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Title: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: cousinharold on November 26, 2014, 02:40:18 AM
(http://www.chrisnieratko.com/pics/BigBrother-RyanKenreich-part6-High.jpg)
(http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/society-skateboards-ryan-kenreich-1996.jpg)(https://a4-images.myspacecdn.com/images03/32/2b99d6955c75417d8cb0ed80e52a257e/300x300.jpg)

Rest in Peace
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: nowell on November 26, 2014, 03:14:47 AM
Holy shit is this for real? That's horrible
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: SFblah on November 26, 2014, 03:45:33 AM
Googles his name and found this.

http://thedirty.com/2011/05/the-junkie-loser/ (http://thedirty.com/2011/05/the-junkie-loser/)

When I met him in 2000 through mutual friends all he did was talk about pills...sounds like he didn't change. What a waste. Amazing on a board.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: sid vicious on November 26, 2014, 05:28:32 AM
Bummer r.i.p
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: via on November 26, 2014, 05:39:49 AM
Wow that junkie link was fucking depressing.

Waste of talent, for sure.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Monty Burns on November 26, 2014, 05:45:05 AM
Was pretty stoked on this dude back in the globe days , good style and trick selection . Thought he was Australian for some reason ?

Hope its not true
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: paraquat on November 26, 2014, 05:47:50 AM
Bummer. OG kastel rider. RIP
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: natenola forever on November 26, 2014, 05:59:29 AM
pretty harsh comment i found on that Dirty thing about him, especially since it seemed to come true

off course he lives in the past it is way better than his future ? tattooed loser druggie douche ? don?t supply him because he will flip on you in a second. Please hurry up and OD and die dude your life was over a few years ago ? see ya.
Read more at http://thedirty.com/2011/05/the-junkie-loser/#dK2R8PkDb6bQTWLw.99 (http://thedirty.com/2011/05/the-junkie-loser/#dK2R8PkDb6bQTWLw.99)

sucks i remember this dude from when he got on Union Wheels when it was still a legit company, my friend was hyped he was the sales guy over there. I think  he blew his knee out or something and that was when a blown knee was the end of your career. Sucks how pro skating just seems to set up a lot of these guys for failure later in life.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Mouth on November 26, 2014, 06:25:11 AM
He was pretty good in his heyday. 411 and Globe part in particular were solid. Shame he went bro.

RIP
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Fongstarr. on November 26, 2014, 09:28:15 AM
Globe Opinion - Ryan Kenreich (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-4fdII_9b0#)

I really did like his Globe part.....switch mongo and all.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: straight on November 26, 2014, 09:38:18 AM
Rip ^ that part is great. He could pop stupid high
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Tony Rave on November 26, 2014, 09:46:27 AM
Pills are shutting down people left and right.

RIP he was a ripper before the down fall
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Nuck on November 26, 2014, 10:27:46 AM
can anyone confirm that it really happened?
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: midevilco on November 26, 2014, 10:32:50 AM
This type of news is getting old.

Watched the hell out of 411 #15, and always enjoyed his part.

RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: UserFame on November 26, 2014, 11:32:05 AM
Sucks how pro skating just seems to set up a lot of these guys for failure later in life.

this guy was a very good skater...


RIP
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Fenzadill on November 26, 2014, 11:58:34 AM
Sucks how pro skating just seems to set up a lot of these guys for failure later in life.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Bubblegum Tate on November 26, 2014, 12:01:28 PM
Sick part, R.I.P.

Darkstar Battalion Ryan Kenreich (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBTrAipCXLg#)
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Beeda Weeda on November 26, 2014, 12:19:01 PM
RIP
he was a talented skatebaorder, drugs don't help you.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: cant stop on November 26, 2014, 12:36:07 PM
Sick part, R.I.P.

