I met Ryan about a year or so ago at my local shop. He was extremely cool, very nice dude. He sat and talked to my little boy for like 10 minutes and I thought that was cool he took the time to do that. Solid dude.

I remember meeting him at the local skate shop (sunken city , San Pedro ca ) and he was a super cool dude . Played all the kids in skate doing the smallest tricks but being stoked . He pulled up in a Ferrari and let everyone who wanted to sit in it and check it out .

Respect to him for coming out on the otherside a better man. Fame and the spotlight at that age does really terrible things to people. Glad that he got out of it and is now living a happy life. He absolutely shreds at skating.

I lived in SC while Ryan was doing his thing in the late 2000s. Met him a couple times and my wife worked with his best friend. His dad was always super cool when we’d cross paths around town. They’re all very cool and down to earth. The first time we met him, my wife and I were talking to his friend at a restaurant and Ryan came up and waited for a break in the convo: “Hi, I’m Ryan. I’m Tony’s friend. Nice to meet you”. He was probably the most recognizable skater on earth at that point.

Ryan’s an incredible skater and I enjoy his parts. He dealt with super amounts of hate and injury’s on top of it too and rode out of it unscathed…So big props to him for being open and honest.

Really feel for Ryan. Truly. I am 29 and watched his whole career my entire life. I always thought for all the bs, he always showed up and would shred. Got some truly unnecessary flack back in the day, but glad he’s doin better now.

Imagine how many grown men are jealous at him making it so young. A real man should be proud of him.

Imagine what this interview could be like if Ellis would just shut up for a while and let Ryan speak.

Good for Ryan, I'm glad to see he's found some peace and balance.

Sheckler hit the nail on the head when he said we dont care if he wins skater of the year, we just want to see that hes still skating

Massive respect for Ryan. I'm sure it would be very hard to experience your adolescence the way he did and still stay sane (look at how many other child stars have struggled as adults). He seems like he made it out and has his head on his shoulders and is motivated by things that will bring true happiness to him... such as being a good parent

Sheckler and Hawk are two of the main reasons i grew up skating. Thanks fellas ❤

He's was my favorite skater as a kid . Cool to see people grow up and realize he's a cool dude .

Ryan Sheckler was kind of like the Justin Bieber of the day in the way they were both disliked but he seems like a good dude.

Man I am guilty of being a hater in the past, caught him on a bad night years ago in a restaurant in San Clemente and hated him ever since. He’s an absolute SOLID dude now and I feel like I owe him an apology….

How could anyone hate on this guy. Always doing heavy tricks since he was little. Skateboarding legend.

The streets will never forget Ryan Sheckler

Love you sheckler I was that little kid tuning into your show and getting amped to go skate!! I even came out to x games to watch you!! glad you’re more at peace now

I'm a real skater and grew up skating. At 45 years old I believe most of the the guys were good old fashion jealous! Ryan was doing big tricks, tech tricks, and sick tricks since he was a little grom. Real deal all the way! Sandoval and all those zero guys were just high and are those doods that turn pro and still live on there moms couch. I was skating with alot of pros back than, and most ot them never amount to much.

I remember watching that show thinking he always looked like a spoiled poser, but hearing what the producers were doing behind the scenes, and the pressure he was facing at such a young age competing, filming, and having cameras in your face 24/7, I feel so bad for the guy. Its a miracle things didnt end up way worse for him considering what he went through.

Dudes grown up a lot. He don’t have to be the prodigy anymore. Just skate for yourself now.

These guys are great men from learned experience. At the beginning of the segment Ryan crossed his arms and they immediately asked him how he felt and gave him the opportunity to open up. This is what real people do for each other. People are great; don’t confuse it with the rest.

Remember seeing Ryan skate the Volcom ramp at FunFunFun Fest and he was smiling so big, he genuinely looked so happy. It was cool to see. He’s come a long way since Almost Round 3

Tony Hawk looks like Emperor Palpatine in the thumbnail.

Ryan Sheckler is definitely one of the dopest pro skaters around I've ever seen. It doesn't surprise me how much hate he gets from people who envy him but other than skateboarding I have seen him do many incredible things in life as he was able to show what a good person he is. I'm very proud of his accomplishments he has achieved throughout his career as well through the mess he's been in with drinking. I didn't even know at first he had an addiction to alcohol when I saw how different looks now and it's good he was able to get himself straightened out as he's clean and sober. Props to Ryan for still skating and having the life he has now being married and a father to his kids.

