Renton Millar

Renton Millar (born 30 June 1975) is a

skateboarder from Melbourne

Career

Millar is a professional skateboarder, competition announcer and Olympic Skateboarding Judge from Melbourne, Australia.

Millar came to prominence in 2001 when his sponsor Globe Shoes video, Opinion was released, sharing a video part with Ben Pappas (1977–2007), and showcased such innovational technical vert skateboarding tricks as 360 flip crooked grind, nollie flip 5-0 and kick flip nose grind shove it on a vert ramp. Between 2000 and 2003 Millar rode for Think skateboards, having several pro model skateboards. In 2009 Millar released a pro board on XEN skateboards.

Turning pro at the World Cup event "The Munster Monster Mastership" in 1998 in

Chungcheong

Korean Xtreme contest.

Millar ended 2009 as World Cup Vert Points Champion, (taking World Cup Points from Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Rome, and Berlin).^[3] In 2012 Millar won the first Hurley ABC Contest (Australian Bowlriding Championship), becoming the first inaugarel Australian Bowlriding Champion.^[4]

Millar made a guest appearance in Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2002.^[5]

He also has his own short show on

Fuel TV Australia, called "Bailgun Diary" and has hosted such shows as "Bondi Bowlarama

". Millar has also been a long time campaigner for a skatepark to be built on the foreshore of StKilda in Victoria.