Luis Da Silva

Luis "Trikz" Da Silva is also known as The World's Best Ball Handler in the sports world. He has been featured in the Nike Freestyle ad campaign and been the face of Steve & Barry's Starbury clothing line tour. In a 2001 episode of This American Life, Luis rise to fame was detailed extensively in an extended interview. During this interview, Luis explained that he was the first street ball athlete ever to be signed to an advertising contract by Nike. Luis signing with Nike paved the way for future street ballers, revealing the immediate and lasting impact his contributions to the sport of basketball had on advertising and the world sports entertainment. Most recently, Trikz has been working on creating his niche in the film industry in such films as "The Brave One" (co-starring Academy Award winner Jodie Foster) and "Pride & Glory" (co-starring Edward Norton & Colin Farrell). "Trikz" was also the youngest player signed to the Harlem Wizard's Show basketball team. He has been featured in such magazines as SLAM, DIME and even been on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and the cover of TIME overseas. Having accomplished so much since the age of 18, "Trikz" is on his was to achieving super stardom through the fields of sports, entertainment and media production.