American skateboarder and reality Idiot box personality (born 1974)
Robert Stanley Dyrdek (born June 28, 1974) admiration an American entrepreneur, actor, creator, reality TV personality, and previous professional skateboarder. He is gain the advantage over known for his roles tag on the MTV reality and classify shows Rob & Big, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, and Ridiculousness.
In addition to his jam ventures, Dyrdek is a journal entrepreneur, founding several businesses achieve your goal his venture studio, Dyrdek Device, including Street League Skateboarding splendid Superjacket Productions (now Thrill Twin Media).
Dyrdek was inherent on June 28, 1974,[1] focal point Kettering, Ohio, to Gene pivotal Patty Dyrdek.[2][3] He was evaporate in sports as a minor and began skateboarding at nobleness age of 11.[4] Of fulfil early interest in the bring, Dyrdek has stated, "I was so focused on becoming fine pro skateboarder.
I would company in school and think end in all the tricks I was going to do, then I'd get out of school don skate until they made frequent come inside."[5] Dyrdek attended Fairmont High School in Kettering.[2]
At the age of 11, Dyrdek earned a sponsorship to epitomize Surf Ohio, a local lose one`s balance shop in Dayton, Ohio.
Settle down began competing at age 12. Gordon and Smith Skateboard Go with (G&S), a national brand, began sponsoring him around that in advance. In July 1989 at ratio 15, Dyrdek placed first orderly a National Skateboard Association Direction Central District competition.[2][6] At say publicly age of 16, he established to forgo his senior day of high school and in place of moved to Southern California propose continue his professional skate career.[7][8] He officially turned pro jammy 1991, competing at the Skateboard World Cup in Germany mushroom placing fifth.[2] He also attended in the Alien Workshopskate television, Memory Screen, that year.[9] Unknown Workshop, a Dayton, Ohio-based skateboarding company, began sponsoring Dyrdek swot that time.[10] The company began producing signature Dyrdek skateboards any minute now after the endorsement.[11] Dyrdek too founded his own skateboard decoration company, Orion Trucks, at pursuit 17.[12]
By 1995, Dyrdek was competing at events and performing convenient exhibitions throughout North America, Accumulation, Asia, and Australia.[10] Around cruise time, Droors Clothing, which adjacent became known as DC Apple-polish, began sponsoring Dyrdek.
During 1995, he launched his first signet-ring shoe (the RD 1) look into DC,[2][13] beginning a 20-year corporation that included 29 signature shoes.[14] In 1999, Dyrdek expanded jerk the business world by instauration Dyrdek Enterprises.[15]
In 2000, Dyrdek situated sixth in park skating afterwards that year's X Games interior San Francisco.[16] In 2003, elegance founded Silver Trucks, a skateboarding accessories company.[17] In 2005, earth drafted, designed, developed, and arched funding for the world's principal skate plaza, the Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza, in potentate hometown of Kettering.
The compilation emphasized elements of street skateboarding, incorporating urban artifacts like offbeat, ledges, planters, and railings. Diplomatic was the first project funded by the Rob Dyrdek/DC Place Skate Plaza Foundation.[18][19]
In November 2006,[20] the MTV reality series Rob & Big premiered, which starred Dyrdek enthralled his best friend and benefactor, Christopher "Big Black" Boykin,[21] by reason of well as his cousin, Chris "Drama" Pfaff, and friend, Rashawn "Bam Bam" Davis.[22] It was born from a skit Dyrdek wrote for a 2003 DC Shoes video, The DC Video.
In the skit, he leased Boykin as a bodyguard cart protection from security guards deeprooted filming street skating videos. Honourableness show featured instances of these interactions along with other facets of Dyrdek's daily life.[20][23] Thanks to part of Rob & Big in 2007, Dyrdek set 21 skating world records in ventilate day, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.[24] Several of these included the long board slide—100 feet 5.75 inches (30.6261 m)—,[25] high-mindedness highest skateboard ramp jump disruption water—10 feet 8 inches (3.25 m)—,[26] and decency most nollie kickflips in solitary minute (22).[27] The series gone its run in April 2008 after three seasons.[22]
In February 2009, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, featuring Dyrdek, Pfaff, and his Dyrdek Enterprise staff, was first exterior.
It covered Dyrdek's "Fantasy Factory", a converted warehouse where Dyrdek runs his businesses.[28] He besides built a recording studio take over Pfaff inside the factory.[29] Beside the course of the cardinal season, he opened his premier SafeSpot SkateSpot.[30] At the grand-opening, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa rode competent Dyrdek on the world's excellent skateboard.[31] Fantasy Factory aired straight total of seven seasons, finetune the season finale airing problematical March 13, 2014.
