Timeline

Skate Timeline, Competitions, Demos, Events & Trips

1986

• Started to Skate – Street Skateboarding

1992

• Session in La Carolina Skatepark, Quito Ecuador.
• Session in Rio Sul Bowl, Brazil.

1997

February
• 22 & 23 | 2nd Place Pro | Circuito Anual ’97 | Alajuela, Costa Rica.

May
• Surfos TV Channel 4 – Interview | San Jose Costa Rica.
• Demo | Centro Comercial Plaza Los Colegios | Arebas Skate & Surf | Tibas, San Jose. Costa Rica.

April
• Demo | Colegio Maria Auxiliadora | Tico Surf Demo | Cartago, Costa Rica.

June
• Demo | Centro Comercial Novacentro | Arenas Skate & Surf | Guadalupe, San Jose. Costa Rica
• Demo | Centro Comercial MetroCentro | Arenas Skate & Surf | Cartago, Costa Rica.

July
• Berok Panama Tour 97 | Power Play & Rock’n’Roller Skateparks | Panama City, Panama.

August
• Demo | Centro Las Rampas | Arenas Skate & Surf | Curridabat, San Jose. Costa Rica
• 23 & 24 | 3rd Place Pro | Centro Las Rampas | Arenas Skate & Surf | Curridabat, San Jose. Costa Rica

October
• 19 | 2nd Place Pro | Centro Las Rampas | Curridabat, San Jose. Costa Rica

December
• 27 | 1st Place Pro | Centro Las Rampas | Curridabat, San Jose. Costa Rica

1998

January
• 4th Place Pro | Panama Competition | Panama.

April
• 7 | Demo | Instituto Tecnologico de Cartago, Juegos Nacionales 98 | Cartago, Costa Rica.
• 8 | 1st Place Pro | Instituto Tecnologico de Cartago, Juegos Nacionales 98 | Cartago, Costa Rica.
• 19 | 1st Place Pro | Extremo ’98 Dos Pinos | Parque de la Paz, San Jose. Costa Rica.
• 26 | 1st Place Pro | Polideportivo el Carmen | Costa Rica.
• Demo | Colegio Maria Auxiliadora | Cartago, Costa Rica.
• Demo | Berok | Orotina, Costa Rica.

May
• 4th Place Pro | Polideportivo el Carmen | Costa Rica
• Demo | Centro Comercial Plaza Los Colegios | San Jose, Costa Rica.

July
• 20 – 25 | Panama Berok Tour 98 | Panama City, Panama.

August
• 9 | Demo | Arenas-Wave | Centro Comercial Novacentro | San Jose, Costa Rica.
• Panama Tour | Zero Demo
• 20 | 1st Place Pro | Extremo Skatepark | San Rafael de Oreamuno, Cartago. Costa Rica.

December
• 12 | 3rd Place Pro | Extremo ’98 Dos Pinos | San Jose, Costa Rica.

1999

January
• 16 & 17 | 2nd Place Pro | ADSK8 (National Skate Association) ’99 Annual Circuit | San Jose, Costa Rica.

April
• 30 | 2nd Place Open | Orotina, Puntarenas. Costa Rica.

May
• 1 | 1st Place Pro | Annual Competition | San Jose, Costa Rica.
• 1 | 3dr Place Pro | Centroamerica Competition | San Jose, Costa Rica.

December
• 12 | 3rd Place Pro | Extremo ’98 Dos Pinos | San Jose, Costa Rica.

2000

May
• 27 & 28 | Panama Trip and Materia Demo | Underground Sk8 Fest with Axiom, Blind and Deca | Colegio Chino Panameño | Panama City, Panama.

June
• 30 | Demo | La Isla Distribution / Habitat & Ezequiel | San Jose, Costa Rica.

July
• 1 | 2nd Place Pro | La Isla Distribution Competition. Costa Rica.
• Demo | Colegio de Monjas | Cartago, Costa Rica.

October
• 27 to 29 | New Deal Demo | Gimnacio Laboratorio | San Jose, Costa Rica.

2001

February
• 21 | Demo / Habitat in Chepesent Skatepark | San Jose, Costa Rica.
• 23 | Demo / Habitat in Accelerate Xtreme Skatepark | San Jose, Costa Rica.
• 24 | Demo / Habitat in Chepesent Skatepark | San Jose, Costa Rica.
• 25 | Demo / Habitat in La Villa Olimpica | San Jose, Costa Rica.

March
• 11 | Demo | Liberia Central Park, New Skateshop Opening | Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
• 18 | Demo | Paseo Colon “Domingos Sin Humo” | San Jose, Costa Rica.

April
• 1 | Demo | Mango Surf & Skate & Pizza 2×1 present “Enjoy” | San Jose, Costa Rica.
• 7 | 2nd Place Pro | Competition in Colegio Sagrado Corazon | Cartago, Costa Rica.
• 17 | Demo | MEDIA in Chepesent Skatepark | San Jose, Costa Rica.
• 21 | Demo | MEDIA in Accelerate Xtreme Skatepark | San Jose, Costa Rica.
• 28 | 2nd Place Pro | Extremo Skatepark / National Bank Warehouse | Cartago, Costa Rica.

