His skateboarding career started in 2008. In 2008, Barros won the X Games Skateboarding Vert amateur event; in 2009, he ended up in third place in the same event. These two appearances were Pedro's kick-start into a successful
X Games career. Furthermore, he got second at the Red-Bull-Crossover in 2009 where he defeated his big idol Sandro Dias for the first time. In 2010, Barros won X Games gold in Park as a rookie after a battle against
Andy Macdonald. Pedro was the first rookie to win skateboard gold since
Ryan Sheckler won gold in Park in 2003. He also participated in the X Games Big Air competition the same year and ended up in fourth place. Additionally he won the overall Bowl title of
World Cup Skateboarding. Again he won the overall Bowl title of World Cup Skateboarding. For the third time in a row he won the overall Bowl title of World Cup Skateboarding. In 2018, Barros won the Vans Park Series in Vancouver and São Paulo, got third place in Sydney and second place at the tour stop in Malmö, Sweden. Until now, Pedro Barros had nine
X Games appearances, taking six gold and three silver medals. He trails only
Dave Mirra in first or second-place finishes to start an X Games career in a single discipline (Mirra had ten straight in
BMX Vert). ==Business==