Life of Ryan

Life of Ryan is an American reality television series on MTV. The series debuted on August 27, 2007 with the second season premiering on January 8, 2008 and the 3rd and final season airing on April 17, 2009^[1][2] The series follows the day-to-day life of professional skateboarder Ryan Sheckler as he manages his personal life and his career. Most episodes take place at Sheckler's home in San Clemente, California. His friends, along with fellow professional skateboarders, make various appearances in the series. The show aired for three seasons total.

Life of Ryan
Genre	Reality
Starring	Ryan Sheckler
Opening theme	"Oh! Gravity." by Switchfoot
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producers	Jason Carbone Sarah Kane
Producer	Ryan Sheckler
Production location	San Clemente, California
Running time	23 minutes approx.
Production company	Good Clean Fun
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	August 27, 2007 (2007-08-27) – April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	8		August 27, 2007 (2007-08-27)	October 15, 2007 (2007-10-15)
2	16		January 8, 2008 (2008-01-08)	May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19)
3	6		April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)

Season 1 (2007)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Chasing Cambria"	August 27, 2007 (2007-08-27)
2	2	"5th Wheel"	September 3, 2007 (2007-09-03)
3	3	"Careless Whispers"	September 10, 2007 (2007-09-10)
4	4	"Raising Kane"	September 17, 2007 (2007-09-17)
5	5	"X-treme Distractions"	September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24)
6	6	"He Said, She Said"	October 1, 2007 (2007-10-01)
7	7	"Down Goes Ryan"	October 8, 2007 (2007-10-08)
8	8	"Home and Away"	October 15, 2007 (2007-10-15)

Season 2 (2008)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
9	1	"Don't Go"	January 8, 2008 (2008-01-08)
10	2	"My Brother's Keeper"	January 15, 2008 (2008-01-15)
11	3	"Houston, We Have A Problem"	January 22, 2008 (2008-01-22)
12	4	"Sheckler, Inc."	January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)
13	5	"And You Just Might Be The One"	February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05)
14	6	"Odd Man Out"	February 12, 2008 (2008-02-12)
15	7	"Man's Best Friend"	February 19, 2008 (2008-02-19)
16	8	"Skate In Heavenly Peace"	February 26, 2008 (2008-02-26)
17	9	"Partying Ways"	March 4, 2008 (2008-03-04)
18	10	"Single Life"	March 11, 2008 (2008-03-11)
19	11	"Flashback"	March 18, 2008 (2008-03-18)
20	12	"New Beginnings"	March 25, 2008 (2008-03-25)
21	13	"Past, Present and Future"	April 1, 2008 (2008-04-01)
22	14	"Cracks In The Crew"	April 8, 2008 (2008-04-08)
23	15	"Tony's Test"	May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19)
24	16	"Finally On My Own"	May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19)

Season 3 (2009)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
25	1	"My House, My Rules"	April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)
26	2	"Adding Insult to Injury"	April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)
27	3	"Business Before Pleasure"	April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)
28	4	"Right Here, Right Now"	April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)
29	5	"Model Behavior"	April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)
30	6	"What's Next?"	April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)

Production and broadcast

The show was produced by Carbone Entertainment and Good Clean Fun^[3] for MTV and can be seen on MTV Arabia, MTV, MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Europe. MTV Poland, MTV Adria, MTV Hungary, MTV Romania, MTV Portugal, MTV Central, MTV Canada, MTV Italia, MTV New Zealand, MTV UK, MTV Turkey and MTV Latin America. Life of Ryan debuted on Monday, August 27, 2007, at 10:30pm following The Hills.

Cast

Main cast

• Ryan Sheckler, Professional Skateboarder
• Shane Sheckler, Ryan's 14-year-old brother
• Kane Sheckler, Ryan's 7-year-old brother
• Gretchen Sheckler, Ryan's mother/manager
• Randall 'Randy' Sheckler, Ryan's father

Supporting cast

• Steve Astephen, Ryan’s agent
• Casey Feitler, Ryan’s friend
• Tony Panici, Ryan’s friend
• Taylor Bogart, Ryan’s friend
• Mitch Bohi, Ryan’s friend
• Whitney Borchard, Ryan’s friend

Recurring cast

• Christi, Randy Sheckler’s girlfriend
• Bruce, Gretchen Sheckler’s boyfriend
• Kayla Kudla, Ryan’s girlfriend

Guest appearances

• Jereme Rogers, Pro Skateboarder
• Paul Rodriguez, Pro Skateboarder
• Greg Lutzka, Pro Skateboarder
• Bob Burnquist, Pro Skateboarder
• Tony Hawk, Pro Skateboarder
• Carey Hart, Pro Motocross Rider
• Steve Nash, Pro Basketball Player
• Ryan Seacrest, Radio Presenter
• Lil’ Jon, Rapper
• Verne Troyer, Actor
• Melissa Mikkelsen, Model
• Roland Trettl, Chef
• Paula Abdul, Singer
• Randy Jackson, Record Executive
• Colin McKay, Professional Skateboarder
• Jay Leno, Comedian

Home media

Life of Ryan: The Complete Series was released on DVD on April 21, 2009. Special features include 3 skate featurettes.^[4]