Dylan Joseph Rieder (May 26, 1988 – October 12, 2016) was an American professional skateboarder, artist, and model.

Early life

Born Dylan Joseph Rieder, in

Westminster, California Westminster is a city in northern Orange County, California, known for its many Vietnamese refugees who immigrated to the city during the 1980s. They settled largely in Little Saigon, and the city is known as the "capital" of overseas Vietnam ...

, to Joe Rieder, a barber, and Dana, née Webb, now Ortiz; raised alongside a younger sister, Makenna.

Skateboarding career

Rieder started skating at the age of 9. He turned Pro at 18 with his breakout part in

Transworld Skateboarding ''Transworld Skateboarding'' (''TWS'') was an international magazine on skateboarding that was based in Carlsbad, California, United States. The publication also ran an accompanying website and video production company. In February 2019, the pub ...

's 2006 video ''A Time To Shine''. He was recognized as the Skateboard Mag's Am of the year in 2006 In 2014 he was featured in Supreme's 2014 video "Cherry", for which he won Transworld Skateboarding's award for Best Part in 2015. Before Dylan had turned Pro, he was featured in the Quicksilver Promo video in 2005. In 2009, Dylan had a video part in the Alien Workshop film "Mind Field" and in the following year his video part for Gravis was released (2010). ''Rolling Stone'' credited these two videos along with the video parts "Cherry" and "A Time to Shine" as defining moments of his career. During his professional career, he partnered with several brands such as

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, Birdhouse, Gravis Footwear, Huf,

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, Supreme,

Quiksilver Quiksilver is a brand of surf-inspired apparel and accessories that was founded in 1969 in Torquay, Australia, but is now based in Huntington Beach, California. It is one of the world's largest brands of surfwear and boardsport-related e ...

and Fucking Awesome.

Skate filmography

Awards

Modeling, fashion and retail

Rieder was featured in the 2014 Spring Ad Campaign of

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along with supermodel

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and Jourdan Dunn. In 2014, Rieder appeared in a photo spread on the fashions of designer Alexander Wang in ''

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''. In the piece in memoriam to Rieder in GQ the magazine called him "The Skateboarder who changed fashion forever". Along with fellow skateboarders,

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and Steven Ditchkus, Rieder owned a store in

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's East Village neighborhood named "the Hunt" which specializes in "furniture and assorted oddities from the dark side of Americana". The emporium has since moved to a space on Canal Street, further south in downtown Manhattan.

Illness and death

Rieder was first diagnosed with

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ...

in July 2014. In March 2015, he received a

bone marrow transplant Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood in order to replicate inside of a patient and to produ ...

from his sister and announced a month later that he was in

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. However, cancer returned in November that year and he received a second bone marrow transplant, again from his sister. He then was again in remission. But cancer returned once again. Mark Oblow said in an interview for The Skateboard Mag, "he didn't die from cancer, he beat cancer twice, you know he went into remission twice, it was due to a lung infection, his spine been damaged so bad and due to issues that

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caused to his eyes and due to damage it did to his liver and his lungs and all these things" Rieder died on October 12, 2016, due to complications from leukemia. He was surrounded by over 50 family members and friends. ''

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'' noted his passing with a feature focusing on the five best videos of Rieder's skateboarding career. Numerous celebrities, including

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and

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, remembered Dylan as an inspiration on and off the board, a gentle human and a great friend.

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stated, "Dylan Rieder. One of the most talented and brave men... I feel blessed to have known you. Rest in peace Dylan. My love and condolences to his family". The Skateboard Mag saluted Rieder, stating: "It's hard to believe even typing this—we lost one of the best to ever step on a skateboard today. Dylan Rieder, whose flawless style, explosive power, and epic video parts influenced an entire generation and beyond, passed away today due to complications with Leukemia. Rest in peace, Dylan. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family in this unbelievably difficult time." On October 30, Rieder's memorial was held at

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. Hundreds of his friends and family were in attendance as well as musical tributes were offered by Austyn Gillette,

and

Conor Oberst Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint (previously named Norman Bailer), Commander Ve ...

of Bright Eyes. On November 13, Rieder's friends and family gathered at Sandy's Oahu, Hawaii, where some of his ashes were spread out into the ocean. On the Jason Dill episode of Epicly Later'd in 2017, Dill said Dylan's mother also gave him and William Strobeck some of Dylan's ashes. Dylan's ashes were shown next to a picture of Dill and Dylan hugging.

Competition rankings

Street League Skateboarding

X Games

References

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