Arto Saari

Arto Saari (born November 9, 1981 in Seinäjoki, Finland) took silver at the 1998 world championships in Münster at age 16, turned professional in 2001, and won Thrasher's Skater of the Year that same year, making him one of only two Europeans to have earned the award at the time. He delivered landmark video parts in éS's Menikmati (2000), Flip's Sorry (2002) and Really Sorry (2004), and Alien Workshop's Mind Field (2009), and appeared in Volcom's 2016 film Holy Stokes! A Real Life Happening; he remains on the Flip Skateboards pro team as of 2026. Saari has since built a second career as a professional photographer, shooting on Leica M equipment and publishing the photo book Bike Path in 2024.

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