Name and occupation?
Ryan Smith. Skateboard rider of the pro degree.

And your sponsors are?
Mystery skateboards\wheels. DC shoes and apparel. Independent trucks. CCS. Red dragon street gang. Swiss bearings (the real one's, not those fake crappy ones).

OK, I wanted to get something straight. Where are you from exactly? I have read about three different places in Canada. So which is it? Winfield, Kelowana, or Vernon. How was the skating scene where you grew up?
All of the above are correct, just different times of my life. They are all right next to each other. The skate scene was sick, just really small and underground. A lot of really good skaters were around me. Like freakishly good, there just was no such thing as USA sponsorship via sponsor me video's back then so it was all for the love. You really could not skate for long periods of time due to the winter so that's how my plan b videos got worn out. Thanks to Mike Carroll for keeping me going!!!

I read somewhere that you broke your collarbone 10 times before the age of 10? Man, you should have been drinking milk?
Yeah, I know, I just broke it when I was so young the bone was jacked up and kept breaking. It was a blessing though because I was not allowed to play hockey or organized sports so I took to the loner thing. Hello skateboarding.

Was the Richmond skate ranch before your time? Or did you ever get the chance to skate that?
No before my time, I went and looked in once but you got to bring your "A" game to a place like that and I definitely did not have an "A" game at that time.

Most people don't know that you once rode for Powell. How long did that last and who got you on the team?
I skated for Powell for two years maybe, because Paul Manchnau and Moses rode for them. They were really cool but I just out grew them and wanted to go in another direction. Hello Zero!!!

What came first, DC or Zero?
D.C thanks to Colin McKay and Scotty P.

When you moved over to Mystery, was that your decision or Jamie's?
Both. I was really hyped to be apart of something new. And Zero is a bitch'in older brother that gave us stability and support for us to succeed in the beginning and now even.

When do you think the first full-blown Mystery video will be done? I know the kiddies are dying to know.
Soon my friend, soon!!!!

Was 'Dying To Live' your first major video part?
No RDS video. I would say.

So you have a new shoe coming out. How does it differ from the last one?
It's new and better and more bitch'in for the New Year. Buy a pair and find out, call me a liar if you don't agree.

What's 2007 have in store for all the Ryan Smith fans out there?
Die hard skateboarding with no B.S!!!!

Any advice for kids looking to come up?
Stay humble and skate. Always remember skaters are nerds. We leave the cool guy stuff to the jocks!!!!! It took me awhile to remember that. Don't over do your party cuz you will wake up one day fat and washed up. Ha ha.