I Wanted To Promote Skateboarding As Much

If You Look At The Success Of Snowboarding In The Winter Games And How That's Brought A More Youthful Edge To The Olympics In General, They Don't Have That With The Summer Games. They Don't Have Anything That's Drawing In A Younger Viewership. To Be Honest, I Think They Need Skateboarding More Than We Need Them. Skateboarding's Popularity Is Solidified For The Most Part In A Lot Of Countries.

For Those That Say I Endanger My Child: It's More Likely That You Will Fall While Walking On The Sidewalk Than I Will While Skating With My Daughter.

The Best Advice I Can Give Is To Believe In Yourself And To Create New Challenges No Matter How Far You Get. Even If You Think You Earned It All Or If You're Considered The Best In The World, Keep Challenging Yourself Because You're Only As Good As Your Last Trick In The Public's Eye. But Only Do It Because You Love It. Don't Do It Because You Think It's Your Ticket To Fame Or Fortune. If That's The Motivation And You Reach Any Of Those Goals, You're Not Going To Keep That Passion.

I Think Skateboarding Is Better Now In Terms Of The Amount Of Facilities And The Amount Of Support Young Skaters Have - Including Encouragement From Their Parents. There Was Definitely An Element To It When I Was Younger That Was Exclusive And Kind Of Rebellious Because Most Parents Didn't Want Their Kids Skating. They Thought It Was A Bad Influence.

I Think That The Board Is A Lot More Intuitive Than People Assume. You Get On It And All You Have To Do Is Put One Foot On The Tail And One Foot On The Nose And Rock It Up And Down And That Will Get You Into The Tricks Or Wheelies Or Manuals. It's Not About The Balance So Much As It Is About The Timing.