Contest history

2003
• Gravity Games, first place (street discipline)
• Slam City Jam, first place (street discipline)
• United States Skateboarding Championships, third place (street discipline)
• Vans Triple Crown, overall first place (street discipline)
• World Cup of Skateboarding, overall first place (street discipline)




2004
• Gravity Games, third place (street discipline)
• United States Skateboarding Championships, first place (street discipline)
• Vans Triple Crown, Vancouver event; third place (street discipline)
• Vans Triple Crown, Cleveland event; third place (street discipline)
• World Cup of Skateboarding, overall second place (street discipline)



2005
• AST Dew Tour, Louisville event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Denver event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Portland event; second place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, San Jose event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Orlando event; third place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour; overall first place (park discipline)
• Globe World Cup, Melbourne event; second place (street discipline)
• World Championship of Skateboarding, third place (street discipline)



2006
• Tampa Pro, Florida event, fifth place (street), biggest slam
• AST Dew Tour, Louisville event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Denver event; fourth place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Portland event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, San Jose, California event; first place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour, Orlando event; second place; second place (park discipline)
• AST Dew Tour; overall first place (park discipline)
• X Games, Los Angeles event; second place (park discipline)
• Globe World Cup,Melbourne event; first place (street discipline)



2008
• Thrasher Magazine's Bust or Bail Competition
• X games; 1st place

Sponsors

Ryan Sheckler rides for Plan B Skateboards. Sheckler is also sponsored by Etnies Shoes, Bones Wheels, FKD Bearings, Nixon Watches, Oakley Eyewear, Red Bull, Volcom Stone Clothing, Panasonic, CCS and Ethika.

Career

Sheckler's career took shape during the summer of 1995, when Sheckler's dad built a new quarter pipe along with a few other additions making it a small skate park. A few years later, he joined the CASL (California Amateur Skateboarding League) and entered one of their contests and won.Tony Hawk attended the party and took some time to practice with Sheckler. During 1997-2001 Sheckler was winning the CASL state championships, where he picked up his first eye wear sponsor, Arnette, the same company sponsoring Tony Hawk.He turned professional in 2003 after winning in the X Games, Gravity Games, Vans Triple Crown and Slam City Jam.In 2004 he was named the World Cup of Skateboarding’s National Street Champion. In 2005, he was named the World Cup of Skateboarding’s National Street Champion and the AST Dew Tour Athlete of the Year. For 2006, he won the Global Assault in Australia and finished fifth at the Tampa Pro in Florida.Sheckler has had roles in the movies Grind, Dishdogz, and MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, and stars in his own MTV reality show "Life of Ryan."

Biography

Sheckler was born in San Clemente, California. At 18 months Sheckler found his dad's old school skateboard. Sheckler taught himself to push it around by using ne kne, nd eventually stood up on the skateboard. Sin the age of 6, he spent up to 22 hours a week practicing tricks in his backyard, which includes a half pipe, table tops and several grind rails. He developed his own trick called the Sheck-lair and indy Kickflip flyout.

Kickflip is an Aerial Skateboarding Trick where the Skateboarder kicks his Skateboard in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis. The modern Kickflip was invented by Rodney Mullen in 1983.