Zach Saraceno makes skating look easy. Whether he’s challenging gravity while floating down stairwells or perfecting a switch back heel trick, watch any of the 25-year-old skater’s impressive clips, and his suavity will have you replaying them on loop — in fact, millions of people already are. But the maneuvers he makes look easy are actually some of the most difficult sequences in the sport. That’s because his expertise is more than 20 years in the making.

Raised in Encinitas, California, Saraceno first stepped on a skateboard at just 4 years old, thanks to his father, who was an avid snowboarder with an affinity for shredding cement, too. He sharpened his skills through his adolescent years, and by the time he entered high school, he opted for homeschooling so that he could pursue compe

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