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Ricky Glaser is Professional for Braille Skateboards
Ricky Glaser turns into the primary professional for the Braille Skateboards group and his professional board, which he designed himself, is out there now.
“I like Sk8” – Ricky Glaser, Skilled Skateboarder
San Francisco Bay Space, June 12th, 2021 – Lower than per week in the past it was introduced that Ricky Glaser has joined the Braille Skateboards group. Being the primary skilled skateboarder on the group, a professional board launch was imminent for him. In the present day, Braille Skateboards has formally launched the Ricky Glaser Professional board and the design couldn’t be extra becoming. Primarily based on his obsession with darkslides, the Braille Skateboards Ricky Glaser professional board design options the underside of a skateboard graphic on the highest of the deck, with a grip-tape graphic on the underside.
Ricky Glaser’s Skateboarding Profession
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Ricky Glaser has been skateboarding (and busting his shins) since 1999. Somewhat shortly it grew to become obvious that not solely Ricky’s skateboarding expertise however his sheer willpower and coronary heart would take him locations. In 2006, he joined City Skater, a sister firm of Folklore Skateboards, as an novice skateboarder. By 2012, Ricky grew to become an official member of the Folklore Skateboards group. Then, in 2018, Folklore Skateboards turned Ricky Glaser professional in 2018 and his first professional graphic was launched, along with his second and third graphics following within the years after. A few of Ricky’s different sponsors included Krux Vans, Vans AUS, Locality Skate Retailer, Increase Cellular AUS, Brixton Clothes, Ricta Wheels, and Bronson Velocity Co.
Whereas within the US in 2019, Ricky had an opportunity to go to the Braille home and meet Aaron Kyro and the remainder of the Braille Skateboarding group. After leaving, Ricky reached out and requested Aaron to let him know if Braille wanted any extra skaters. “…and I actually mentioned sure. Come proper now.”, mentioned Aaron Kyro. After coping with a one-year-long VISA course of, Ricky was lastly welcomed as an official Braille skater in the summertime of 2020.
In Could of this yr, Ricky Glaser formally left Folklore Skateboards to begin a brand new chapter with the Braille Skateboards group. Now, just some weeks later, Braille Skateboards is ecstatic to supply Ricky’s latest professional deck as he turns into the primary professional on the group. With Ricky on board (no pun meant), the Braille Skateboards group is able to push skateboarding all around the world. “Issues that ought to simply actually by no means be potential, he’ll do them, after which he’ll like, fall and reduce his leg off…after which we’ll be like, ‘Ricky are you okay?’, and he’s like, ‘Yeah mate, I’m tremendous, I simply gotta get my leg connected right here actual quick after which I’m good to go.’. He’s like an iron-man in each sense of the phrase, he simply retains on going. Pushing, he’s by no means complaining, and he’s simply going ‘Yeah that is superior, let’s simply, like, maintain going and simply be part of this wonderful journey that we’re all on.’, mentioned Aaron Kyro, through the official Braille Skateboards Workforce announcement.
You possibly can seize Ricky’s professional board right here
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