Bucky Lasek Takes Gold at X Games Los Angeles (+Video)

Bucky Lasek, a professional skateboarder, won the X Games vertical games on Saturday.

Bucky Lasek practices on the Skateboard Vert during X Games Los Angeles at the Event Deck at L.A. Live on August 1, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Harry How/Getty Images

Bucky Lasek, a U.S. professional skateboarder, won the X Games vertical games on Saturday.

Lasek, 40, took first place in the 2013 X Games in Los Angeles. It was his fourth gold medal in 2013 for the X Games.

Lasek won his first gold medal at the X Games in 1999.

Since then, he’s won at least a bronze medal every single year at the X Games except for 2007.