Eitan Kramer was a top American professional

Vert Skater Vert skating or vertical skating is a discipline using skates like inline skates or roller skates on a vert ramp, a style of half-pipe. In vert skating, the skater is able to achieve more air-time as compared to other styles of skating, meaning ...

who holds a

Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, listi ...

for "highest air on a

vert ramp A vert ramp is a form of half-pipe used in extreme sports such as vert skating, vert skateboarding, vert BMX and vert roller skating. Vert ramps are so named because they transition from a horizontal plane (known as the flat-bottom) to a v ...

." Kramer, a

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graduate of the

University of California Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the Cal ...

, began his professional in-line skating career at age 15. Kramer received the Guinness Record during the 1999 MTV Sports and Music Festival 3D. As an actor, he appeared in ''Honeymoon With Mom'' (2006), "Tides of War" (2005) and ''Rollerball'' (2002). He is the inventor of MorfBoard, RukusFX, and SW/CH Board Eitan Kramer2

Vert competitions

*1999 MTV SMF3D Guinness Record Holder- 14 ft *1997 ASA, Milwaukee, First Place Vert *1997 ASA, NYC, Third Place Vert *1997 X Games, Orlando, FL, Trials Fourth Place Vert *1997 X Games, Providence, Trials First Place Vert *1996 ASA, New York City, First Place *1996 MISS, Venice Beach, Third Place *1996 ASA, Miami, FL, Second Place *1996 Ultimate Ilnline, High Air, First Place *1995 ASA Overall, Third Place *1995 ASA, Chicago, IL, Second Place Vert *1994 NISS Overall Seventh Place

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