Not to get all deep or anything… but my life as a whole is kind of like skating. Some days I can land a sick trick, no problem. Some days I can’t even stand on my freakin’ board. The week we were filming episode five, things started off great. I had just gotten back from winning my third Dew Tour competition, two away from my goal to sweep all five. I had a great time kickin’ it with my younger brother…and things were going great with Julia. All of a sudden I had a super hot girl, who seemed totally chill with my crazy life. But like I said… it’s amazing what can happen in a week…That was the week of X-games, the biggest event of the year for me. Taking gold is a huge deal for a skater’s career, and I hadn’t done that in 4 years. I was determined to make it happen this year.

My plan was to bring all the support I could, have my entire family and all my friends right there with me. I got passes for the whole crew, even Julia. I hadn’t been on the road that much lately, so I had a lot of time to get to know her. But, things were about to get crazy busy again, and as soon as my attention has to switch from the girl I’m dating, to skating, things can get ugly really fast. But Julia seemed totally chill my lifestyle and excited to come to X-Games. It was a totally new thing to be with a girl I wanted to share this part of my life with.

I was surprised when my mom told me that my dad was bringing Christi to X-Games. I didn’t want any drama at that event. I was just getting used to the idea of my dad traveling to my skating events with me, which I loved, but I was still having trouble with him having a new girlfriend and I needed to be completely focused on the competition. When I met my dad for lunch, I tried to bring up my how I felt about Christi coming, but couldn’t think of any reason why she shouldn’t be there. I realized that having my dad there was all that really mattered. After that conversation I kind of felt like we were all starting to move on and it was a turning point for my relationship with my dad.

Steve warned me that having a girlfriend at X-Games might be bad news. I had no idea there could be so much drama without her even showing up. The first day there Julia called me all upset about something Tony had said to one of her friends. Apparently he told this other girl that Julia was “one of many”, and that I’d be done with her in a week. Nothing I said calmed her down. She was definitely not coming to X-Games… so much for not having any drama or distractions from skating.

Tony wouldn’t even talk to me about it. He denied that he said anything. All I could do was let it go… at least until X-games was over. Before I could even compete for the gold, I had to qualify for the actual competition. The preliminary round was that afternoon, and I wasn’t about to let something so stupid mess with my head. Only 9 of the skaters in the preliminary round would get the chance to skate in the finals on day two. And the rest of the guys looked really strong. Especially Chris Cole. He was on fire that day.

I started off really strong. I could hear the announcers saying how amazing I was doing. At one point I looked up and saw that I was in second place. Then, when going for a 360 kick flip off the jump, I went down hard. I smacked my head on the concrete floor and it was down hill from there. I barely landed another trick after that. I even slammed my hand down at one point, breaking one of my fingers really bad.

Waiting for the 9 names to be called took forever. Everyone was telling me I made it, that I did so well before I hit my head that there was no way I wouldn’t be in the top 9. I felt confident that I made it to the finals. But unfortunately, my dad didn’t fully agree with me and it kinda bummed me out. I love my dad but sometimes he just says the wrong thing at the wrong time. That just wasn’t what I needed to hear at that point. I was tired and hurt and all I wanted was support from my family.

When they called my name, I was psyched. I got out of there fast. I wanted to figure out how to deal with my hand, and prepare my head for the next day. I guess my dad was pissed that I took off without talking to him. He didn’t even show up the next day to support me in the finals and told my mom he was sick. I was totally bummed that he wasn’t there but I still tried to skate as well as I could. I’m stoked about getting 4th place out of all the best skaters in the world. I don’t know if I would have done better if my dad showed up. The thing is… he’s my dad and I wanted him there. I know now that he wasn’t sick and instead he thought I was mean to him. I guess I need to watch what I say sometimes, but really I think he should have still been there to see me skate in the Olympics of my sport.

While enjoying some time off at home, Ryan hits the beach to commiserate with his best pal, Casey, whose parents are also newly divorced. Ryan admits that he feels like he has to be a parent to his two younger brothers, Shane and Kane. Shane is 14 and doing his best to handle the new family situation. But eight-year-old Kane is having a harder time understanding what’s going on. So when Kane falls and hurts himself, Ryan is the one who has to pick him up, dust him off and tell him he’s going to be OK.

With Christmas coming up, the Sheckler boys have to figure out how to split their time between mom and dad for the first time ever. It’s going to be really hard, especially since Ryan can tell the situation is breaking his mother’s heart. Obviously, Christmas is not something Ryan is looking forward to.

