Ryan Gallant
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| Born | Ryan Gallant May 25, 1982 Waltham, Massachusetts |
| Residence | Carlsbad, California |
Ryan Gallant, (born May 25, 1982, in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA) is a professional skateboarder,his stance is goofy footed currently riding for Expedition One Skateboards,[1] theeve Trucks, Bones Swiss Bearings, Gold Wheels, MOB Grip, Circa.[citation needed]
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[edit] Career
He was raised in Southboro, Massachusetts, and he currently resides in Carlsbad, California. He was first noticed in the skate video PJ Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life, a shop video from Coliseum skate shop located in Boston.[1] He is also affiliated with True East Skateshop, which is an East Coast based chain of mom and pop shops. Gallant was first sponsored by Expedition One skateboards and had a video part in their first video entitled, "Alone". Gallant also had video parts in Gold Wheels, "Got Gold?", Transworld Skateboarding's 2005 video entitled, "First Love", and a short video montage in DC's DC Video. In April 2009, Gallant left his long time sponsor DC Shoes and established a sponsorship deal with Circa.[2]
He is also featured in the 2007 video game, EA Skate as a playable character.[3] He is also featured in the EA Skate sequels, Skate 2 and Skate 3.
He is now currently[when?] skateboarding for Expedition One skateboards, Gold Wheels, C1RCA shoes, Venture Trucks, Swiss Bearings, MOB Grip, and True East Skate Shop.
He has a trick named after him called the "Gallant Grind".[4]
[edit] Sources
- ^ a b Brooks, Josh (January 19, 2010), "Ryan Gallant Back on Expedition-One", espn.go.com, http://espn.go.com/action/skateboarding/news/story?id=4682252, retrieved 2012-01-24
- ^ "Introducing Ryan Gallant", C1RCA, April 24, 2009, http://c1rca.com/mainline/index.php/2009/04/24/introducing-ryan-gallant/, retrieved 2012-01-24
- ^ "EA Skate : Profiles : Ryan Gallant", EA Skate, http://skate.ea.com/mobile/profiles?itemId=RyanGallant-rgallant.xml, retrieved 2012-01-24
- ^ "Ryan Gallant", ProSkaterBase.com, http://proskaterbase.com/skaters/ryan_gallant.html, retrieved 2012-01-24
