Chris Haslam

Chris Haslam

Personal information
Birth name	Chris Haslam
Born	December 19, 1980 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Skateboarding

Chris Haslam (born December 19, 1980 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)^[1] is a Canadian professional skateboarder.

Biography

Haslam was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada in 1980. He lived in St. Catherines and London, Ontario, attending Parkview Elementary school. When he was 11 he moved with his parents to Singapore. They returned to Canada for a year in 1996, living in Komoka, and Haslam attended St. Thomas Aquanas Catholic Secondary School in London, Ontario.

He started skating at the age of 13 while living in Singapore,^[2] and turned pro in 2004, after the release of the Almost: Round Three video.^{[citation needed]} He is goofy footed.

Around 2003 he joined Almost Skateboards along with fellow pro skaters Daewon Song, Rodney Mullen and Cooper Wilt.^[3]

His current sponsors are Almost Skateboards, Independent Trucks (skateboard trucks and clothing), Momentum Wheel Co., Sitka clothing, Bones bearings, Vestal watches, DaKine, CTI^{[clarification needed]} and Globe Shoes.^[4]

Haslam gained attention and popularity after the Almost: Round Three video, and won the Reader's Choice in the 7th Annual Transworld Skateboarding Awards in 2005.^[5] In August 2006 he was voted the winner of the Vs 411VM competition.^[6] This was a competition where the public voted on tricks performed by professional skateboarders.

In 2006 Haslam and Daewon Song featured in Almost Skateboards' video Cheese and Crackers, showcasing the pair skating a miniramp. It also features Haslam and his team-mate Cooper Wilt skating an offroad skateboard.

In April 2007, Haslam had a video part in Momentum Wheels' debut video, Un Momentum (por favor).^[7] He was also the star of Globe Shoes's United By Fate Part 2 mini video in August 2007, and is a playable character in EA's skateboarding video game series skate. for PS3 and XBOX360.^[8]

While in Tasmania, Australia on a tour with Almost, he was featured in an article in the Sunday Tasmanian newspaper, with the headline "World's Most Unlikely Hero".^[9]

In 2008, Chris joined the metal band Kobra Triangle,^[10] playing the bass guitar, which has since broken up.

Video appearances

• Deca Second to None
• Almost Cheese and Crackers
• Almost: Round Three
• United By Fate 2 + various appearances in all 6
• Uno Momentum por pavor - Momentum wheels video
• Digital - Fahja
• Skate Canada 6
• Riding the Long White Cloud

Videogame appearances

• EA Skate series

Notes

1. ^ http://www.churf.com/profiles/profile.cfm?profile_id=13
2. ^ canada.com^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Daewon Song, Dare Devil, Theme magazine, Fall 2006
4. ^ Chris Haslam (born December 19th, 1980) :: at ACTube - action!^{[dead link]}
5. ^ The 7th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards Winners! - Transworld Skateboarding^{[dead link]}
6. ^ 411Vs: Chris Haslam is the versus championFrD^{[dead link]}
7. ^ http://www.momentumskate.com/premier/momentum-premiere.html^{[dead link]}
8. ^ EA's Game Of SKATE and SKATE 2 - Transworld Skateboarding^{[dead link]}
9. ^ World's Most Unlikely Hero: Chris Haslam, cited on Banquet Action Sports Digital Network
10. ^ Kobra Triangle Myspace

External links

• Active News interviews Chris Haslam

Persondata
Name	Haslam, Chris
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 19, 1980
Place of birth	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Date of death
Place of death