Rob Dyrdek

Robert Stanley Dyrdek is an American actor, producer, reality television personality and former professional skateboarder, born on 28 June 1974 in Kettering, Ohio. He is best known for the MTV shows Rob and Big, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness, and as an entrepreneur he has founded businesses through his venture studio Dyrdek Machine, including Street League Skateboarding. He began skateboarding at eleven, earning a sponsorship from the Dayton skate shop Surf Ohio at that age, began competing at twelve with Gordon and Smith sponsoring him, and placed first at a National Skateboard Association North Central District competition in July 1989 at fifteen. At sixteen he left high school to move to Southern California, and he turned pro in 1991, placing fifth at the Skateboard World Cup in Germany and appearing in the Alien Workshop video Memory Screen.