The LeBron James chalk toss. The Victor Cruz Salsa. The Tiger Woods Fist Pump.
These are all rituals that even the most casual of sports fans know of. Another one you can add to the list is Rafael Nadal's famed trophy bite that he performs every time after winning a tournament. Rather than kissing the trophy as is tradition in tennis, Nadal takes a bite out his hardware much like Olympians do to their gold medals. With 64 career titles, Nadal has sure been doing a lot of biting.
Take a look at the pictures below of his Grand Slam victories and watch for Nadal to perform the ritual in the future. After all, we're pretty sure Rafa has few more French Open titles in his future.
Nadal bites his first ever Grand Slam trophy at the 2005 French Open. We wonder if even he knew how much abuse his teeth would take over the next few years.
Nadal proves he was no flash in the pan by defending his French Open title in 2006.
With his third straight French Open victory in 2007, the taste of the trophy is becoming familiar.
Four straight titles, four straight trophy bites in France.
Finally, Rafa got to sample a different trophy when he won at Wimbledon in 2008.
Nadal would bite the Australian Open trophy for the first and so far only time of his career in 2009.
After losing out on the trophy in 2009, the French Open title was returned to its rightful owner in 2010 beginning a streak of five consecutive wins at Roland Garros that has yet to be snapped.
The good thing about biting a trophy? It can't get on your Wimbledon all-whites.
Rafa finally got to take a bite out of that elusive US Open trophy in 2010.
After missing the 2012 edition of the US Open, Nadal picked up where he left off in 2012, claiming his second grand slam title on U.S. soil.
Rafa's latest trophy bite came this past summer when he took a chunk out of his ninth career French Open trophy.
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