Aaron Homoki

{{Short description|American skateboarder (born 1990)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

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Aaron Homoki ({{IPAc-en|h|ə|ˈ|m|oʊ|k|i}};{{YouTube|B_BAloOnd-8|"Aaron PAPA JAWS Homoki's History Of Jumping"}} born February 2, 1990), also known as Jaws, is an American professional skateboarder and was featured in the True Blue Retrospect video part. He is from Phoenix, Arizona.{{cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/athletes/3015097/aaron-homoki|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618055334/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/athletes/3015097/aaron-homoki|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2015|title=Aaron Homoki's official X Games athlete biography}} He is famous for his ability to withstand big drops and to clear large gaps.{{cite web|url=http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/kotr-2015-team-profiles-2/|title=Thrasher Magazine – King of the Road 2015: Team Profiles}}

He is a four-time winner of Thrasher{{'s}} King of the Road competition: once as a mystery guest for Alien Workshop, in 2012, and three times for Birdhouse, completing a three-peat in 2013, 2014, and 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/king-of-the-road-2014-team-profiles/|title=Thrasher Magazine – King of the Road 2014: Team Profiles}}

He also appeared on the cover of Thrasher magazine's March 2016 issue by landing a melon grab over Lyon 25,{{Cite web|title=What Is The Most Famous Ollie Ever Done?!| website=YouTube | date=August 31, 2024 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir1n3G0Hhsc}} a 25-stair, measuring at a height of 14 feet 9 inches and a length of 22 feet,{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jaws-vs-the-lyon-25/ |title=Jaws vs. The Lyon 25 |website=sports.vice.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306140636/https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/jaws-vs-the-lyon-25 |archive-date=2017-03-06}} first made famous (though never landed) by Swedish skateboarder Ali Boulala in Lyon, France. He had tried the drop the previous year, tearing his MCL, but he went back and made it with his father and Boulala in attendance as a tribute. The steps have since become iconic and have been used in promotional marketing that Homoki and Boulala participated in.{{Cite web|title=BAYER {{!}} LEAPS {{!}} INTERVIEW AARON HOMOKI AND ALI BOULALA – YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7oUsm_fiA0&feature=youtu.be|access-date=2020-12-21|website=www.youtube.com| date=December 18, 2017 }}{{Cite book|last=O'Connor|first=Paul|title=Skateboarding and Religion|publisher=palgrave|year=2020|location=Cham, Switzerland|pages=147–178}} Homoki also listed Boulala's Flip Skateboards Sorry part as his "Classic" (or favorite) part in Thrasher.{{cite web|url=http://shop.thrashermagazine.com/magazines/current-issue.html|title=Thrasher Magazine Shop – Current Issue – Magazines}}

Homoki won a bronze medal in the Skateboard Park final at the 2014 X Games in Austin, Texas.[http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/video/11048106/aaron-homoki-wins-skateboard-park-bronze Aaron Homoki wins Skateboard Park bronze]. Xgames.espn.com. Retrieved on 2017-04-12.