- Renton Millar
Renton Millar (born
June 30 ,1975 ) is aprofessional vertical skateboarder fromMelbourne ,Australia . Turning pro at the world Cup event "The Munster Monster Mastership" in 1998 inMunster, Germany , he competed in many World Cup events such as theX Games (10th place, 2000,Philadelphia ),Gravity Game s (9th place 2000, 10th place 2002), Vans Triple Crown (USA ), Mystic Cup (Czech Republic , 2nd place 2002, 2004) and Slam City Jam (Vancouver ,Canada ).In 2008 Millar won the CPH pro, in Copenhagen Denmark, and competed in the AST Dew tour placing 6th in Baltimore, and 6th in Cleveland.
Millar came to prominence in 2001 when his sponsor Globe shoes video, opinion was released, sharing a video part with
Ben Pappas (1977-2007), and showcased such innovational technical vert skateboarding tricks as 360 flip crooked grind, nollie flip 5-0 and kick flip nose grind shove it on a vert ramp.Millar made a guest appearance in
Australian soap opera "Neighbours " in 2002.In 2003, Millar was Asian X Games Champion (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and in 2005 was Asian X Silver medallist (Seoul, Korea). In 2006 He again won Silver at Asian X Games (
Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia ) and currently competes on the European Leg of the World Cup of Skateboarding tour, and the LG Action Sports Tour (USA, Europe).
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