Elliot Sloan

{{Short description|American skateboarder}}

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|caption = Sloan performing at the 4th Mega Ramp in Rio de Janeiro, 2012

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|sport = Skateboarding

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{{Medal|Comp|Summer X Games}}

{{Medal|Country|{{USA}}}}

{{Medal|Gold|2013 Los Angeles |Skateboard Big Air}}

{{Medal|Silver|2015 Austin | Skateboard Big Air}}

{{Medal|Silver|2015 Austin | Skateboard/BMX Big Air Doubles}}

{{Medal|Silver|2013 Foz do Iguaçu | Skateboard Big Air}}

{{Medal|Silver|2013 Munich |Skateboard Big Air}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2010 Los Angeles |Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2013 Barcelona |Skateboard Big Air}}

{{Medal|Gold|2019 Minneapolis |Skateboard Big Air}}

{{Medal|Comp|Nitro World Games}}

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{{Medal|Gold|2016 Salt Lake City |Skateboard Best Trick}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Salt Lake City |Skateboard Best Trick}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Vista |Skateboard Vert}}

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Elliot Sloan (born July 29, 1988) is an American professional skateboarder. He is a sixteen-time X Games medalist (7 Gold),{{cite web |title=Elliot Sloan lands MegaRamp tailgrab 900 |url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/video/12592319/elliot-sloan-lands-megaramp-tailgrab-900 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306202629/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/video/12592319/elliot-sloan-lands-megaramp-tailgrab-900 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=June 7, 2015}} most recently winning [https://twitter.com/XGames/status/1157757651666685954 gold]{{cite web |title=Elliot Sloan wins gold in Skateboard Big Air |url=https://twitter.com/XGames/status/1157757651666685954 |publisher=XGames |access-date=October 1, 2019}} in the Skateboard vert best trick event at the 2023 X Games in Japan.

Sloan was born in New York City and was raised there.{{cite web |url=http://www.elliotsloan.com/biography/ |title=Biography |publisher=ElliotSloan.com |access-date=May 15, 2016}} He cites Tony Hawk as an influence for him to begin skateboarding.{{cite web |last1=O'Neil |first1=Devon |title=Reflecting on Tony Hawk's 900 |url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/events/2014/austin/article/10622648/twenty-years-20-firsts-tony-hawk-900 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612000948/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/events/2014/austin/article/10622648/twenty-years-20-firsts-tony-hawk-900 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2015 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=June 7, 2015}}

Besides skateboarding, Sloan is also an active guitarist. He was the lead guitarist and bassist of the melodic death metal project The Stranded, which released 1 album on July 2nd 2012, Survivalism Boulevard.{{Citation |title=The Stranded - Survivalism Boulevard |date=2012 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14428854-The-Stranded-Survivalism-Boulevard |access-date=2025-02-03 |language=en}} In 2020 he formed the metal act Night Fiends with In Flames drummer Tanner Wayne.{{Cite web |last=wookubus |date=2020-05-22 |title=Night Fiends (In Flames) Debut "Synthetic Vulture", Norma Jean & As I Lay Dying Members Guest |url=https://www.theprp.com/2020/05/22/news/night-fiends-in-flames-debut-synthetic-vulture-norma-jean-as-i-lay-dying-members-guest/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Theprp.com |language=en-US}}