‘Uncle Andy’ has a son 2 years older than the other two Team GB skateboarders, who are both 16
Andy Macdonald, shown here at Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA Skate Park in Encinitas, will be 51 when he represents Great Britain in the park competition at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. PARIS – Andy Macdonald’s wife had lived in Paris, and when they got married he promised to take there as often as he could. They went a few years later, when their oldest son was a toddler.
But it’s not like he’s a guy who discovered the sport late, or returned after a hiatus, or got some sort of charity spot from an underrepresented country to fill out the field. Macdonald is No. 25 in the world rankings. He’s a legend on the megaramp, winner of multiple X Games titles, the subject of YouTube skate videos, buddies with Tony Hawk, an influential figure in the the development of the sport, a household name in the San Diego skateboard community.
That put him in sixth place with the top 11 skaters still to go, and the first 10 scored higher. But Brazil’s Pedro Barros — world champion, Olympic silver medalist, ranked sixth in the world — uncharacteristically fell on all three runs. Macdonald was in the semis. Macdonald was in the Olympics.
Point Loma’s Tate Carew, who is 32 years younger, is also on the U.S. team. Macdonald had already been pro for 11 years when Carew was born.
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