Renton Millar

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Renton Millar (born June 30, 1975) is a professional vertical skateboarder from Melbourne, Australia. Turning pro at the world Cup event "The Munster Monster Mastership" in 1998 in Munster, Germany, he competed in many World Cup events such as the X Games (10th place, 2000, Philadelphia), Gravity Games (9th place 2000, 10th place 2002), Vans Triple Crown (USA), Mystic Cup (Czech Republic, 2nd place 2002, 2004) and Slam City Jam (Vancouver, Canada).

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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