Renton Millar

Career

Renton Millar (born 30/06/75) is a professional skateboarder from Melbourne, Australia, sponsored by XEN skateboards, Billabong, Mountain Dew, Globe, Oakley, TSG, Independent, Modus, Musashi and Bones Wheels. 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. Between 2000 and 2003 Millar rode for Think skateboards, having several pro model skateboards.

In 2009 Millar released a pro board on XEN skateboards.

Turning pro at the World Cup event "The Munster Monster Mastership" in 1998 in Münster, Germany, he competed in many World Cup events such as the X Games (10th place, 2000 Philadelphia), (13th place, 2011, Los Angeles). Gravity Games (9th place 2000, 10th place 2002), Vans Triple Crown (United States of America), Mystic Cup (Czechoslovakian Republic, 2nd place 2002, 2004) and Slam City Jam (Vancouver, Canada).

After an 8th-place finish at the Toyota Cup in Salt Lake City Millar ended 10th place overall in the end of year Air Service Training Dew Tour Standings. Millar made a guest appearance in Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2002.

He also has his own short show on Fuel television Australia, called "Bailgun Diary" and has hosted such shows as "Bondi Bowlarama".

Millar has also been a long time campaigner for a skatepark to be built on the foreshore of StKilda in Victoria. A year level with four men who have climbed to the top of their respective professions.

Achievements

• In 2003, Millar was Asian X Games Champion (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and in 2005 was Asian X Silver medalist (Seoul, of Korea). In 2006 He again won Silver at Asian X Games (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). In 2008 Millar won the CPH pro, in Copenhagen Denmark, and competed in the Air Service Training Dew tour: placing 6th in Baltimore and 6th in Cleveland (for an 8th place over end result in the standings). In 2009 Millar won the "Oi" Jam in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as well as the Timtribu World Cup in Rome, as well as placed 6th at the World Championships of Skateboarding, in The first stop of the Air Service Training Dew tour in Boston. In 2009 Millar also placed 3rd at the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Asian XGames in Shanghai, 4th in the Air Service Training China Invitational (Beijing), and also won the Chungcheon Korean Xtreme contest, in Chungcheon of Korea. Millar ended 2009 as World Cup Vert Points Champion, (taking World Cup Points from Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Rome, and Berlin). In 2012 Millar won the first Hurley American Broadcasting Company Contest (Australian Bowlriding Championship), becoming the first inaugarel Australian Bowlriding Champion. In an interesting aside Renton attended Essendon Grammar and shared the same year level as Curtis Stone - a famous chef, Shannon Bennett of Vue De Mond one of Australia"s top chefs and Dustin Fletcher who is a champion American Federation of Labor-Congress football player, playing for Essendon.