Pierre-Luc Gagnon, also known as PLG, is a Canadian professional skateboarder. Gagnon began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in 1992. A frequent participant in the X-Games, he has won nineteen medals in the Vert, Vert Double, Big Air and Vert Best Trick categories. He has also been victorious on the Dew Tour and in the Gravity Games, and was the winner of the vert division of the Maloof Money Cup with a wide array of technical flip tricks and spins including a nollie heelflip indy 540. Gagnon won the Skateboard Vert at the AST China Invitational in Beijing in 2008. He won his third successive X Games gold medal and fifth overall, in 2010. Shortly after, he won his second Maloof Money Cup skateboard vert competition. Gagnon is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 168 pounds. His sponsors include Darkstar skateboards, RDS clothing, Osiris Footwear, Electric visual, Monster energy drink, BOOM [Born On Original Motives] Headphones and capix helmets. Gagnon was a part of the cast in a VH1 series titled The X-Life. 

May 2nd, 1980 in Boucherville (Age 44)