When Ryan Sheckler was only 18 months old, he found his father’s skateboard. At the age of six, he was already working hard at honing his skateboarding skills at a skate park in his backyard. He even created his own skating trick, which he called the Sheck-lair.

Ryan Johnson, or simply R.J., has been involved in skating since 1986. His skills with a skateboard extend to skate courses to the street. He also loves skating pools and he says that he can skate on practically any type of environment. Aside from his skating abilities, Ryan wants to be remembered for his optimistic attitude. He is currently working on establishing a nonprofit organization that benefits children.

Rune Glifberg started skating in 1986, when he was 11 years old. A friend of his bought him his first skateboard and he was hooked ever since. While he gets a charge trying out different forms of skateboarding, he excels most as a vert rider. He is considered as the best vert skater to come from Europe.

Ruda Lopes is a Brazilian professional skateboarder who now resides in Costa Mesa, California. Lopes first started to make waves at the 2001 Damn Am Championship series where he got into first place in the Vert category. The Damn Am is a series of competitions for amateur skaters to showcase their talents in. This win afforded Lopes a chance to compete at the Tampa Am competition, one of the largest amateur skateboarding competitions in the country. Lopes also won first place at this event’s Vert competition.

Rodolfo Ramos, a Brazilian national, has been skating since 1988 and turned pro in 2001. The year 2006 proved to be an exciting year for Ramos as he started to make his mark on the skateboarding industry. It was during this year that he got first place at the LG Action Sports World Championships held in Dallas, Texas. He earned third place during the AST Dew Tour in Denver, Colorado.

Rodney Jones is known by the nicknames “Neck” and Rodneck” and has been skating for 20 years. He first started skateboarding when he was 11 years old. He only turned pro in 2002 as he was not affiliated with any skate teams for 10 years. That year, he finished fourth at the year-end Euro ranking of the WCS.

Rodil de Araujo, Jr., also known as “Rodil Jr.,” was born in Curitiba, Brazil in April 12, 1979. He started competing in 1991 but he blew the skateboarding scene away with multiple gold medals in the Park, Street and Street Best Trick disciplines during the 2002 Summer X Games.

Robert Owens was born on November first 1976 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rob picked up skateboarding as a hobby early in his life. When he was nine years old, he got his first board and he has been skating ever since.

Rob Dyrdek was born in Kettering and started skating at 12 years old. It was also during this rime that he won his first competition and became the youngest member of the G&S skateboard team. At the age of 16, Dyrdek dropped out of high school and turned pro. His first earnings were from his signature board sales.

Rob Agliam is also known as “PeeWee” in the skating community. He first started skating in 1986 when he was 12 years old and says that his skateboarding influences are Mike Conroy and the Windsor Woods crew. His skateboarding styles cover both the Park and Vert disciplines. His favorite place to skate in is in Trashmore, Wancheese. His favorite skating trick is the hurricane to fakie.

Philadelphia’s pride, Ricky Oyola has been skating since 1985 when he got his first skateboard, a Town and Country Zoner board. The first trick he pulled off was a boneless. He is credited as being one of the skaters that defined the skating scene in Philadelphia.

Rick McCrank doesn’t always compete in skateboarding competitions, but when he does, his fans can always count on him to showcase only his best. McCrank, also referred to as “McKrills,” has been skateboarding since he was 11 years old in Peterborough.
McCrank’s career first started to take off when he was asked to join the Plan B Skateboards team, a company founded by Danny Way, Steve Rocco and Mike Ternansky.

Richie Lopez started skating in 1986 in Bloomfield, New Jersey where he hails from. He is famous for being only the second guy in history to pull off the 900 degree spin. Tony Hawk, the first skater ever to pull of this trick, even praises Lopez for this feat. Lopez considers being able to skate alongside his idols, Tony Hawk and Steve Caballero, as one of his biggest achievements.

During the 1990s, Rich Cooley first joined the Live Oak Skateboards team along with Donovan Dresti and Jackson Taylor. Cooley hails from Los Gatos, California and has joined several skate competitions.

Ricardo Chaves, also known as “The Penguin” is considered one of the most respected athletes in the skating scene. He has been skating for 20 years and spent 15 of those as a pro skater. He belonged to the top 10 list of Brazilian street skaters and is now hailed as an icon in his native country. Chaves is currently the marketing manager of Ogio, a bag manufacturing company that sponsors athletes from the golf, BMX, skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding industries.

Australian skateboarder Renton Millar, known by the nickname “Rentos” has been involved in the sport since 1987. He started competing at EXPN since 1999. He is famous for executing the best tricks but says that he is trying to improve on his technical skills so as not to be typecast in that category.

Vert professional skater Ray Fennessey is also known as “The Human Skatepark.” He is a Decatur, Georgia native but is currently based in Atlanta.

Neal Hendrix is a professional and longtime skateboarder. Hendrix was born in Winston-Salem in the United States on the 12th of April in the year 1973. He stands at five feet and eight inches and considers Redondo Beach as his hometown. He is a full time professional skateboarder and he remains single to this day.

Mike Frazier was born on the 12th of June in the year 1972 in La Porte in the United States. He considers Tampa in the Sunshine State of Florida as his real hometown. The man stands at five feet and six inches, and weights one hundred and sixty five pounds. He is married and is currently pursuing a full time career as a professional skateboarder in the circuits.

Max Dufour is a certified professional skateboarder. Dufour is currently married, and has been a participant skater since the year 1985. He has been a professional competitor since the year 1995 as well. He is a professional Canadian sportsman, and he considers Montreal as his hometown. Aged 33, he stands at six feet and weighs a solid one hundred and eighty pounds.

Professionally, he is a skateboarder in the professional circuits and a businessman. He owns the brand Premium skateboards.