Biography

This Saskatchewan Native is the driver for one of North America's top professional storm chasing teams and star of Tornado Hunters on CMT Canada. Ricky grew up pushing the limits with every extreme sport he could get his hands on. After high school he went on to graduate from the University of Saskatchewan completing his Bachelors of Commerce degree with a major in Finance. Following University Ricky tried the suit and tie gig for a couple years and decided it wasn't for him. His life is now dedicated to pursuing adventures and living life to the fullest; from sky diving to snowboarding, ice climbing to chasing tornadoes.

Ricky has always had a passion for storms and now the opportunity to get up close and personal with tornadoes is a dream come true. Over the past 4 seasons as a Professional Storm Chaser Ricky has put on over 300,000km, crossed 4 provinces, and 26 states catching over 85 tornadoes.

- IMDb mini biography by: Ricky Forbes