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Ali Boulala (born January 28, 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a professional skateboarder who rides for Flip Skateboards, Flip Clothing, Independent trucks and Flip wheels. He is known for his relaxed but flamboyant style and filmed notable parts in the Flip videos Sorry and Really Sorry, Osiris' Subject to Change and also appeared in numerous Baker videos.

Boulala served a two-year prison sentence for the death of skateboarder Shane Cross back in 2007 in a motorcycle accident in Melbourne Australia, and was released from prison on March 12, 2010 ^[1]

Biography[link]

Boulala was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Boulala is of Finnish and Algerian descent.

His approach to skateboarding concentrates on the unusual or unobvious, preferring to skate unfilmed spots and experiment with tricks. He is also famous for his unprecedented attempt at ollieing a twenty-five stair in France.^[2] This famous attempt was featured in Flip Skateboard's 2002 video release, Sorry. He is also famous for having a part in all of the Baker Skateboard Videos.

Boulala has pioneered skating manoeuvres, featured in skateboarding videos, featured on the front cover of Transworld Skateboarding magazine and designed his own shoes. About 100,000 skateboards have been sold carrying his name since he turned professional in 1997.

Boulala was sentenced to jail in 2008, for 4 years (2 years no parole) due to the death of Cross and was released March 12 2010. Boulala is a member of the Piss Drunx along with Aaron Pearcy, Jim Greco, Andrew Reynolds, Erik Ellington, and Dustin Dollin.^[3]

Boulala's pro model board in 2003 which depicted Boulala sitting on a motorcycle with a bottle of beer in his hand was pulled from retailers after the incident.

He is currently living in Stockholm with his Australian wife Amanda.

In 2010, Boulala was added to the Kr3w Clothing Team.

References[link]

Kyle Walker

Personal information
Full name	Kyle Andrew Walker[1]
Date of birth	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 22)
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	28
Youth career
1997–2008	Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2009	Sheffield United	2	(0)
2008	→ Northampton Town (loan)	9	(0)
2009–	Tottenham Hotspur	39	(2)
2009–2010	→ Sheffield United (loan)	26	(0)
2010–2011	→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)	20	(0)
2011	→ Aston Villa (loan)	15	(1)
National team‡
2009–2010	England U19	7	(0)
2010–2011	England U21	7	(0)
2011–	England	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:16, 6 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:01, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Kyle Andrew Walker (born 28 May 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team.

Early life[link]

Walker was born in Sheffield and grew up in the Sharrow district of the city. He attended Porter Croft Infant & Junior School, followed by High Storrs School until 2006.

Club career[link]

Sheffield United[link]

Walker joined boyhood club Sheffield United^[2] at the age of seven after being recommended by Football Unites, Racism Divides and progressed through the ranks to become a regular fixture in the reserves by 2008.

Loan to Northampton Town[link]

In November 2008 he was allowed to join League One side Northampton Town for a month's loan to gain first team experience,^[3] making his debut on 15 November 2008 in a defeat at the hands of Oldham Athletic.^[4] His one month loan was later extended into January,^[5] before eventually returned to Bramall Lane having played nine games for the Cobblers.^[6]

Return to Sheffield United[link]

Soon after returning to his parent club, Walker made his full debut for Sheffield United on 13 January 2009 starting in a third round FA Cup tie against Leyton Orient.^[7] With the Blades losing a number of players to injury in the closing weeks of the season, Walker was a surprise inclusion in the starting line up for the crucial last two games of the season. He made his full league debut for the club on 25 April 2009 against Swansea City.^[8] After two outstanding performances he retained his place as Sheffield United entered the play offs, starting both games against Preston North End and the final against Burnley at the end of May. By playing in the final, Walker became the youngest Sheffield United player ever to play at Wembley Stadium.^[9]

Tottenham Hotspur[link]

On 22 July 2009, Walker left Sheffield United to join Tottenham Hotspur along with fellow defender Kyle Naughton for a combined fee of £9m, but was loaned back to the Yorkshire club for the duration of the 2009–10 season as part of the deal.^[10] Whilst at Bramall Lane he was virtually ever present at right back for the first half of the season but was unexpectedly recalled back to Spurs on 1 February 2010, just before the close of the January 2010 transfer window, as cover for Alan Hutton loaned out to Sunderland earlier the same day.^[11] Walker made his debut for Tottenham on Saturday 27 March 2010, in a 2–0 victory over Portsmouth.^[12]

Loan to Queens Park Rangers[link]

At the start of the following season, Walker went out on loan once more signing an initial six-month deal with Queens Park Rangers (QPR) due to injuries at the club in the right back position.^[13] In mid-October, his loan was extended until 3 January 2011.^[14]

Loan to Aston Villa[link]

After he had left QPR, Walker joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season.^[15] He scored on his début only nine minutes into the game against former club Sheffield United in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2011.^[16] At the start of February, Walker scored his first Premier League goal and first senior league goal, a 30-yard strike low into the left corner against Fulham.^[17] He returned to his parent club at the end of the 2010–11 season after scoring two goals in 18 appearances in all competitions for Aston Villa.