I’ll never forget Sheckler, Burnquist, Hawk, and Dyrdek back in the OG days… I still remember the days of watching Life of Ryan and Rob n Big

Tony needs a taller chair

Glad Ryan's doing better later in life, cheers for the good memories as a kid man 👍

Shecks is the real deal. Stoked for him and how his life has turned out and progressed. 🤙🏼

People build you up, to tear you down. This is where meditation and a good dose of not giving a fuck would have been helpful. I was an adult watching Life of Ryan and I loved watching it.

Sheckler let me tell you something, maybe USA skaters hated on you , but worldwide everyone look up to you, being young famous and the best skater at the moment was every skater dream , I remember watching life of Ryan because there was so little of skateboarding on tv so it was nice to have something, you took skateboarding to another level in your own way.

Tony hawk started my love for skating when I was 6, but you got me back into it when I was 13 Ryan! Had like 3 of your pro models before I tried other brands. Been 15 years now. Hopefully you find some solace knowing it wasn’t a waste.

I don't know... TH/JE just owning OG everything lately. These dudes just laid back on some fluffy wisdom. So rad. Gratitude.

super glad i was at the age of not caring when he was huge, BIG inspriation for me and still one of my all time favorite humans. Hell yeah 🤘

I always liked Ryan Sheckler I thought he was extremely talented. He used to watch a show all the time I can definitely understand where he comes from as far as having so much weight on your shoulders at a young age, and at the same time trying to figure out who you are as a person in this world.

Great questions but jesus, let the man complete a sentence

I skated when Ryan was a little guy and it's crazy seeing him sit there and how big he is. He makes Tony look small

Hated on him, but respected his skating.

Remember San Clemente when Ryan was filming for that. Fun times at the park.

to Ryan's point - I shot shows on MTV - they 100% fuel the fire. By a variety of means - they will keep stoking it.

Met sheckler at an oc fair when I was 7 and he took a picture with me and was the nicest dude ever 🤘🏼

In my head Ryan is still a kid so seeing him as an adult is weird to me. Happy to see he seems to be in a good place.

I loved Ryan's show. Getting home from working a grindy job and seeing a little dude blow up with the sport and love of my youth stoked me out for the kid who deserved it because he was legit RIPPING sht older pros weren't doing! I came from a really traumatic family life which is neither a child's fault or under their control and it can be so embarrassing and heartbreaking when it feels like your family is falling apart so i cant imagine what that must've been like having it happen cameras rolling. Ryan know a lot of homelifes in America look less than ideal and your experience also gave kids from broken homes who otherwise feel alone the support and reality check that even someone who has the ultimate kids dream life isn't all puppy dogs and cotton candy man. That's a better example than if your life was picture perfect 24/7!!! Maybe the most important lesson kids could take from the show! Also good job finding sobriety successfully. Another massive achievement you dont get enough credit for💯🙏

First time seeing Shecks skate XGames LA at The Staples Center when he was 13 I think 😱 LEGEND!!!

I met him in Malaga, where he ollied from a roof just to hype all the kids there, those he was attending one by one while cheering them up. Only for that he got all my respect and admiration. A true professional and nice dude. I hope we see you around one day, :)❤

I remember seeing Scheckler in the Big Brother Kid's Issue, and was stoked to see him grow up to be a ripper. His bust or bail in all the hater's faces is legendary!

Never watched the show because it was during a really unwatchable era of MTV, but I'm glad to see he was one of the teens who didn't crash and burn from the Viacom junkie fratbro circus.

People forget how good sheck was at such a young age

I remember I seen some sheckler shoes on ccs that I wanted because they looked good then one of my friends talked me out of it because he didn’t like sheckler on the show. People used to hate on Bam Margera the same way. But I always respected they were dope skaters.

