Ryan Gallant, is a professional skateboarder,his stance is goofy

Goofy

Goofy is a cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck...

 footed currently riding for Expedition One Skateboards, theeve Trucks, Bones Swiss Bearings, Gold Wheels, MOB Grip, Circa.

Career

He was raised in Southboro, Massachusetts, and he currently resides in Carlsbad, California

Carlsbad, California

-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Carlsbad had a population of 105,328. The population density was 2,693.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 White, 1,379 African American, 514 Native American, 7,460 Asian, 198 Pacific Islander, 4,189 from other...

. He was first noticed in the skate video PJ Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life, a shop video from Coliseum skate shop located in Boston. He is also affiliated with True East Skateshop, which is an East Coast

East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...

 based chain of mom and pop shops. Gallant was first sponsored by Expedition One skateboards and had a video part in their first video entitled, "Alone". Gallant also had video parts in Gold Wheels, "Got Gold?", Transworld Skateboarding

Transworld Skateboarding

Transworld SKATEboarding is a skateboarding magazine, website, and production company.Founded in 1983, TWS was a response to Thrasher Magazine and specifically to the December 1982 article ‘Skate and Destroy’ written by C.R...

's 2005 video entitled, "First Love", and a short video montage in DC's DC Video. Recently, Gallant left his long time sponsor DC Shoes

DC Shoes

DC Shoes is an American company that specializes in footwear for extreme sports, skateboarding, snowboarding as well as snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets.The company was founded in 1993 by Ken Block and Damon Way, and is based in Vista, California...

 and is now on Circa. Currently, he has a top selling PRO model shoe available through Circa.

He is also featured in the 2007 video game, EA Skate as a playable character. He is also featured in the EA Skate sequels, Skate 2

Skate 2

Skate 2 is a sandbox skateboarding video game developed by EA Black Box and distributed by Electronic Arts as a sequel to the 2007 game, Skate. Skate 2 was released in January 2009 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.-Plot:...

 and Skate 3

Skate 3

Skate 3 is the third installment in the Skate series of video games, developed by EA Black Box, published by Electronic Arts and was released on May 11, 2010. It is a sequel to the 2009 game Skate 2. The player moves to Port Carverton for Skate 3...

He is now currently skateboarding for Expedition One skateboards, Gold Wheels, C1RCA shoes, Venture Trucks, Swiss Bearings, MOB Grip, and True East Skate Shop.

He has a trick named after him called the "Gallant Grind".