Richard G. Ditlevsen, Jr. was born July 13 1964 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 well as hundreds of print syndications worldwide.

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  • Richard G. Ditlevsen, Jr. was born July 13 1964 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 well as hundreds of print syndications worldwide. In one of his notable stunts he rode his jet-ski thru the hull of a large river boat, safely exiting the other side as pieces of the boat went flying in all directions. In another he took that jet-ski over a ramp that led him thru multiple walls of flaming boards fixed some 20 feet over the river. He escaped with his tuxedo intact and only minor singes to his hair. He is also featured in Jeff Werners new book, Incredible Stunts. 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 5th 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 15th, 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.
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  • Richard G. Ditlevsen, Jr. was born July 13 1964 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 well as hundreds of print syndications worldwide.
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