I Wanted To Promote Skateboarding As Much

I Never Imagined Getting To Do What I Love For A Living And Having So Many People Appreciate It. There Was Only One Other Skater In My High School And We Were The Lowest Form Of Cool. Our Classmates Couldn't Figure Out Why We Liked Such A Loser Sport, Or Why We Hadn't Grown Out Of It Yet.

I Love Snowboarding, But I Would Never Want To Do It Competitively Or At A Professional Level. Snowboarding Is A Spawn Of Skating, And Skating Is My Passion.

I Believe That People Should Take Pride In What They Do, Even If It Is Scorned Or Misunderstood By The Public At Large.

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

There Were So Many Things Associated With It In Terms Of Music And Fashion, And A Different Way Of Thinking That, For Me, Skateboarding Represented So Much Of What I Wanted To Do With My Life At An Early Age.