Bobby Puleo

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Bobby Puleo

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Bobby Puleo
Personal information
Born	(1974-10-02) October 2, 1974 (age 50) New Jersey, United States (U.S.)
Occupation(s)	Skateboarder, artist
Sport
Sport	Skateboarding

Bobby Puleo (born 1974) is a regular-footed American professional skateboarder and artist.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Life

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Born in [Clifton, New Jersey]], Puleo began skateboarding at 10. His first board was the Skull and Sword Powell Peralta board, which he received for Christmas in 1984.^[3] Puleo started coming to New York at 16 to skate street spots, like the Brooklyn Banks and others.^[1] In 1998, Puleo moved to West 108th Street.^[1] Since childhood, Puleo has been a collector of found objects.^[7]

Skateboarding career

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Puleo has been a professional skateboarder for over 20 years, Puleo's first pro deck was on Mad Circle skateboards.^[8] Puleo was skating a lot with filmer Aaron Meza for the FTC Penal Code 100A video released in 1996.^[8] Scott Johnston and Meza introduced Puleo to Justin Girard who put him on Mad Circle. Before Mad Circle, while riding for Metropolitan, Puleo got put on Stereo.^[9]

In 2018, Puleo sat down with Transworld Skateboarding to talk about his favorite skateboarder: Mark Gonzales.^[10]

Skate video Parts & Appearances^[11]	Year
411VM – Issue 10	1995
411VM – Issue 13	1995
FTC – Penal Code 100A	1996
Mad Circle – 5ive Flavors^[12]	1998
Zoo York – Peep This	1999
INFMS	2000
Skateparks of Oregon/Ecuador	2001
Black Out	2002
La Luz	2002
Static II: The Invisibles^[13]	2004
R. B. Umali NY Revisited Vol 1 (96–97)	2005
Ipath – Preview: Summer 2005	2005
Traffic – Moving in Traffic	2008
Traffic – Tokyo Transfer	2009
Hi Fi – Full Frequency	2009
The Secret Basement	2013
V5^[14]	2013

Artistic practice

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Building upon his lifelong interest in collecting found objects, Puleo creates collages and assemblages.^[1] Puleo also practices photography and has an interest in graffiti.^[9] Puleo has shown his art throughout the United States and has an instagram account dedicated to his art: Gutter Gallery^[1]^[15]^[16] In 2003, Puleo opened a show: ''These Eyes Have Eyes," at Space 1026 Gallery in Philadelphia.^[1] In 2021, Puleo had a solo show of his assemblages titled "Flat Earth" presented by Hey Check This Out gallery in NYC. ^[17]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Weyland, Jocko (October 19, 2003). "CITYPEOPLE; Gliding Along, And Gathering A City's Castoffs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ "Ten Top Five – Bobby Puleo". TransWorld SKATEboarding. May 13, 2004. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Bobby Puleo Interview". Slam City Skates Blog. August 20, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ "Bobby Puleo Profile < Skately Library". skately.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
^ "Step into Bobby Puleo's World in Thrasher's Latest Out There ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE. June 7, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ "Here's Video Documentation of Bobby Puleo's Trip to Skatercon ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE. March 20, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ "Bobby Puleo Interview – extended version". Skateboard MSM (in German). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Bobby Puleo bobshirt.com interview, retrieved October 21, 2019
^ ^a ^b "Bobby Puleo Interview". SOLO Skateboardmagazine (de) (in German). Retrieved October 16, 2019.
^ Skater's Favorite Skater: Bobby Puleo, retrieved October 21, 2019
^ "Bobby Puleo skater profile. Online skate videos and video parts by Bobby Puleo. | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ Mad Circle – 5ive Flavors (1998), retrieved October 21, 2019
^ Static 2 Remix/Greatest Misses, retrieved October 21, 2019
^ V5, retrieved October 21, 2019
^ "Bobby Puleo / Angela Boatwright". niarchive.newimageartgallery.com.
^ "Bobby Puleo's Art Opening". TransWorld SKATEboarding. July 27, 2004.
^ "Bobby Puleo's "Flat Earth" to Show at Hey Check This Out ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE (Press release). February 21, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.

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