Ryan
Sheckler
United States
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Skateboarding
Date of birth | December 30, 1989 |
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Birthplace | San Clemente, USA |
Age | 36 |
Nationality | United States |
Career start | 2008 |
Disciplines | Skateboard Street / Skateboard Park |
Ryan Sheckler has been earning the SKATE LIFE tattoo on his forearm since he first set foot on a skateboard. In 2003, at the age of 13, he was the youngest competitor ever to win X Games gold. He repeated the feat in 2008 and again in 2010.
To date, Ryan has won the Action Sport Tour’s (AST) championship three times and almost countless more contests, from his California Amateur Skateboarding League (CASL) championship titles to the ISF Skateboarding World Championships in 2010.
He’s just as comfortable skating in made-for-TV competitions as he is throwing down in the streets, and he’s nabbed sick street footage around the world. But he wants to prove that the skate life is about more than just skateboarding.
The Sheckler Foundation
In 2008, he partnered with Red Bull, Oakley, Etnies, Nixon and other sponsors to create the Sheckler Foundation, funding enrichment programmes for children in underprivileged communities, medical research towards curing spinal cord injuries and childhood diseases, and programmes for injured action sports athletes.
After that Ryan kept on notching up career milestones, including numerous X Games medals and pioneering roles in ever more groundbreaking video parts, not least of which was in 2019's You Good?
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Ryan Sheckler - Skate for a Cause
Best and most heartwarming scenes from Lake Forest at the 3rd Annual Ryan Sheckler Skateboard Cause.
Continued success, parenthood and a new venture
2023 would see Ryan create his own personal milestone with his career-defining Lifer video part for Red Bull alongside the Rolling Away documentary which accompanied it. During 2024 he would become the biggest crowd draw of the Red Bull Drop In Tour South America, shutting down demos in Brazil, Argentina and Chile in a single week.
Now a father to two daughters, Ryan is more focused these days on mentoring the next generation and growing the sport's future. He is one of the founder athletes of the the X Games League (XGL) – a new team-based format launching in 2026 that turns X Games into a season-long competition, with city-based teams of top athletes.
Ryan Sheckler is still active on the skateboarding scene
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Rubbing shoulders with skiing legend Lindsey Vonn
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The American wows the crowds at Red Bull Spot Check in Cape Town
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Ryan Sheckler, Heelflip
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