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Higher Learning

By Jay Riggio
EXPN.com

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

It's no secret that amateur and pro skating life can be rooted firmly in irresponsibility. When it's one's job to travel the world with a vague agenda, simply skating and coming up on footage, why the hell would a grown-up mentality come into play? 20-year-old Walker Ryan is a bit different from your normal skater. Coming into his own as one of skateboarding's premiere amateurs, he's doing it all while attending college full-time. What? Yeah, Walker has his head planted firmly on his shoulders, ...

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