Steve Caballero (born November 8, 1964) is a professional skateboarder, and has been skating since 1976. Caballero began his skating career at age 12, shredding up many local skate parks. Within three years, he started to gravitate more towards the competitive side of skateboarding, placing 5th in his very first real competition. This got him noticed by Stacy Peralta, who offered to sponsor Caballero through his Powell Peralta brand. Caballero then became pro a year later, and at the end of 1999, he was recognized as the greatest skater of the 20th Century.
Caballero has been featured in five iterations of the Tony Hawk Game Series, with consecutive appearances from Pro Skater 2 up until Underground, and has made a return in Pro Skater HD as a downloadable skater, and in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake.
Caballero has scoliosis, a condition he acquired at birth, which causes his head to be slightly tilted toward his right due to his bending spine.
Besides his skateboarding career, Caballero also took up a career in art and music, where he has been a member of several punk bands such as The Faction, Odd Man Out, Shovelhead, and Soda, and released a compilation CD of the various bands he has appeared in, titled Bandology, through Sessions Records. The Faction's song "Skate And Destroy" was featured in the THPS4 soundtrack, where he played the lead guitar.
In-Game Sponsors[]
THPS2:[]
- Brigade Skateboards (Powell-Peralta)
- Red Dragon/RDS
- Vans (Represented by the Cab Dragon logo). The Vans trademarks do not appear in-game due to Sony’s exclusive licensing partnership at the time.
THPS3:[]
- Brigade Skateboards (Powell-Peralta)
- Red Dragon/RDS
- The Faction
- Vans (Represented by the Caballero logo). The Vans trademarks do not appear in-game due to Sony’s exclusive licensing partnership at the time.
THPS4:[]
- Bridage Skateboards (Powell-Peralta)
- Sessions Clothing
- The Faction
- Vans
Trivia[]
- In 2013, Caballero appeared alongside James Hetfield in a promotional video for Vans, which saw Caballero tour Metallica HQ and chat with Hetfiled about hot rods, skateboarding, and music.
Gallery[]
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 characters |
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| Starters: Tony Hawk • Bob Burnquist • Steve Caballero • Kareem Campbell • Rune Glifberg • Eric Koston • Bucky Lasek • Rodney Mullen • Chad Muska • Andrew Reynolds • Geoff Rowley • Elissa Steamer • Jamie Thomas
Unlockable: Officer Dick • Private Carrera • Spider-Man |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 characters |
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| Starters: Tony Hawk • Steve Caballero • Kareem Campbell • Rune Glifberg • Eric Koston • Bucky Lasek • Bam Margera • Rodney Mullen • Chad Muska • Andrew Reynolds • Geoff Rowley • Elissa Steamer • Jamie Thomas
Unlockable: Darth Maul • Wolverine • Officer Dick • Private Carrera • Ollie the Magic Bum • Kelly Slater • Demoness • Neversoft Eyeball • Doom Guy (PC only) • X-Ray (Xbox only) |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 characters |
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| Starters: Tony Hawk • Bob Burnquist • Steve Caballero • Kareem Campbell • Rune Glifberg • Eric Koston • Bucky Lasek • Bam Margera • Rodney Mullen • Chad Muska • Andrew Reynolds • Geoff Rowley • Elissa Steamer • Jamie Thomas
Unlockable: Eddie • Jango Fett • Mike Vallely • Daisy |
| Tony Hawk's Underground characters |
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| Starters: Tony Hawk • Bob Burnquist • Steve Caballero • Kareem Campbell • Rune Glifberg • Eric Koston • Bucky Lasek • Bam Margera • Rodney Mullen • Chad Muska • Andrew Reynolds • Paul Rodriguez • Geoff Rowley • Arto Saari • Elissa Steamer • Jamie Thomas • Mike Vallely
Unlockable: Gene Simmons • Iron Man • T.H.U.D. Notable Pedestrians: Eric Sparrow • Stacy Peralta • DJ Qbert • Paul Stanley • Peter Criss • Ace Frehley |