ALEX DECUHNA / SKATE

Hometown: Milton Keynes

Home spot: Buszy

Years skateboarding: 7 yrs

Sponsors: Quiksilver, Bucks Boarding Centre, Boardroom Skatepark, Death Skateboards

Setup: Death 7.5 board, Venture trucks, Darkstar wheels, Bones ceramic bearings.

Hobbies: Skateboarding, snowboarding, playing guitar.

Career highlights: Getting to interview Tony Hawk and Matt Hoffman for the BBC, Going to Seattle to film for kidswhorip, Becoming a Guiness World Record holder, going to Sweden with Quiksilver and being invited to Italy to break my own world record.

Trick of choice: Backside flips and switch heels.

Heroes: Bart Simpson!!!

Music: Rock

Favourite piece of Quik gear: My orange tee

BIO: I started skating aged 6 when I saw a demo in my hometown, and was hooked up by the local skate shop a year later.  I then started to travel around to find different spots and skateparks. After that I was on tv twice - once when Sky were filming at a skate comp in London, and another time with ITV which was also pretty good fun. During this time I'd started to compete in national events and by the time I was 9 years old I'd won 2nd (under 16's) at the Natural Born Skaters event.  I was then invited onto BBC Newsround at the age of 9 to interview Tony Hawk!! Since then I've been making podcasts for youtube.  Thru that I was contacted by a producer from the Guiness world records show and that's how I was invited to do the show and land a new world record: Most number of no comply flips in one minute.  My next trip is to go out to Italy to attempt to break my own world record which means I get to spend a week in Rome!!!!

I've been with Quiksilver for a couple of years now and it was awesome when they invited me onto the team.  Went to Sweden with them for the bowlriders and met some great people.  I'm not sure what the future holds so I'm just enjoying the ride and loving the opportunity to travel. Fun times!