Rick Thorne (Born October 11, 1969) is an American professional BMX rider who was featured in the Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX games.
Appearances in the THPS series[]
Thorne makes a cameo appearance in the Kona level in THPS 4, teaching the player the Misty Flip special trick, and in Steve Caballero's pro goal, with the former doing a doubles run with the latter.
Ric Thorne as he appears in real life
Thorne later appears in American Wasteland, providing the player with BMX tutorial missions. He later appears toward the end of the story, trying to unsuccessfully woo Mindy.
Ric Thorne as he appears in American Wasteland
Trivia[]
- Thorne is one in a handful of non-skateboarding extreme sports stars to make appearances in the Tony Hawk series, including Mat Hoffman and Kelly Slater.