This guy is legendary. He deserves the world

Ppl hating on riders in extreme sports goin “mainstream” is so childish as long as the sports being promoted and it’s getting more ppl into it nothin else matters

The video game and the X Games are what made me want to start skateboarding. 24 years later and countless lives changed because of it, I’m still skating and traveling the world because of it. Currently in France watching this and am just super grateful. Shout out to Bird Man and thank you skateboarding 🙏🏼 ❤️ ✨

sheckler sessions were fuckin great

Crazy that grown ass men back then were hating on this dude for making it smh

Mad respect to Ryan. He was real and made mistakes because he was a young . He accomplished a lot and went through a lot and still is a good dude no matter what

Tony, saw you at big day out in new zealand on the half pipe skating next to the main stage music blasting all eyes on tony it was a real treat

Ryan confirmed my old thoughts about representation of skateboarding. Videogames represented skateboarding to me when I was a little kid. When Skate 3 came out in 2010, the industry started slowly dying. No dope games about it anymore. Tony Hawk's series was also finished as a gold era. Millions of fans asked for decade about decent well developed videogame about skateboarding, it had no result at all. I live outside of US and for me skateboarding lives in US mostly nowadays, not all around the world anymore.

Growing as the same age as Ryan, he was a kid prodigy and I always thought he was great!!

I didn’t realize that so many people were anti Ryan. I personally always liked him. The people I hung out with liked him. The girls I knew liked him. Only a few of the “true core” skaters didn’t. And those sorts of guys claimed that he was to main stream and that people who liked him were more or less posers and not true skaters.....even tho I’m still here, Ryan’s still here. And the “core” guys ain’t. (So who was the real poser? And who was really the “core” skater? 🤔) Back then people like that said that they were skate or die, true to the bone. And “true skaters” ...and now those same guys are claiming they grew up and matured. And now they act like somehow that’s how they are better than guys like me who still do. (🤔 again, so who was the “true skateboarder” and who was the “poser”?) in their head there is always a reason that they will be better than me. However they always want to use somebody else as an example of why they are better. Guys like that never learned how to stand and shine on their own. People like that always want to use somebody else as a steppingstone, or as a comparison to show how much they shine in comparison. You don’t have to like every skater. As well as you don’t have to like every skate company. (Or retail shop) but that doesn’t mean that you should ignore or ridicule their existence. At one time it was all about slamming a professional skater you didn’t like. And these days it’s about slamming a manufacturer or retail shop you don’t like. it’s OK to personally and doors or back up a person or a company. But honestly.... only posers are jumping on the bandwagon of popular opinion. Especially popular opinions about what’s too main stream or anti-core. And only the true course skateboarders don’t care what equipment that you ride, or which professionals inspire you. A true chorus skateboarder only cares that you’re out there and advancing your own personal skills....period

I KNOW WHO I WAS AT 17 YEARS OLD. IF I HAD ALL THAT MONEY AND ALL THAT ATTENTION I DONT THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN AS GROUNDED AS SHECK IS/WAS.

Sheck always had my respect because he could skate....everything else is unnecessary drama. Dude can skate.

Damn I reamber toung seen him so young killing the dew tours like a animal man it was insane so young so talented glad to see he good and stayed blessed

Sheck is why I stopped trying to go pro at skateboarding. I was like 21 when I saw a clip of him, like at 9 doing a kickflip indy that was like 10 ft high on a kicker, and I was like yeah, I think I should try another job. I spent years mastering tricks and this dude at 9 was better than me at 21. I kept skating as a hobby, but gave up on sponsorships etc. Dude was just born to skate.

Ryan puts in work. He knows it, and any fan of skating knows it. He aint no joke

Sheckler would've made it with or without the show. I mean I remember in 2004 how much I looked up to someone like him. At that time he was super young. But his round 3 part was so insane. That gap to road is massive and he was small as hell at that time. I think MTV needed Ryan more than Ryan needed MTV. People like Ryan, Bam, Cole, Hawk were so massive in the early 2000s. Skateboarding was at its peak. I miss those days man. I can't remember the last time I've seen a pair of Falcons or Adios in store. People seem to forget with his age that Sheckler has put 20+ years into this sport & is a legend in this scene.

Sheckler redeemed himself at the revere 16 bust or bail

Watched him skate the park at Sky High in Milwaukee when he was 14. He was absolutely flying off this quarter pipe and over a wall while everyone else on the team was kicking back

Dude was my idol as a kid

I remember attending Ryan’s birthday party at a skatepark where Tony came. Believe it was in 96. I grew up with his uncle Shawn Scott. He used to tear it up on a big half pipe in his driveway.