May
• 19 | Demo | Extremo Skatepark / National Bank Warehouse | Cartago, Costa Rica.

December
• 9 | Demo | Colegio Sonny | Cartago, Costa Rica.
• 16 | Demo | Instituto Tecnologico de Cartago | Cartago, Costa Rica.

2002

February
• 6 | Demo | Radio 911 in Playa Jaco | Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

March
• Quitting competitions and sponsorships. Started enjoying time by myself.

2007

March
• 26 | Cultura Sobre Ruedas 3 | Panama City, Panama.

August
• 21 | Move to Panama.

2008

January
• Panama Vans Trip | Islas de Amador, Panama.

August
• 10 | Culura Sobre Ruedas 4

2009

August
• 19 | Parque Andres Bello Mini Halpipe Inaguration | Panama City, Panama.
• 23 | Game of Skate Panama 2009 | Panama City, Panama.

2010

June
• 21 | Go Skateboarding Day

October
• 2 | Cultura Sobre Ruedas 5 / Figali Convention Center | Amador, Panama.

2011

March
• Started to skate Freestyle/Mini Street

May
• 1 | Move to the U.S.
• 14 | Freestyle in Venice Beach | LA, Cal.

June
• 21 | Go Skateboarding Day event at Seaskate Skatepark | Seattle WA.

August
• 20 | Seaskate Summer Jam Vol II at Seaskate Skatepark | Seattle WA.

September
• 3 | YES! Present Lower Woodland Skate Jam | Seattle, WA.

2012

April
• 30 | ACFINY Website and Facebook launch.

May
• 18 to 21 | The World Round-Up Freestyle Skateboard Competition | Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
• 17 | Start designing board shapes and products for Shell Shock Skateboards | San Antonio, Texas.

June
• 21 | Go Skate Day | Seaskate, Seattle Center Skatepark | Seattle, WA.
• 29 | Testing 8.25 and 8.0 Shell Shock Freestyle Prototype Boards

July
• 14 | Jefferson Skatepark Grand Opening Celebration | Beacon Hill | Seattle, WA.

August
• 11 | Black Market Summer Jam | Seaskate, Seattle Center Skatepark | Seattle, WA.
• 26 | YES Lower Woodland Skate Contest | Seattle, WA.
• 29 | First 7.25 freestyle shape design by me arrives from Shell Shock Skateboards to testing

2013

February
• 13 | Development of the first Corebones Skid Plates for Street Board.
• 27 | 2.0 New ACFiny website re-design

May
• 17 to 20 | 9th Place AM Freestyle | World Freestyle Round Up  | Surrey, BC. Canada.

June
• 1 | Judkins Skatepark Opening | Seattle, WA.
• 21 | Go Skate Day | Seaskate, Seattle Center Skatepark | Seattle, WA.

November
• 21 | Pre-ATS (All Together Skatepark) Opening with Koston | Seattle, WA.
• 29 | ATS (All Together Skatepark) Opening | Seattle, WA.

2014

May
• Knee dislocation, rest for the next five months.

July
• 12 | Development of the first Corebones Skid Plates for Freestyle 7.0 Board and up.

August
• 2 | Finishing physical therapy. Getting back to skating after injury.

September
• 21 | Open skate session in “EZROCKS Skate for the Cure. | Bellevue Skatepark. Seattle. WA

2015

May
• 15 to 18 | 11th Place AM Freestyle | World Freestyle Round Up | Surrey, BC. Canada.
June
• 21 | Go Skateboarding Day | Seaskate, Seattle Center Skatepark | Seattle, WA.

July
• 11 | Festibowl 2015 | Ballard Commons Park | Seattle, WA.
• 14 | Habitat Cascadia Northwest Tour | Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA.

October
• 1st to 31 | European tour.

2016

May
• 20 to 24 | 17th Place AM Freestyle | World Freestyle Round Up | Surrey, BC. Canada.

July
Recovery & Training time until April 2017

2017

April
• 1 | Good recovery. Let’s skate!

June
• 1 | Starting skating hybrid (street/freestyle)
• 21 | Go Skateboarding Day | Seaskate, Seattle Center Skatepark | Seattle, WA.

2018

January
• 6 | JanJam | Long Beach, LA.

May
• 19 | World Tour Friends | Session at the Erzsébet Tér Skatepark | Budapest

Jun
• 10 | World Tour Friends | Freestyle Session with Marco and Mario at Milan Central Railway Station | Milan, Italy

2019-2022

• Nonstop traveling (taking a break from skating for a few years)

2024

• Jan | Got several injuries, knees and shoulder, physical therapy for a whole year.

2025

June
• Looking forward to coming back this summer (street/freestyle hybrid)