Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Since MTV premiered "Life of Ryan" last year he's certainly seen his share of press from the "mainstream" media. Now he's on the verge of getting even more press thanks to his first film role -- playing an up-and-coming hockey player opposite The Rock and Ashley Judd in the currently-in-production ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
If you can get past the electro-new wave soundtrack to the video below, you will catch some pretty sick skating from Chaz Ortiz on his way to winning the Skate Park finals in Salt Lake City's Toyota Challenge. You also get to see one of Ryan Sheckler's (at least) three ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Chaz Ortiz before the finals. cr. John Swenson
A year after breaking onto the AST Dew Tour by winning the Free Flow tour Skate Park event at the Toyota Challenge, 14-year-old Chaz Ortiz has come full circle by winning the pro event this year. Ortiz's win sets up a showdown for ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
What does that mean exactly? Good question. I thought at first it meant that Ryan was the new spokesperson from Wendy’s Restaurants and that he would overtake the red headed girl as their spokesperson. But actually the contest starts with you, the fans. Voting, which began August 25th at the ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
A strong case can be made about Ryan Sheckler earning a spot on Trasher’s “Skater Of The Year’s” short list of candidates and an argument can be brought even further that he should win the prestigious Thrasher award. Despite him being called “Sh*tler”, and that he relates closely with more ...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Haha you like my crappy headline? Well it’s true because this past weekend in San Francisco, Thrasher hosted the Bust Or Bail Contest at the Paul Revere School. You’ve probably seen that rail in many skate videos and you know that it’s no joke. But regardless, that rail got put ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Just in case you couldn't find the Skate Street Park finals on USA Network last night (they were preempted about 7 hours thanks to the Olympics) the AST folks were kind enough to send through some highlights to check out.
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
P-Rod, Ryan Sheckler and Greg Lutzka | cr. AST
Ryan Sheckler had something to prove after a fall last month knocked him out of a top-three finish in the AST Dew Tour for the first time ever. He came back today with a win at the Wendy's Invitation on a street-style ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Because of strict X-Games rules and restrictions, I was unable to videotape freely as I always do when I attend an event. You know what I mean, like getting skaters in compromising candids that I can use to blackmail them for some free gear. I’m shameless like that. Anyway I ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Ryan Sheckler made history when he won the gold medal at X Games 9 in 2003. He was 13 years old remains the youngest gold medalist ever. Now he's back on top after winning the Skate Street competition on Friday in Los Angeles over Paul Rodriguez and Greg Lutzka.
P-Rod has ...
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