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Bam Margera

Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera (born September 28, 1979) is a professional skateboarder, radio personality, star of Viva La Bam, and member of the Jackass crew, both shows broadcast by MTV. His weekly Sirius Radio show is called Radio Bam.

MTV

Margera makes his own skate videos known as the CKY quadrilogy, which is also the name of his brother Jess's heavy metal band (see CKY band). Margera's crew includes Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Rake Yohn, Raab Himself. His videos and television shows often include his long-suffering parents, Phil and April, his uncle Vincent Margera ("Don Vito"), and fiancee Jenn Rivell (Margera broke off his engagement to Rivell in early 2005). Margera's television antics push the generally accepted boundaries of good taste by seeking to shock and offend, thereby creating a large contingent of detractors who charge that he profits from the humiliation and misfortune of others. However, to be fair, Margera has also experienced much popular support from adolescent fans who share his warped sense of humor. Margera's sponsors include Element Skateboards, Spitfire Wheels, Adio Footwear, Electric Visual, and Fairman's skate shop.

Margera was born and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania, a southwestern suburb of Philadelphia. Before becoming a professional skateboarder, he could be found frequenting the local skate spots, performing at area fairgrounds, and loitering at Fairman's skate shop. The CKY Crew, when in the area, often frequents the local 15 North bar.

As a professional skater in the summer of 2005, Margera successfully landed The Loop so did johnny martin, and raw ass timmy in Phoenix, Arizona. He became the 13th known skater to land it, and was the first street skater to successfully land it.

Margera directed and co-wrote (with Brandon DiCamillo) a low-budget independent film called Haggard, starring himself and his friends, released in 2003. Margera also has a small speaking part in the skater movie "Grind".

Trivia

A fan and friend of, and occasional video director for, HIM's frontman, Ville Valo, Margera has licensed the band's logo, the heartagram (a pentagram with two points curved to incorporate a heart symbol) for personal use, going so far as to have heartagram tattoos.

Margera is currently writing, producing, and directing his new feature film, a sequel to Haggard, titled: Kiss a Good Man's Ass. He announced another film he is working on called: The Dream Seller. The Dream Seller is a nickname for long-time friend and fellow skater Brandon Novak.

Current episodes of Margera's show have shown him to own both a red 2003 Hummer H2 as well as a purple Lamborghini Gallardo. A recent episode however showed the destruction of the H2 by Don Vito as revenge for constant torment. The Lamborghini has been modified with help from friend Billy Idol to include a sunroof (a rough rectangle crudely cut with a jigsaw). Bam bragged that his was the only vehicle of its kind with a sunroof. Since the end of filming on Viva La Bam, Bam has replaced the red H2 with a blue one. Pictures of Bam's Cars

Bam's relationship with longtime girlfriend and fiance Jennifer Rivell recently ended. Rivell, during an interview with local Philadelphia radio station Q102, stated that Bam had sex with Jessica Simpson. This same claim was made by Phil Margera. Jenn claims Bam cheated on her with 40-50 girls, based on illegal readings of Bam's email and text messages. Later, a Star Magazine interview revealed Jenn was sorely drunk and needed attention upon realizing Bam had moved on from the relationship, and was moving about in his entertainment circles. This had left Jenn craving the sense of stardom and benefits of fame she had grown accustomed to. After calling the radio station, she crashed the vehicle given to her as a present from Bam. She later posted on his website in an illegible manner that her justification for ransacking Bam's home and set for the MTV show "Viva La Bam" was an artful message for him to interpret. She then tried to clear up claims that she had also cheated on Bam, to which members of the forum and long-time fans of Bam replied. Most fans said she ought to remember that she had cheated on her own husband (and child's sense of family) when she began fooling around with Bam. Many fans just began to resent her continued efforts to cash in on Bam's success. To date Bam is dating another girl from the West Chester area who has also appeared in the movie "Haggard".

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