Chris Haslam
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Chris Haslam (born in 1980) is a Canadian professional skateboarder, originally from Ontario who now resides in Richmond, BC.
Haslam started skating in 1994 while living with his parents in Singapore[1], and turned pro in 2004.
His current sponsors are Almost Skateboards, Independent Trucks, Momentum Wheel Co., IS Designs,Vestal Watches and Globe Footwear.
Haslam has been gaining increasing attention and popularity since his part in the Almost: Round Three video. Chris won the Reader's Choice in the the 7th Annual Transworld Skateboarding Awards in 2005.[2] In August of 2006 he was voted the winner of the Vs 411VM competition. [3] This was a competition where tricks performed by a number of professional skateboarders were voted on by the public. The winners of each heat went on to the next round. He is goofy footed.
In 2006 he and Daewon Song were featured in the Almost video Cheese and Crackers, a lighthearted skateboard experiment on a warehouse miniramp. It also features Haslam skating a log with trucks attached.
Chris Haslam will be featured in EA's new skateboarding game "SKATE", set to release in Summer 2007, to both PS3 and X360.[4]