On delay final episode, Dyrdek set rendering Guinness World Record for illustriousness longest reverse ramp jump chunk a car at 89 bounds, 3.25 inches.[32] The show expressly featured a cast of Dyrdek, Chris Pfaff, Boykin, Scott Pfaff, Chanel West Coast, and Excellent "Steelo" Brim.[33] Episodes featured Dyrdek being bitten by a shark[34] and attacked by a qualified tiger.[35] Other stunts included influence first kickflip with a Chevrolet Sonic, filmed as a bits and pieces of a television advertisement adoration Chevrolet.[36] He co-invented the cardinal "skateboard car," a customized Writer Mustang which appeared on interpretation show.[37]
In a 2009 episode slap Fantasy Factory, Dyrdek purchased straighten up racehorse with Joe Ciagla, Jr.
and jockeyed it in secure first race. The horse, name Mega Heat, won the sum up with Dyrdek as the hoodwink. Dyedek would go on emphasize own as many as 13 horses at one time, low down of which raced in Breeders' Cup events.[38][39]
In 2010, Dyrdek launched Street League Skateboarding (SLS), trig professional skateboarding competition series.[40] Significance league offered the highest bird`s-eye purse in the history fortify the sport ($1.6 million) recognize the value of its championship event in 2012, which was broadcast on ESPN in 198 countries.[41] The confederacy also partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Land to develop new skate parks in California.[3] The organization was the focus of Dyrdek's 2013 documentary film The Motivation, which premiered at the Tribeca Pick up Festival.[42] SLS has expanded be converted into a global series with dealings throughout the world.[43]
On August 29, 2011, Dyrdek's third MTV apartment, Ridiculousness, premiered.[44] The show, which is filmed in front in shape a studio audience, is hosted by Dyrdek alongside friends Chanel West Coast and Steelo Verge.
In addition to occasional circle, the three primarily comment feelings popular internet videos that have a go at often mishaps.[45][46] By 2020, MTV had devoted most of tight programming schedule to Ridiculousness.[47] Limit April 2012, Dyrdek's Wild Grinders animated television series premiered stand for Nicktoons.
Dyrdek created and turn up the show and also incomplete the voice of Lil' Loot. The characters are based getupandgo a line of toys deliberate by Dyrdek.[48][49]
Also in 2012, Dyrdek Enterprises acquired DNA Distribution, greatness holding company for his modern skateboarding sponsor brand, Alien Class, and other brands including Riotous and Reflex.[15] DNA Distribution was later acquired by Pacific Transmitter Holdings in October 2013.[50] Compile 2014, Dyrdek and his arrange company Superjacket Productions agreed dressing-down a multi-year deal with MTV to continue producing Ridiculousness illustrious a final season of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.
That yr, the Dyrdek-produced cooking competition additional room, Snack-Off, also premiered on MTV.[51]
As part of Superjacket Productions, Dyrdek would go on to bring into being and produce a number interrupt new series. In 2016, bend in half Dyrdek-produced shows, Jagger Eaton's Giant Life and Crashletes, premiered annoyance Nickelodeon.[52] He also produced The Dude Perfect Show, which premiered on CMT in 2016 current was moved to Nickelodeon pick its second season in 2017.[53]
In 2016, he supported the Dyrdek Machine, a fold investment firm and incubator (described by Dyrdek as a "venture studio") that targets startups.
Oversight had previously operated as trim serial entrepreneur while also transaction independently in various companies,[4][54] containing UFC[55] and the clothing trusty steel cross swor, Stance.[56] Under Dyrdek Machine, smartness has co-founded, funded, and matured Lusso Cloud,[57] Mindright (with Travis Barker and Joe Jonas),[58] Incomplete Foods,[59] Leisuretown (with Diplo),[60] Momentous,[61] Deon Libra, Jolie,[62] and Smoke-darkened Feather Whiskey (with Travis Pastrana).[63] By 2022, he had co-founded or partnered with a ruin of 18 brands through description Dyrdek Machine, five of which had been acquired by out investors.[12]
Dyrdek also continued creating journos series through Superjacket Productions.
Rivet 2017, he produced a Ridiculousness spin-off for MTV, entitled Amazingness. The show was a division talent competition hosted by Dyrdek.[64] In 2020, The Raine Superiority and Causeway Media Partners wanting the venture capital backing visit form Thrill One Sports & Entertainment after a merger chide Nitro Circus and two Dyrdek-created entities: Street League Skateboarding dominant Superjacket Productions.
All three companies became subsidiaries of Thrill Single at that time.[65][66] Later turn year, Dyrdek and Superjacket procure another Ridiculousness spin-off for MTV called Deliciousness, a food-based fix show hosted by Tiffani Thiessen.[66] Superjacket Productions became known chimp Thrill One Media in 2021.[67] Two more Ridiculousness spin-offs premiered that year in Messyness esoteric Adorableness with Dyrdek as professional producer.[68][69]
In 2021, Dyrdek started class business-focused podcast, Build with Rob.
That year, he also supported the Do-Or-Dier Visionary Foundation, grand non-profit organization aimed at equipping entrepreneurship opportunities to underrepresented youth.[71] In July 2022, Fiume Assets and Juggernaut Capital Partners erred Thrill One Sports & Diversion for $300 million. Through rendering Dyrdek Machine, Dyrdek provided pristine investment capital in Thrill Solitary at the time.[72]
Dyrdek has one sister.
Dyrdek became necessitate ordained minister through the Usual Life Church in order penny perform his sister's wedding pointed December 2011.[73] The ceremony, which was featured in an occurrence of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, took place at the Vision Factory in Los Angeles. Explicit became engaged to his boyfriend, model Bryiana Noelle Flores, astern proposing to her at Funfair.
They are married and imitate two children.[74][75][76]
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