Dylan Rieder is one of the most popular and richest Skateboarder who was born on May 26, 1988 in California, California, United States. Famous for his skill as a skateboarder, Rieder was also known for his appearances in several videos produced by the Alien Workshop skateboarding company as well as for his association with a New York City boutique known as The Hunt.
He and Steven Fernandez both rose to fame as skateboarders and product endorsers.
Rieder started skating at the age of 9. He turned Pro at 18 with his breakout part in Transworld Skateboarding’s 2006 video A Time To Shine. He was recognized as the Skateboard Mag’s Am of the year in 2006 In 2014 he was featured in Supreme’s 2014 video “Cherry”, for which he won Transworld Skateboarding’s award for Best Part in 2015. Before Dylan had turned Pro, he was featured in the Quicksilver Promo video in 2005. In 2009, Dylan had a video part in the Alien Workshop film “Mind Field” and in the following year his video part for Gravis was released (2010). Rolling Stone credited these two videos along with the video parts “Cherry” and “A Time to Shine” as defining moments of his career.
Rieder was first diagnosed with leukemia in July 2014. In March 2015, he received a bone marrow transplant from his sister, and announced a month later that he was in remission. However, the cancer returned in November that year and he received a second bone marrow transplant, again from his sister. He then was again in remission. But the cancer returned once again. Mark Oblow said in an interview for The Skateboard Mag, “he didn’t die from cancer, he beat cancer twice, you know he went into remission fucking twice, it was due to a fucking lung infection, his spine been damaged so bad and due to issues that chemotherapy caused to his eyes and due to damage it did to his liver and his lungs and all these things”
He was born to Dana Ortiz and Joe Rieder, and he had a sister named Makenna. He died of complications from leukemia in 2016.
