About Pierre-Luc Gagnon
A professional skateboarder from Canada, Pierre-Luc Gagnon, also known by his initials PLG, was born on May 2, 1980. His estimated net worth is $8 million. On Canada’s south shore near Boucherville, Pierre-Luc Gagnon spent his formative years. In 1988, for his 8th birthday, his parents gave him his first skateboard, and his father had a skate ramp made for him in the backyard. The same year that Pierre-Luc Gagnon started competing in skateboarding, his father purchased a skatepark in Boucherville. In 1998, a year after Pierre-Luc Gagnon’s professional debut, his father sold the park. Pierre still resides in Montreal despite having a house in Carlsbad.
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Interesting Fact:
Pierre-Luc Gagnon’s first language is French
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Basic Bio Information:
- Name: Pierre-Luc Gagnon (PLG)
- Gender: Male
- Height: 5’10”
- Weight: 155 lbs
- Hometown: Carlsbad, California
- Date of Birth: May 2, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Family: single
- Occupation: Pro Skateboarder
- Started Skating: 1988
- Started Competing: 1992
- Turned Pro: 1997
- Favored Discipline: Vert
- #1 Sponsors: Darkstar / Monster Sports Drink / Osiris
- Stance: Regular
- Setup: Darkstar pro model deck, Darkstar 59mm wheels, Anex 149 trucks. For X Games Big Air: 215 trucks and 62mm wheels.
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Skateboarding Style and Strengths:
A reliable powerful skateboarder, Pierre-Luc Gagnon does intricate tricks and flips one after the other while hovering above the coping. The reason Pierre-Luc Gagnon has advanced so swiftly is because he is creative and extremely technical. Pierre-Luc Gagnon benefits from the audience as well. PLG claims in an interview for SBC (spring 2005), “You need someone to encourage you when you’re learning new tricks. Depending on who’s screaming at you, you might give up or pull off a trick.”
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks:
In his X Games 11 interview, Pierre-Luc Gagnon says his favorite tricks are, “Flip tricks for sure!”
Pierre-Luc Gagnon Quote:
“Just have fun. Keep doing what they are doing, have fun skating, and be original.” Read more in the Pierre-Luc Gagnon Interview.
In 2010, PLG won his third successive X-Games gold medal and fifth overall. As of 2023, Pierre-Luc Gagnon’s net worth is estimated to be $8 million. Gagnon was a part of the cast in a VH1 reality series titled The X-Life.