Darkstar Battalion Ryan Kenreich (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBTrAipCXLg#)

Lines for days.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: yep yep on November 26, 2014, 12:53:35 PM
i really really hope this isn't true
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: acidophilus milk on November 26, 2014, 01:06:36 PM
very much so a bummer. Its always a shame to hear about stuff like this. All people can do is carry on, learn from his mistakes, and remember the good stuff. RIP
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: SCUBA on November 26, 2014, 01:15:49 PM
I had no idea about The Dirty website, shit is disgusting.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: mrGLO on November 26, 2014, 01:34:13 PM
Always was a fan of this guys skating. RIP
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Iceman on November 26, 2014, 02:46:30 PM
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Sick part, R.I.P.

Darkstar Battalion Ryan Kenreich (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBTrAipCXLg#)
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Lines for days.

i hope you weren't trying to be funny there...
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Harem on November 26, 2014, 02:48:26 PM
R.I.P


Was he American?

I always just assumed he was from Europe for some reason.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: skateboardnorth on November 26, 2014, 03:09:53 PM
Damnnn I hate hearing this news.  His Globe part was really good.  I always wondered what happened to him.  Sucks to hear it was addiction that got the best of him.  RIP
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: spazz attack on November 26, 2014, 04:11:17 PM
went to jr high with him ,marco forster.he gave me a pat brennan board with raw meat graphics .
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Binomial Nomenclature on November 26, 2014, 05:13:22 PM
RIP
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: poor alice on November 26, 2014, 05:29:18 PM
Okay if this is true this is rather upsetting. I always associated him and Jayme Fortune because of seeing them both in the first skate DVD I ever purchased (Opinion) and their subsequent withdrawl from the spotlight (albeit a somewhat slower one for plastic bench nerd).

Seriously though, if this is a joke it's distasteful as fuck. Has there been any sort of substantial confirmation?
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: ChrisSennsGirlfriend on November 26, 2014, 05:36:00 PM
can anyone confirm that it really happened?
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: dougDfresh on November 26, 2014, 07:01:34 PM
hopefully not true. i remember doing a demo with the society dudes and ryan wanted to drop ecstasy after the demo. i tripped out that he was casual about it. i just smoke a cig with him and he was a real cool dude.
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: fulfillthedream on November 26, 2014, 08:56:15 PM
Okay if this is true this is rather upsetting. I always associated him and Jayme Fortune because of seeing them both in the first skate DVD I ever purchased (Opinion) and their subsequent withdrawl from the spotlight (albeit a somewhat slower one for plastic bench nerd).

Seriously though, if this is a joke it's distasteful as fuck. Has there been any sort of substantial confirmation?

Just on people's instagrams. Damn shame if drugs were really the cause of his death
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Tracer on November 26, 2014, 08:58:26 PM
Stay away from pills, they change people I've see nit first hand.

I dont want to hear any slap posters going the same route
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: Sidewalk Funk. on November 26, 2014, 11:41:51 PM
Ryan Kenreich - Progression VM Issue 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xMEn95Fb-E#)
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: jonnysheen on November 27, 2014, 04:51:36 AM
He had a crazy Big brother interview.   Nollie back heels over road gaps were no joke
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: beazlocal on November 27, 2014, 08:22:16 AM
Drugs are so cool
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: OldmanEpic on November 27, 2014, 08:51:35 AM
a good example of why skaters should bring back baggy pants

thats f/s flip over a trashcan in a line is boss

RIP ryan
Title: Re: RIP Ryan Kenreich
Post by: poor alice on November 27, 2014, 03:06:06 PM
Fucking hell, I mean I guess this doesn't mean shit saying it on a message board in anonymity but my thoughts go out to his family and friends. Rest In Peace Ryan.
I too have seen the effect of pills etc on people and it really does change people so much it's just..weird but I only know of a small amount of people who have died from taking them. Hopefully others can learn from his mistake and just look back and appreciate his skating.
That Darkstar part is short and sweet, seems like it was probably cut short by whatever the fuck was up with his left ankle (bruised beyond recognition in that part, clicks out of place and back in in the credits of opinion, always made me wonder what he did to it).