Notable:
A private person who has been skating for himself over the past year, Rick has backed away from the competition scene to spend more time with his daughter and filming videos. Even without the consistent participation in events he continues to pull out all the stops when he does enter, taking 3rd at the Globe World Cup in Australia (Feb. 2003).

Quote:
A description of Rick on the Girl website: "One thing that separates the interesting, not totally normal people from the boring, totally normal people are their motivations -- what gets them out of bed in the morning and the reasons why they do the things that they do. Crankers, above everything else, just wants to have fun and make sure that the people around him are sharing in the same. That's part of what makes him so special. That and his incredible knack for sandwich making."