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Paul Rodriguez Jr. is the son of famous Mexican-American comedian Paul Rodriguez. At the age of 13 his dad bought Paul his first skateboard as a Christmas gift. P Rod instantly fell in love with the sport and within a year was skating with different skate teams.

In 2002, P Rod turned pro and signed with a company named Girl Skateboard Company. He was named the Transworld Skateboarding Magazine's Rookie of the Year in 2002.

For the next few years, he started placing high in competitions like the Slam City Jam and the US Skateboarding Championships. In his first X Games in 2003, Paul took third place in the Street competition and eighth in the Best Trick.

The very next year he won the Street competition in the '04 X Games.