When Ryan Chamberlain, Arlington, junior, ditches class he means it literally. A big crossroads in his life was deciding what college he was going to attend. “A lot of my friends were going to school at Texas State and encouraging me to go there but when I came to SFA to look at the campus and saw the ditch out in front of Hall 20 I could just picture myself riding my bike all throughout it.” Not only is BMX a big part of his life, but he likes to play soccer and travel as well or even get involved in anything extreme.
Ryan’s biggest hobby is BMX, he likes to ride and do all different tricks “My favorite part about riding is that the only competition you have is yourself.” There is no limit to the tricks and different stunts he is capable of. Another extreme sport that Ryan does when he gets the opportunity is surfing. His grandparents and Uncle live in Hawaii and whenever he visits you wouldn’t catch him anywhere else but out in the ocean.
When Ryan gets older he wants to live somewhere tropical, partly because of surfing but the nice weather is also enjoyable. Hawaii is on his list of possible places he would like to live along with Australia; he loves how exotic and different the animals and nature is compared to Texas. One thing he did get to experience without having to go somewhere exotic was getting to ride an elephant. While attending a circus one year with his family, Ryan and his two sisters loved the elephants and when it was all over they were giving elephant rides around the tent so he rode them and fed them peanuts. It was an experience so different that he won’t forget it.
Although Ryan is a GDI, he was still a part of many different activities throughout high school, including soccer and hockey. He played left wing in both sports. “One of my favorite memories from soccer was when the other team was dribbling the ball down the field and I can’t let them by so I rush at them steal the ball pass it off to my friend Matt who head butted it back to me to where I just chest bumped it down to my feet to where I scored the goal to have it tied up. It was probably the most ridiculous play ever because we were mainly just goofing off about it.”
His friends aren’t the only one’s that he gets to goof off around. His family always jokes around and has an interesting sense of humor. Ryan and his two sisters definitely trade off one-liners at each other. He gets most of his humorous lines from his favorite actor Will Ferrell.
Ryan loves his family, and as part of loving his family he loves his dogs too. He has two dogs, Allie and Maggie and if he could, would take them everywhere. He constantly plays with them and when he is back home, takes them to the local dog park.
There were many different sides of Ryan, his fun side in which he plays soccer and hockey, his extreme side where he does BMX and all sorts of tricks, his adventurous side in which he wants to live somewhere tropical and his loving side with his family and pets. He is a very well rounded person and has stories to back it all up.
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