Skater of the year 2023. Let's go thrasher

There's always going to be haters. Just comes with success no matter what you're doing.

Sheck's is the man!

I hated Ryan when he was on MTV. Once I actually learned a bit about him, man his my fav skater, I hope he comes back to sls and killlllllz

I skated with him in a pro contest when he was 13 (he won BTW). We were the first 2 people on the course and we had it to ourselves for awhile a he seemed super nice and sweet. Didn't seem like a stuck up kid in the least. After there was an after party at a secret underground club and Ryan was a little kid and seemed so awkward and nervous, haha. On his board you forgot how young he was but in a party scene? Yeah, it showed.

Such a good guy, amazing skater

Sheckler was always a beast

Ryan repping San Clemente. Rock on bro!

I remember being young and wanting to get into skateboarding of more than just a spectator but the toxic culture turned me away, one of the most confusing and annoying parts of the sport

Seeing Almost round 3 made me a Sheckler fan, were same age and I made fun of him too in the MTV days but I'm always excited to see him skate

Ive always liked sheckler. I was/am a rodney mullen disciple and he was with almost.

I feel like we all kinda went through that faze where we kinda hated on shecks but one thing that could never be denied is homie has ALWAYS ripped! He’s true to this shit. He could put the board down today and never have to work a day in his life but he still gets it in. A true skater at heart🙌

Ryan pulled up to me an the homies skate spot in dp an I told him to do a treflip an he popped a really clean one

On today's episode of black shoes with white bottoms....

Is it me or are the chairs too small and short for these guys lol

Respect the honesty

To this day when I think of skateboarding I think of Tony and Ryan. Ryan u def brought the world of skateboarding to the masses. Never doubt that! Thanks broski

You Guys Are Great!!!! I sit and laugh sometimes at what could be brought in. Great Group Of Men!!! #TheirGs

He's a great kid and was a great kid. Say what you want but he was a youngster in the spotlight and came out of it with his head still on his shoulders. Respect

If John Goodman was young with a tattooed shaved head in rose tinted glasses.

Did you backside flip el toro?

Damn I hadn’t seen him as an adult

The skate scene is so fucking hypocritical. They all want to become big names in the Industrie and get sponsors and make money and as soon as someone gets the opportunity and goes for it he becomes a sellout!

I have so much more respect for Ryan. I wasn't a fan when I was a kid because of the reality tv stuff and all but man, I feel like such an asympathetic jerk in retrospect. I would have never fallen into any of those extremes he talked about but I'm remorseful for not giving him the respect he deserved. In the end, he came out on top. We've got a lot to learn from him

Sickness 🔥

Let's film ourselves talking over each other!!

Bro at 2:11 when Ryan accidentally does Jason's accent and corrects himself sent me

Personally I think his biggset mistake was when he lied about doing the bs flip down El Toro. The MTV thing wasn't good, but I get how no one his age could have known what they where in for. Lying about having done something is a major sin in skateboarding and he knew it. I still think it is stupid to hate on him for any of those things, cause most people will never know how it feels to stand under that kind of pressure that young in life. He is one of the best skaters ever no doubt, and it seems like he has learned a lot since his teenage years. I wish him the best and I hope he rolls away from a lot of rad tricks in the future and shows us the footage.

Ryan had a lot of growing pains, as we all do. The big problem is that his was "televised" which definitely makes it more traumatic. At least a lot of his hate was because of others jealousy towards his success. It made him more humble and God wouldnt have given him that flak if he couldnt have handled it, these are the lessons that humble us as human beings. Without pain and suffering, we would never have empathy towards our fellow man. Keep on keeping brother. I was always a big fan of Ryan even though he was a few years younger then me. I always thought he was a bad ass little kid and you ALWAYS root for the underdog in America. Thats our past time.

I never really watched his show but I definitely remember a time where he was seen as sort of a kook or douche bc of it. I never paid much attention to any of it bc that mtv main stream scene was so alien to me at the time. I've always loved sheks tho. He just needs to bring it down to earth

His biggest mistake should be lying about El toro