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Thursday, September 10,2009

Not So Little Rascal

By Peter Andrew Madden
Photo Credits: Photo by Daniel S. Burnstein

Although he’s only sixteen years old, Manhattan’s own Ryan Santiago has already established himself as one of New York City’s most promising young skateboarders.  Both his professional career and local celebrity skyrocketed when he landed the notoriously difficult hardflip indoor ten within the Bryant Park Subway Station.  The trick earned him a sponsorship with Emerica, a well-respected skateboarding shoe brand that, coincidentally, had always been Ryan’s brand of choice.  If you live in Manhattan, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Ryan flying over staircases, sliding along railings, or just cruising along the sidewalk, searching the city’s concrete playground for his next big trick.

How did you first get into skateboarding? When I was 11, my dad showed me the X games, and I really liked it, so I kept asking him to get me a skateboard.  One day, he finally got me one. So I just started messing around on the street on my own, until I met some people who were good, and I started skating with them.

Who did you watch in the X Games that you really liked? At first it was all about Tony Hawk, because he was still huge and doing stuff back then, but now I’m just a street skater.

Is there a big skating community here in New York?
There is, but we’re not really liked by a lot of people.  If you skate down the street, a lot of people like to make comments like, “Oh, you should go to a skate park. You shouldn’t be here.”  But there really aren’t skate parks in New York, so there’s not really anything else we can do, except make the city your skate park.

Have you ever gotten hurt skateboarding? I’ve sprained both my ankles a couple times, and my wrist has been fractured for like three straight years, but it doesn’t ever heal because I keep hurting it again.

Are you working on any new tricks right now?
Right now, I’m just trying to get back into it, because I just came off of another ankle injury.  But I usually just skate stairs, so I’m trying to get back into that eventually.

What’s the riskiest thing you’ve ever tried? For a contest on Go Skate Day, they set up a makeshift skate park for us under the Manhattan Bridge.

There was a big huge double set, with a flat space in the middle, and then a set of stairs. So I tried to tre flip it—it’s like a 360o kick flip—and I almost did it, but another kid broke his wrist trying it, so they called the whole thing off.

What kind of contests do you enter? Usually the Billy Rohan contests, like Rooftop Rampage, stuff like that, ‘cause they have a nice stair set, ledges—everything you could want.  You just organize it and do whatever you want, and get money for tricks.

You can get money for tricks? Yeah, depending on how good they are, and if they’re new.

How much money can you make for a single trick? Up to like $100.

What kind of skateboard do you use? Baker Skateboards.  Emerica makes the shoes I wear. 

Do you wish the city was more supportive of the skating community?
I wish there were more skate parks that at least replicated a little bit of what’s in the streets, like stairs, rails, stuff like that.  And I wish that people would be more lenient, and let us skate real street spots.

What’s your favorite thing about skating?
I just like going out with my friends and cruising around until we stop to goof off.

Do you think skating is a sport that’s growing in popularity? It’s definitely growing.  There’s a lot more coverage, and a lot more people have started skating in the last two years.  So many kids that I’ve never seen before have started skating recently.  I’m definitely someone who encourages anyone and everyone to give it a try.

What’s the next contest you’ll be entering? The Halloween Hellraiser.  Come check it out.

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