Terry Synnott
Sponsors – MODE Skateboards, Synopsis Bearings
From – Portsmouth, RI
Resides – Jacksonville, FL
Skating since – 1985
Favorite skate videos – Skateboard Madness, Bones Brigade Video Show
First setup – Powell-Peralta Mike McGill with Tracker Six Tracks and Bones Three wheels
Current setup - Mode Tropics deck with Independent 109s, Mode freestyle wheels, Synopsis bearings, Mode skid plates, and Venom/Khiro bushings
Favorite skateboarders – Henry Candioti, Joe Humeres, and Tim Waldusky
Favorite skate spot – Any smooth, flat freestyle spot; the 9-foot bowl at Skater Island
Occupation – Reporter/copy editor turned Cirque du Soleil skateboarder turned union scenic artist turned research analyst
Terry runs MODE Skateboards with his wife, Jenna. She handles most of the graphic design while he does all the screen printing of the decks. Terry performed as a skateboarder for four seasons in a Cirque du Soleil show at the theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show premiered in late 2007 and ended its run in early 2011.