Return to Tottenham[link]

On leaving Villa Park, Walker suggested that he would be happy to return to the club the following season,^[18] as first team opportunities were limited^[19] but Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp later stated that he did not wish to sell the defender. Walker subsequently agreed to a contract extension at Tottenham until 2016.^[20] Walker was chosen in the starting eleven for Tottenham's opening game of the 2011–12 season, against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 22 August 2011.^[21] On 2 October, he scored the winning goal in the North London derby against Arsenal from 25-yards out. Tottenham won the match 2–1.^[22]

On 22 April 2012, Walker was named as the Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year, beating the likes of Sergio Aguero, Danny Welbeck, Danny Sturridge, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and team mate Gareth Bale to the award, as well as being named in the PFA Team of the Year.^[23] On 29 April, he scored a free-kick from 25 yards to help Tottenham beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 at White Hart Lane.^[24] On 3 May 2012, Walker was awarded with a new five-year contract, that runs until 2017.^[25]

International career[link]

Before having even made a league appearance for Sheffield United, Walker was called up to the England U19s in February 2009.^[26] He made his début on 10 February, coming on as a second half substitute in a 3–0 loss to Spain U19s.^[27] Following his first run of regular Premier League starts, Walker was called up to the full England squad in February 2011 and again in March 2011.^[28] However, he did not feature in any of the games played and pulled out of the squad in March due to an injury.

At the end of the 2010–11 season, Walker was named as part of the England squad which competed in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship competition in Denmark.^[29] Despite the poor showing of the team who were knocked out in the first round, Walker was named in the Team of the Tournament.

His good form in the 2011–12 Premier League season saw him named in the England squad for a friendly against Spain. On 12 November, Walker made his England debut in the 1–0 win over Spain, coming on for Scott Parker as a substitute in the 85th minute.^[30]

Walker went on to make his first start for England on 15 November 2011, in a match against Sweden. His good form saw him win the Man of the Match award at the end of the game.

Sponsorship[link]

In January 2012, Walker announced he had signed a three year extension of his boot deal^[31] with English sportswear and football equipment supplier Umbro. Walker is a flagship wearer of Umbro's speed range of boots, wearing their GT Pro II.

Honours[link]

Individual

• U21 European Championships 'Team of the Tournament': 2011^[32]
• PFA Young Player of the Year: 2012
• PFA Team of the Year 2011-2012

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kyle Walker at National-Football-Teams.com
• Kyle Walker – UEFA competition record
• Kyle Walker career stats at Soccerbase
• England profile at thefa.com
• Sheffield United reserve team player profile
• Profile at Tottenham Hotspur

v t e England squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship 1 Steele (c) 2 Trippier 3 Mattock 4 Gosling 5 Walker 6 Hoyte 7 Welbeck 8 Drinkwater 9 Ranger 10 Delfouneso 11 Lansbury 12 Murphy 13 Rudd 14 James 15 Townsend 16 Bennett 17 Tutte 18 Briggs Coach: Eastick

v t e England squad – 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Fielding 2 Mancienne 3 Bertrand 4 Muamba 5 Smalling 6 Jones 7 Albrighton 8 Henderson 9 Welbeck 10 Sturridge 11 Sinclair 12 Gibbs 13 McCarthy 14 Walker 15 Tomkins 16 Cork 17 Cleverley 18 Lansbury 19 Rodwell 20 Rose 21 Delfouneso 22 Wickham 23 Steele Coach: Pearce

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Sierra Fellers (born December 30, 1986, Whitefish, Montana) is a professional skateboarder,^[1] who skates for Foundation Skateboards, Venture Trucks, Circa Footwear, FKD Bearings, Bones Wheels, Rpm Auto Sales, Nixon Watches, Spirit Skateshop (of Kalispell, Montana) and CCS magazine. He was recently featured in the Foundation Video Cataclysmic Abyss and the C1RCA Video "It's Time".^[2]

He placed 2nd at the 2007 Tampa Am and winning the contest in 2004. Sierra won the best trick competition for the 2007 Tampa Am with a nollie frontside bigspin to frontside lipslide. Fellers earned his first magazine cover on Euro Sugar magazine. He also turned pro for Foundation Skateboards in 2007.^{[citation needed][clarification needed]}

He is currently ranked third place in the NWM Underground rally circuit, behind Isaac Johnston (first place), and Zach Dowler (second place).^{[citation needed]}

Christianity[link]

In the skate/BMX movie Livin' it, Fellers stated that when he was seven he became a Christian. After years of distance from the church, at the age of 14 he rededicated his life to Jesus.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

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