Arto Saari in CKY2K

Arto Saari (born November 9, 1981 in Seinäjoki, Finland) is a professional skateboarder. He lives in Huntington Beach, California. He was selected as the "2001 Skater of the Year" by Thrasher magazine and is considered one of the best street skaters in the world. His skating stance is regular. Image File history File linksMetadata Artosaari. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Artosaari. ... Cover of CKY2K DVD The CKY (Camp Kill Yourself) videos are an invention of West Chester, Pennsylvania boys Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo. ... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Founded 1868 Country Finland Province Western Finland Region Southern Ostrobothnia Sub-region Seinäjoki Area 603 km² Population - Density 36,419 (Dec 31, 2005) 60 inh. ... A skateboarder performing a frontside lipslide Skateboarding is the act of rolling on or performing tricks with a skateboard. ... Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in southern California. ... Thrasher is a monthly skateboarding magazine founded in 1981 and currently edited by Jake Phelps. ...

He has had several major injuries during his career. He almost died from head injuries whilst filming the Flip movie Sorry. These were sustained after he was warming up with a backside feeble on a handrail.

Finnish skateboarders voted Arto Saari to the list of 100 Greatest Finnish Persons in a vote held during the summer of 2004 by the Finnish Broadcasting Company. Arto Saari reached 26 in the list. Today Arto Saari is sponsored by Flip Skateboards, Etnies Shoes, Analog Clothing, Ricta Skateboard Wheels, CCS, and Fury Trucks. Suuret Suomalaiset (Great Finns) is a Finnish spinoff-version of the 100 Greatest Britons programme on the BBC. Made by the national broadcaster YLE over October to December 2004. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... YLE (Yleisradio in Finnish, Rundradion in Swedish), Finlands National Broadcasting Company, was founded in 1926. ... Flip Skateboards is an internationally-based skateboard company, owned by Jeremy Fox, Ian Deacon and Geoff Rowley. ... etnies is an American footwear brand based in Lake Forest, California owned by Sole Technology, Inc. ...

Arto also appeared as a playable character in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground in 2003. He will also be appearing in the upcoming video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. Tony Hawks Underground, also called THUG, is a skateboarding video game available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Xbox platforms released in 2003. ... Tony Hawks Proving Ground (abbreviated THPG) is an upcoming video game being developed by Neversoft, the eleventh Tony Hawk game and ninth in the main Tony Hawks series. ...

Trivia

• Has his own shoes fittingly called the Arto and Arto II from the shoe company Etnies. [1]
• Sponsors include etnies Footwear, Flip Skateboards, Fury Trucks, Ricta Wheels, Analog clothing, Active Ride Shop, CCS skate shop, & Pub26 and his favourite trick is switch 360 flip