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Richard G. Ditlevsen, Jr. is an American stunt performer. ==Biography== Born July 13, 1957 in Sacramento, California. Richard "Ricky D." Ditlevsen became a stunt performer in his early career. For 15 years worked with the National Enquirer's chief photo editor, Bill Graham, using the money to pursue his dream of being a television and film producer. Ricky D. was featured in many two page centerfolds for the National Enquirer, National Examiner, Star Magazine as well as hundreds of print syndications worldwide, while achieving a National Bodybuilding Championship. In one of his notable stunts he rode his jet-ski through the hull of a large river boat, safely exiting the other side as pieces of the boat went flying in all directions. He was nearly knocked from his jet-ski when particle board impaled one arm, falling from the jet-ski he managed to hoist himself back to the seat landing no handed. 〔Newspaper: Editor; William Burt, "Man the Torpedo", National Examiner, page 24 & 25, July 26th, 1988.〕 In another he took that jet-ski over a ramp that led him through multiple walls of flaming boards fixed over 120 feet over the river. He escaped with his tuxedo intact and only minor singes to his lower back hair.〔Newspaper: Editor; William Burt, "All Fired Up!", National Examiner, page 25, Sept 5th, 1989.〕〔Newspaper: Editor; Martin Singerman, "Great Walls of Fire", Star Magazine, page 28 & 29, March 29th, 1988.〕 He is also featured in Jeff Werners new book, Incredible Stunts.〔Incredible Stunts! The Chaos, Crashes and Courage of the World’s Wildest Stuntmen & Daredevils http://www.incrediblestunts.com, The Photography of Jeffery R. Werner; Edited by Bill Graham and Stacey Linh; Published by Incredible Features, Inc.; 2008 ISBN 978-0-9796349-6-3., page 66 & 67.〕 In 1991, he was inducted into the Stuntworld Hall of fame for achieving 39 world records. Ricky still holds 35 of those records. These accomplishments earned him the title of "The Ultimate Stuntman" and his kevlar plated jet-ski became and icon. In the early 1990s he became an artist, and a prolific television producer. While producing over 750 television shows he became a television syndicator and in 1991 founded the Extreme Sports Television Network (ESN, LLC airing on Comcast). Nielsen rated the network the number 1 sports network by market share out performing NASCAR on FOX April 5, 2005. ESN was purchased by Triple Action Entertainment, Inc. a California corporation for $20 million. Now as the CEO of Triple Action Entertainment, Inc., Ditlevsen is steering the network for its national launch and worldwide syndication, as extreme sports translate to any language. June 15, 2009 Richard Ditlevsen, CEO and Founder of The Extreme Sports Television Network inked a development deal for Dish Network’s channel 230, National roll out is expected in July or August. More distribution will be announced soon and ESN is expected to be in 35 million homes by fourth quarter of 09. It’s also expected that by 2010 the network will be in 85 million homes nationally. Currently, ESN is concluding negotiations with several countries for a worldwide roll of the Network in fall of 2010. Ditlevsen is currently writing a book due out in 2009 ''No Money, No Talent, How I made it to the top'' explaining how he built a world media empire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard G. Ditlevsen, Jr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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