Ryan Sheckler

Ryan Allen Sheckler is an American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur, born on 30 December 1989, and the star of the MTV reality series Life of Ryan, which ran from 2007 to 2009, and of four seasons of the Red Bull TV short-format series Sheckler Sessions. He was introduced to skateboarding at two when he found his father's skateboard, and began skating at the San Clemente skate park with his best friend Jered Marburger. Etnies and Oakley were his first sponsors, making contact when he was about seven. In 2003 Rodney Mullen and Daewon Song founded Almost, and Sheckler, with Greg Lutzka, was a foundational member of its team and was promoted to professional status there. Fox Weekly listed him among the 15 most influential skateboarders of all time.