RIP Ryan Dewitt (Former Element TM, Vans Marketing Manager)

[REGS]

Damn. I know a few of the SLAP forum guys knew him, sad day indeed.

[paraquat]

RIP muh man.

[Salty Lame Ass Poosey]

Damn RIP

[SLAYERrules666]

always down to earth and easy to talk to. sad to hear this. does anyone have any details?

[virginsiloveem]

Dude this is nuts. Heard he was moving up in vans too. This guy used to hook up so much shit for the north east, whether it was events or shop employees. Talked to him a bit at the polar x cons event in New York and was hilarious. Crazy.

[Lance]

I'd heard the news and didn't want to believe it.  Ryan would've given you the shirt off his back, he was one of the most stand up human beings I've ever met.  He really inspired you to be a nicer person.  Ryan Dewitt always and forever! 

[Dark Knight]

Whoa.  He was a good guy.  RIP  What happened?

[NickDagger]

What happened?

[Watson]

Damn that sucks. Had a chance to meet him and hang out with him for three days in the early 2000s when hosting an Element tour and showing the guys around in a couple cities in Canada here. Dude was so nice and so real. He always left a lasting impression on me with this story I think of often.

I took all the dudes to a spot at a school in Regina and at one point we noticed that on the side of the building there was a little bat with his wing caught in the crack beside the window frame struggling to get free. Dewitt scaled the wall along the window ledge and gently helped the bat get free all the while telling a very young Terry Kennedy to fuck off as he threw a half full water bottle at the bat trying to kill it. He got the bat free and it flew away to safety.

You can tell a lot about a person from actions like that, and to me it told me instantly he was obviously an amazing dude. A sad loss.

[rothdigga]

Damn that sucks. Had a chance to meet him and hang out with him for three days in the early 2000s when hosting an Element tour and showing the guys around in a couple cities in Canada here. Dude was so nice and so real. He always left a lasting impression on me with this story I think of often.

I took all the dudes to a spot at a school in Regina and at one point we noticed that on the side of the building there was a little bat with his wing caught in the crack beside the window frame struggling to get free. Dewitt scaled the wall along the window ledge and gently helped the bat get free all the while telling a very young Terry Kennedy to fuck off as he threw a half full water bottle at the bat trying to kill it. He got the bat free and it flew away to safety.

You can tell a lot about a person from actions like that, and to me it told me instantly he was obviously an amazing dude. A sad loss.

It's awesome you told the bat story.  Being a nature nerd myself, Dewitt and I used to dork out all the time about birding and all the photos that I shoot and he told me the bat thing one time, I was so stoked.  Also bummed me out and made me look at Terry a little differently too.  Kooks trying to kill shit for no reason is lame. 
Yesterday was a bummer to hear of his passing. 

[Style Police]

Rest In Peace

[Watson]

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Damn that sucks. Had a chance to meet him and hang out with him for three days in the early 2000s when hosting an Element tour and showing the guys around in a couple cities in Canada here. Dude was so nice and so real. He always left a lasting impression on me with this story I think of often.

I took all the dudes to a spot at a school in Regina and at one point we noticed that on the side of the building there was a little bat with his wing caught in the crack beside the window frame struggling to get free. Dewitt scaled the wall along the window ledge and gently helped the bat get free all the while telling a very young Terry Kennedy to fuck off as he threw a half full water bottle at the bat trying to kill it. He got the bat free and it flew away to safety.

You can tell a lot about a person from actions like that, and to me it told me instantly he was obviously an amazing dude. A sad loss.

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It's awesome you told the bat story.  Being a nature nerd myself, Dewitt and I used to dork out all the time about birding and all the photos that I shoot and he told me the bat thing one time, I was so stoked.  Also bummed me out and made me look at Terry a little differently too.  Kooks trying to kill shit for no reason is lame. 
Yesterday was a bummer to hear of his passing. 

Ahaha sick that's awesome that the story stuck with him too, but that's the kind of thing I guess that sticks with a person. Not to derail the thread with a conversation about that at all but that bummed me out on TK too. But in his defense that was at least 10 years ago if not more, a lot about a person can change in that time so I don't want to judge him too badly on that one time. Either way great memory of Dewitt he was obviously a great dude.

[Bubblegum Tate]

Damn.... R.I.P.

[iwishilivedinfinla]

Damn that sucks. Had a chance to meet him and hang out with him for three days in the early 2000s when hosting an Element tour and showing the guys around in a couple cities in Canada here. Dude was so nice and so real. He always left a lasting impression on me with this story I think of often.

I took all the dudes to a spot at a school in Regina and at one point we noticed that on the side of the building there was a little bat with his wing caught in the crack beside the window frame struggling to get free. Dewitt scaled the wall along the window ledge and gently helped the bat get free all the while telling a very young Terry Kennedy to fuck off as he threw a half full water bottle at the bat trying to kill it. He got the bat free and it flew away to safety.

You can tell a lot about a person from actions like that, and to me it told me instantly he was obviously an amazing dude. A sad loss.

that story rules.  he was friends with alot of my friends and i never heard a bad thing about him.

he was apparently found dead in a hotel room.  he wasn't a partyer anymore than the next guy so it makese this all very odd.  

[Monty Burns]

RIP dude

[Vlade Divac]

Awful news, such a good guy. RIP...

[Baron Samedi]

This is a bummer. I met him a few times and he was really cool.