Meanwhile, while all this family drama is unfolding, Ryan’s also got some normal teenage problems on his plate. Dating never seems to go smoothly for Ryan, and the Winter Formal is coming up. He wants to take his ex, Cambria, but she just broke up with her latest boyfriend, Mitch, and wants to go to the dance alone. But Ryan plans to hustle and win her heart back. Ryan knows it’s risky because Cambria hates the fact that Ryan travels so much for his skateboarding career, but he’s willing to put himself out there anyway.

Things get off to a rocky start when Mitch shows up while Ryan and his buddies are getting ready for formal. But Ryan pushes through with his plan and approaches Cambria while on a double-decker party bus on the way to the formal. He puts his fears aside and tells Cambria that he still has feelings for her, but Cambria doesn’t really respond. What should Ryan make of that?

The next day, Ryan musters the guts to meet Cambria for lunch and ask her directly just how she really feels. Once he puts himself on the line, Cambria tells him she’s not that into having a boyfriend who travels all the time. And then she drops a bombshell — she’s getting back together with Mitch.

Ryan barely has time to sort through the dating drama, though, because once again work pulls him away from the most important people in his life and takes him out on the road. Next stop? Dubai. As he steps on the plane, Ryan’s ready to focus on his career, but he worries who will be there for his brothers while he’s on the road and his father’s no longer living at home.

Make sure you meet the cast of MTV’s Life of Ryan:
Ryan Sheckler
Shane Sheckler
Kane Sheckler
Gretchen Sheckler
Randy Sheckler
Taylor
Casey Feitler
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At age 13 Ryan Sheckler became the youngest person to go pro in the skateboarding world. But while he enjoys his successful and lucrative career, Ryan also wants to enjoy the life of a normal teenager. Accompanied by best friends Casey, Tony, and Taylor, he spends his time at home surfing, hanging out, and looking for a Winter Formal date.

Complicating his matters even more is his hectic skateboarding schedule which requires him to travel a lot, which keeps him away from his friends, and his younger brothers Shane and Kane. And to make things even worse, Ryan can’t seem to find a girl who won’t care that he is a professional skateboarder and is gone most of the time.

Ryan also has to cope and deal with the recent separation of his mom Gretchen and father Randy. Ryan’s mom Gretchen tries to find a way to move on with her life, while balancing a mother figure to her chilren and as acting as Ryan’s manager.

However, despite these complications surrounding Ryan, he seems to find a way to look at the more positive side of things. Even though Life of Ryan portrays the usual drama and materialism as other MTV reality shows, it also features positive messages that the other shows don’t have. In the end, this show is about a talented and sensitive celebrity teen who works for the luxuries he enjoys while finding strength in the people he cares about most - not the things that surround him.

Series Premier August 27th only on MTV at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. If you missed the preview you can view it here:

MTV GRINDS THE AIRWAVES WITH PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDER
RYAN SHECKLER IN “LIFE OF RYAN”

Beginning Monday, August 27 at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on MTV,
Series Portrays How Teen Heartthrob and Athlete Balances Life and Love

MTV teams up with gifted skateboarder and new teen heartthrob Ryan Sheckler to “shred” the airwaves with new reality drama “Life of Ryan,” premiering Monday, August 27 at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Through episodes on-air and bonus materials online, viewers will have an intimate look at how this energetic teenager balances the responsibilities of being a professional skater with his desire to be a normal kid who wants to spend time with his friends and family back home in Southern California.

“Life of Ryan” is a coming-of-age story featuring a 17-year-old superstar skateboarder who defies gravity for a living but is being grounded by the pull of his personal life as it starts to fall apart. His parents recently finalized their divorce so Ryan has taken on the added responsibility of being both big brother and father to his two brothers, Shane and Kane. Despite his celebrity status as an action sports athlete, Ryan looks forward to hanging out with his childhood friends Tony, Casey and Casey’s girlfriend Taylor – whether it’s going surfing, riding motocross bikes, skating on his personal skatepark in the backyard or trying to find the perfect girl.

MTV.com will feature exclusive behind-the-scenes elements, including a “Meet the Cast” photo flipbook with single and group images of Ryan and his friends hanging out at his home or skateboarding on the skatepark plus a blog for viewers to learn more about the show and the cast – and post their own comments. Ryan will contribute some of his own personal thoughts about having the cameras capture his life.

Episodes of “Life of Ryan” will be available for download to own on iTunes Store (www.iTunes.com), Amazon Unbox (http://unbox.amazon.com), AOL Video (http://video.aol.com) and Walmart Video Downloads the day after each episode airs on linear. Viewers have the option to either purchase single episodes or a season pass, with a discounted price being offered to those who purchase early.

Jason Carbone (MTV’s “Run’s House”) serves as Executive Producer for “Life of Ryan” with Sarah Kane (“America’s Next Top Model”) as the Co-Executive Producer. Michael Powers and Lauren Dolgen are the MTV executives overseeing the project.

- Press Release