The Legend

The Legend (as they're referred to in Skate 3) serves as the primary protagonist and player character of the Skate Franchise. All canonical instances of the character are shown to be a relatively nondescript white male, sporting a black hoodie, jeans, and Adidas skate shoes, however the player's race, gender, and clothing can be customized drastically in gameplay.

Skate.
Before the events of skate. your character is hit by a bus performing a boardslide off a stairset into a busy street. They're rushed to the hospital, and after heavy surgery slowly recover. With the help of their filmer Reda, they climb the ranks of the skateboarding scene, filming skate footage, meeting pros, getting sponsored, and participating in contests. They eventually compete in the X-Games and win Thrasher's Skater Of The Year.

Skate 2
After serving five years in prison for trespassing, you're finally released from prison and return to find San Vanelona drastically changed. Between the events of skate. and Skate 2, a large earthquake hit the city. The city council contracted Mongocorp, a construction company, to rebuild the city. On top of disapproving of skateboarding, many businesses throughout New San Vanelona have hired Mongocorp security guards to kick out skateboarders found skating their property. You're tasked once again with gaining notoriety in the skateboarding world, by photographing and filming your skate footage, meeting pros, getting sponsored, and competing in contests. Eventually they're invited to compete in the San Vanna Slamma, a large vert competition. After winning the event, it's revealed you were arrested draining attempting to drop into the San Vanelona Dam. With Sammy's help, they eventually re-drain the dam and successfully drop into it, once again getting the cover on Thrasher.

Skate 3
Sometime after the events of Skate 2, The player and Reda have moved to the City of Port Carverton to land a sponsorship deal with an energy drink company. After failing to secure the deal by bailing attempting to jump the Hartley Stadium Shark Statue, Reda and the player set up their own local brand and pursue getting known in the industry. By building a team of skaters, advertising skate footage and once again competing in contests, the player successfully sells one million decks and is invited to the Monster Energy-sponsored Monster Park Jam. After winning the event, they successfully jump the shark statue again, reobtaining the cover to Thrasher Magazine.