughing because he’s riding down the ramp and taking off and trying to land on the ramp. It was just insane. I land here at home. Everyday we’re taking off and looking at the ramp. He would just always take off and feel the ramp a little bit. When it came down to the filming day, we just told him, “Hey, we’re going to try and pull of this thing. Go out there and practice a few tricks. See if you can pull something off and then we’re going to go film.” There’s a lot more coming. One of the episodes is the story on that. For the first part I wanted to sprinkle a few wild things in.
That’s just me hanging around helicopters, aviation, and pilots. I skate, too. So it’s natural to bring it all together—even some skydiving, base jumping, and all the ideas that mingle and fuse.