I Love Snowboarding, But I Would Never

I Started Skateboarding At Around Age 10, And Enjoyed The Artistic Aspect Of It As Much As The Sporting Aspect, So For Me It Was More Of An Art Form And A Lifestyle.

All I Care About Is That People Remember Me As A Good Skater, As Someone Who Was Innovative.

I Think That There's A Sense Of Self-reliance That Exists In Skateboarding That Kids Can Take To Their Daily Lives. I Think There's Also A Sense Of Creativity And Community-based Goals - In Skating, Even Though It Is An Individual Pursuit, A Lot Of Things That You Learn Are Things That You Borrow And Expand From Other People's Ideas. I Call Skating A Combined Evolution - It's Individual, It's Artistic, But At The Time, There Is A Communal Push To Keep Doing Your Thing. And A Sense Of Camaraderie In That.

The Biggest Lesson I Learned From My Dad Is To Support Children Even If They're Doing Something That Is Unorthodox.

The Irony About Selling Out Is That They Only Call You A Sell-out When Your Stuff Finally Sells - I've Had Products Bearing My Name Since I Was 14, But Nobody Was Buying Them Then.