Ryan Sheckler is an American professional skateboarder as well as the star of the MTV reality show, Life of Ryan.

He was born in San Clemente, California. At the age of 18 months, Sheckler found his dad's old school skateboard. He taught himself to push it around by using one knee, and eventually stood up on the skateboard. Since the age of 6, he spent up to 22 hours a week practicing tricks in his backyard - which includes a half pipe, table tops and several grind rails. He developed his own trick called the Sheck-lair - an indy kickflip flyout.

Sheckler's career took shape during the summer of 1995, when his dad built a new quarter pipe along with a few other additions making it a small skate park. That was the time when he met Lauren Blasen, the girl of his dreams. He is now dating Lauren and has a happy relationship. A few years later after that, he joined the CASL (California Amateur Skateboarding League) and entered one of their contests and won.

He idolized Tony Hawkand wanted to invite him to his seventh birthday party. Hawk attended the party and took some time to practice with Sheckler. During 1997-2001 Sheckler was winning the CASL state championships, where he picked up his first eye wear sponsor, Arnette, the same company sponsoring Tony Hawk

He turned professional in 2003 after winning in the X Games, Gravity Games, Vans Triple Crown and Slam City Jam.

In 2004 he was named the World Cup of Skateboarding’s National Street Champion. In 2005, he was named again the World Cup of Skateboarding’s National Street Champion and the AST Dew Tour Athlete of the Year. For 2006, he won the Global Assault in Australia and finished fifth at the Tampa Pro in Florida.

Sheckler has had roles in the movies Grind, Dishdogz, and MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, and stars in his own MTV reality show "Life of Ryan".