Former $lave Skateboards professional skateboarder Pat Burke is a name that brings up memories of heavy street skating and clips that looked unpredictable until the very last second.
Over the years he built a reputation for skating big spots that most people would not even consider trying.
His approach to street skating earned him respect among core heads who prefer raw footage filmed in real city environments rather than polished contest skating.
Burke became widely known after appearing in the skate video Radio Television.
That part helped introduce him to a much larger audience and quickly made him a recognizable figure in skateboarding.
His skating often looked gnarly, but still controlled enough to roll away from difficult tricks. That balance gave his footage a memorable quality that stuck with viewers long after the video was released.
During that period, Burke has been repping $lave Skateboards, a company respected in the street skating scene. The brand later officially changed its name to Glass House Skateboards.
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After the name change from $lave Skateboards to Glass House Skateboards, Burke still received a pro model and continued skating the same gnarly street spots.
Burke’s presence in new videos became less frequent. Skateboarders occasionally wondered what had happened to him as fewer clips surfaced and updates about his skating slowed down.
Injuries and personal struggles were mentioned in conversations within the skate community, although Burke himself rarely addressed those topics publicly.
However, records from Virginia now show that Burke was arrested late last year.
According to arrest information, Patrick Christopher Burke was taken into custody on November 25, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia.
The total bond listed in the case is twenty thousand dollars.
Two charges appear in the arrest record.
The first charge is assault involving stabbing, cutting, or wounding with malicious intent, with a bond set at ten thousand dollars.
The second charge is assault involving strangulation resulting in wounding or bodily injury, also with a bond set at ten thousand dollars.
At this time, only the basic arrest information has circulated publicly and further details about the incident have not widely appeared.
Legal cases often take time to move through the system, so more information may become available as proceedings continue.
For many skaters who followed Burke’s skating over the years, the news is difficult to reconcile with the image they remember from his street footage.