Mike Ranquet was rad dude on
and off snow! You can pretty much call him a rebel. He was born August 23, 1970
in Renton, Washington. He grew up in a safe environment around him in a safe
neighborhood. His dad was a lawyer
and was always trying to guide him in the right direction in life but Mike had
a true passion for shredding. Mike said in his own words “if you asked my
parents what I do for a living they couldn’t tell you.” Mike just did his own
thing and lived to snowboard and did not care about anything else. Mike was
also a awesome skater he loved doing crazy things such as jumping over his
parents cars off a launch ramp. He didn’t care about the rich life and as far as
he knew, all he wanted out of life was to skate and snowboard everyday of his
life- nothing else.
Mike’s accomplishments were
that he made it onto the movies Road kill, Creatures of Habit, VBS TV series,
and Powder + Rails. Mikes got is style from skateboarding, he road the snow
like he was on a skateboard. He was also known for his butter tricks. Mike road
everything from freestyle to free riding. Mike road for Lamar snowboards and
G&S. He was part of what snowboarding is today. Influencing the sport with
style and to let your personality show and to not care what others think. Mike recently received the Legend awards at the 12th annual Transworld Riders' Pool Awards show, joining the ranks of snowboarding's most influential people.
He
was just one of those die hard snowboarders and skaters and will always have a
name in the snowboarding world.
- AUSTIN HAWKES
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