Chris Haslam

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Chris Haslam doing a Boned Ollie over a rail. (From the Almost video Round 3.)

Chris Haslam (born December 19th, 1980) is a canadian professional skateboarder, originally from Ontario who now resides in Richmond, BC. He is goofy footed.

[edit] Biography

Haslam started skating at the age of 13, while living with his parents in Singapore^[1], and turned pro in 2004He is sponsorized by Almost and Mad skateboarding .

His current sponsors are Almost Skateboards, Independent Trucks (Independent Trucks and Clothing), Momentum Wheel Co., IS Designs, Vestal Watches, Dakine, CTI and Globe Shoes.^[2]

He is mostly known for doing a wide variety of innovative tricks and is often compared with Daewon Song or Rodney Mullen.

Haslam has been gaining attention and popularity since his part in the Almost: Round Three video. Chris won the Reader's Choice in the the 7th Annual Transworld Skateboarding Awards in 2005.^[3] In August of 2006 he was voted the winner of the Vs 411VM competition. ^[4] This was a competition where tricks performed by a number of professional skateboarders were voted on by the public. The winners of each heat went on to the next round. He Beed DE Best

In 2006 M.R. Haslam and Daewon Song were featured in the Almost video Cheese and Crackers, a video showcasing the pair skating a miniramp. It also features Haslam skating an offroad skateboard.

In April 2007, Haslam had a video part in Momentum Wheels debut video, Un Momentum (por favor),^[5]. He was also the star of Globe's United By Fate Part 2 mini video in August 2007 and is a playable character in EA's skateboarding video game skate. for both PS3 and X360.^[6]