Ryan Sheckler

Trivia

• Ryan attended the 2007 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
• Some of Ryans inspirations have been Tony Hawk, Paul Rodriguez, Jamie Thomas, Rodney Mullen and Rune Glifberg.
• In October of 2005, he was named Athlete of the Year at the Dew Action Sports Tour.
• He was homeschooled, but says that he would like to attend a real school for a while.
• He is a street and park type skater.
• He is featured in the video games Tony Hawks Underground 2 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
• He has his own skatepark in his backyard.
• Ryan puts packages of skateboard wheels in his freezer so that they last longer.
• He is sponsored by Sobe, Plan B, Etnies, Silver, Bones, Ninja, Mob Grip, Volcom, Oakley, Nixon, CCS, Kicker, Red Bull, Almost and Panasonic.
• He also rides motocross bikes, goes golfing, and surfs in his spare time.

Quotes

• "I think really you turn pro when you feel ready. I think your sponsors have to be behind you 100% because the sponsors are the ones that are going to pay you to turn pro. It's just about having heart. You've just got to skate, skate your heart out and have fun with it all the time. It's all about having fun."
• "I knew this was a career when I realized people actually wanted to see me skate."
• "In my downtime, I try to catch up as much as possible with hanging out with my friends and stuff like that. I go to the movies, ride my dirtbike, and surf. On a Friday night, I like to drive around town with my homeys, find stuff to do. I like being home and trying to take advantage of it as much as possible. I like being a part of the scene in San Clemente, so that's pretty much what I'm out doing when I get a chance. This year has been crazy, though. I haven't been home much."
• "I'm pretty comfortable with the image I have now. People generally know me for my skating, and I think that's really the way I want to keep it. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. This is who I am when I wake up in the morning, and I'm comfortable just being myself. Like, I used to be into wearing all black and stuff like that, but I probably won't be going out and getting full tattoos overnight."
• "A part of me relates to kids my age, a part of me doesn't, I'm not complaining about my life, but it definitely gets to me when I want to go to the beach. But then, I also want to travel and do all these cool things I get to do. It kind of clashes a little bit, but it's not something I can't handle."
• "You shouldn't even think about getting sponsored. Just go out there and have fun and do what you normally do and someone will notice you. I guarantee they will notice you and recognize what kind of skills you have."
• "If you go out there and your main purpose is to get a sponsor, then it's not gonna work. Just go out there and have fun. That's how I got sponsored. I never even made a "sponsor me" tape. I was just skating and wasn't even thinking about getting sponsored and it all kind of fell into place."
• "Don’t ever give up. You gotta keep trying, and never give up."
• "If I were not skateboarding for a living I would definitely have been deeply involved in motocross."
• "I’m such a humble person and it’s really difficult for me to go out in town with the cameras because a lot of the locals don’t know how to take it. There are a lot of negative thoughts going through the minds of some people who live here. Every time we film on the street, people are always yelling. It’s crazy, ’cause I’ve done nothing wrong. There’s always going to be haters, but there’s always the lovers, too. I’ve always had cameras in my face, so I’m used to it."